On Wed, Sep 03, 2008 at 12:40:20PM -0400, Lee Maschmeyer wrote:
> Brltty comes preinstalled on Hardy. Do I get the right impression that you
> installed your own version?
NO I NEVER do that, I prefer apt-get...ing it if it isn't installed, but
Ubuntu comes with Orca and BrlTty; why should I change something I'm
supposed having received with my distro?
>If so this is probably part of the problem, but
> not a big part so don't panic.
If I'm doing a ps ax |grep brl this is what I see:
ps ax |grep brl
4384 ? Ssl 0:00 /sbin/brltty -q
BrlTty is here:
whereis brltty
brltty: /sbin/brltty /etc/brltty /etc/brltty.conf /lib/brltty /usr/share/brltty
/usr/share/man/man1/brltty.1.gz
And installed packages containing brltty are:
dpkg -l |b[Kgrep brltty
ii brltty 3.9-6ubuntu1
Access software for a blind person using a b
ii brltty-x11 3.9-6ubuntu1
Access software for a blind person using a b
> 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>
Well, due to help of a sighted person I was now able to add dssh and
openssh-server so now I'm able to log in from my Debian PC! oooh, nice!
> 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.
sudo su does also worx for me; I suppose its OK too?
> 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.
No no! Dave said. I have and won't use that, only REAL USB.
>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.
I put here the output of what you asked me to try:
Script started on wo 03 sep 2008 20:51:04 CEST
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# brltty
BRLTTY 3.9 rev UNKNOWN [http://mielke.cc/brltty/]
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# brltty -b al -d ttyUSB0
BRLTTY 3.9 rev UNKNOWN [http://mielke.cc/brltty/]
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# brltty -b al -d ttyUSB1
BRLTTY 3.9 rev UNKNOWN [http://mielke.cc/brltty/]
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# killall brltty
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# ps ax |grep brltty
6419 pts/1 S+ 0:00 grep brltty
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# ps ax |grep brltty
brltty -b al -d ttyUSB1
BRLTTY 3.9 rev UNKNOWN [http://mielke.cc/brltty/]
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# brltty -b al -d ttyUSB0
ps ax |grep brltty
6421 ? Ssl 0:00 brltty -b al -d ttyUSB0
6427 pts/1 S+ 0:00 grep brltty
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# ps ax |grep brltty
brltty -b al -d ttyUSB0
ps ax |grep brltty
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# killall brltty
BRLTTY 3.9 rev UNKNOWN [http://mielke.cc/brltty/]
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# ps ax |grep brltty
6430 ? Ssl 0:00 brltty -b auto -d ttyUSB:
6436 pts/1 S+ 0:00 grep brltty
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# brltty
BRLTTY 3.9 rev UNKNOWN [http://mielke.cc/brltty/]
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# exit
exit
Script done on wo 03 sep 2008 20:59:28 CEST
> Running a computer requires great peace of mind. <grin> Have fun,
Your humor and patience is helpfull, but I'm still "blind" at this moment
and hope to see the light before I decide to reinstall Ubuntu from scratch
:-)
Thnx,
Aldo.
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