Hi, Mario Lang (2015/11/12 23:29 +0100): > Yes, because udev-activation is not enabled on Debian by default.
What is udev-activation, actually? I googled a bit but couldn't find anything about it. Is there documentation somewhere? > You are free to use the example file provided to configure your system > to use it. Is it just a matter of copying it in /lib/udev/rules.d? > I am not quite sure that *everything* would work just fine. Yes, I realise this. > The problem here is that udev rules can basically just be used > to do auto-activation if you use USB. However, not all > configurations do exclusively use USB. My laptop, for instance, > has BRLTTY configured to find my display *either* via USB or Bluetooth. > This has prooven to be very helpful once my bluetooth stack broke. I can imagine, indeed. > Additionally, some people are still using serial braille displays. I'm one of them. > These can also not be handled by udev (AFAIK). Indeed. > If we enable udev activation by default, we need to teach the users > additionally about the fact that in some cases, they will have to enable > the daemon, and in some other cases they dont. > > I am personally not ready to open that can of worms yet. > Especially, because I don't really see what we would be gaining. > Most of us have BRLTTY around on their systems most of the time anyway. > And if resource consumption is a problem, for instance, on an embedded > system, you can still manually drop these udev rules into your system > configuration and use them. However, maybe I am missing an obvious > point. > Why is it particularily pressing to give up control about launching > brltty? Just another link in a chian of things that should never > break. I undestand your point. My concern was indeed to be able to plug multiple braille devices simultaneously, as you mentionned in anoother e-mail. So what I had in mind was to try to achieve the best of both words: having one system daemon started for so-called regular devices and still having hotplug enabled to support devices that are connected occasionnaly only. I do realise that even that would not cover all situations, of course. Shérab. _______________________________________________ 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
