Hello Aldo, I started this message before I got Dave's and I didn't want to abandon all my beautiful writing. <Grin> So here goes anyway:
Calm down. Relax. The problems are not as big as they seem. I use brltty on Hardy all the time so I'm living proof that it does work. What we have to do now is to figure out why it doesn't work for you, which is a much smaller issue. Brltty comes preinstalled on Hardy. Do I get the right impression that you installed your own version? If so this is probably part of the problem, but not a big part so don't panic. So let's try to break the problem into small steps. I suggest the following: Press Ctrl+Alt+F1 to get a logon prompt. If you logged on in the GUI it doesn't count here. Logon to your ID like this: Ubuntu Login: MyID <Enter> Password: MyPassword <Enter> Assuming your ID and password are correct, you're logged in to a console. Now type: sudo -i Enter your password again and press Enter. You're now logged on to the console as root, which is necessary to start brltty. Assuming you didn't add your own brltty, you can just type brltty But I think you said you're using a USB-Serial adapter. If so and you had it working before, add those parameters and see if they work. Something like: brltty -b al -d ttyUSB0 (where the 0 is probably wrong) If you did add your own brltty: the pre-installed one is in the /sbin directory and probably gets invoked instead of your new version which was probably installed in /bin, so specify the full path instead: /bin/brltty -b al -d ttyUSB0 See how far you get and report back. Also I've never used a USB-Serial adapter so could have messed up royally here. Somebody will correct this where necessary. Good luck and remember: Running a computer requires great peace of mind. <grin> Have fun, -- Lee Maschmeyer Wayne State University Detroit, Michigan, USA _______________________________________________ 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
