[quoted lines by Labrador on 2008/09/03 at 20:38 +0200] >I ignore if Alva itself had offered me a serial-to-USB cable in the box,
The Alva just offers serial, USB, and Bluetooth. If you were using a serial adapter you'd set your Alva to serial. >but I'm using USB since that had been advised as being autodetected. Good. That keeps it simple. Also, brltty's autodetection defaults to being done for USB only. >Why should I try to complicate simple things that had worked until now ? Well ... I didn't know exactly what had worked before so I had to ask to be sure. >At this moment it isn't autodetected and I can't boot normally: >the one and only message at my braille-display says >"ALVA Satellite OK, Waiting for connection... " That means that brltty hasn't even connected to it. >and Ubuntu is asking me each time for pressing U for usb, S for serial, or B >for bluetooth, or X for exit. I assume, here, that you're entering U. >Once started, Orca + eSpeak work, but no braille, not in Gnome nor under >console. That, at least, is consistent with the other things you're reporting. >I haven't touched my Alva, not internally nor externally. I hope it isn't able >to change itself internally :-) No, it wouldn't change the communication channel on its own. >See here the brltty.conf; is that correct? : > ># Created by /lib/brltty/brltty.sh >braille-driver al >braille-device serial:ttyUSBttyUSB: The braille-device operand is bad. Maybe Ubuntu's /lib/brltty/brltty.sh needs fixing. That line should be as follows: braille-device usb: Also, since braille-driver is being set to al, it won't autodetect, i.e. it'll assume Alva (which is okay in your case). Perhaps that's because you're telling Ubuntu that you have an Alva. >I have tried serial:USB: or simply USB: or ttyUSB: >Nothing And Absolutely Nothing work. You'll note above that I worte usb: in lowercase. While the device qualifier isn't case sensitive these days, it's possible that it used to be. Please try specifying usb: in lowercase to see if that works. -- Dave Mielke | 2213 Fox Crescent | I believe that the Bible is the Phone: 1-613-726-0014 | Ottawa, Ontario | Word of God. Please contact me EMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Canada K2A 1H7 | if you're concerned about Hell. http://FamilyRadio.com/ | http://Mielke.cc/bible/ _______________________________________________ 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
