How can I catch "USB events"

[bootle]

Hi,

my scanner has a button that triggers so called "USB events",
but no program seems to respond. How can I catch them
and/or write a script that takes proper action on their occurrence?

Thanks for help!

[weisso5]

When you hit the buttons on the Scanner does it trigger any "dmesg" messages?

[BlackEdder]

You could use something like the ruby bindings to usb to write a ruby script that listens. Alternatively the usb event should trigger a dbus/hal event (if you are using dbus), and you could look at a binding to that.


Ruby-usb: http://www.a-k-r.org/ruby-usb/