My status with trying to get brltty to work with the debian etch netinst CD now turns out to be the same as that of trying to run brltty in ubuntu. With both the debian netinst and ubuntu in x86 versions, I have no problem with brltty. When using the corresponding cds for the powerpc architecture, brltty does start but then gives me nothing but question marks.
with the ubuntu cd I simply booted and then went to a text console and typed brltty -b bl -d ttyUSB0 I could see brltty 3.7.2 but after that I got the rows of question marks. I could hear the display pins changing as I arrowed or typed but all remained question marks. With the debian etch netinst for powerpc, which is also using brltty 3.7.2, when I tried to get brltty on boot by typing install brltty=bl,ttyUSB0 I got nothing. so instead, just to see what would happen, I just hit enter at the boot prompt and then switched with alt-f2 and hit enter to be in a console. there I typed brltty -b bl -d ttyUSB0 and hit enter. Brltty 3.7.2 came up but just as on ubuntu in powerpc, I then got the rows of question marks. Then when I did alt-f1 to go back to the installer, I got screen not in text mode does anybody know what is wrong here and is there anything I can do about it? Since the x86 versions of these CDs work and the ppc versions don't, I'[m assuming it has something to do with running brltty on a CD with ppc architecture. If I can solve this, I can very probably accomplish my goal of having a dual boot mac mini with debian and macosx. TIA. -- Cheryl "Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also." _______________________________________________ This message was sent via the BRLTTY mailing list. To post a message, send an e-mail to: BRLTTY@mielke.cc For general information, go to: http://mielke.cc/mailman/listinfo/brltty
