Hi,
At last some news about d-i accessibility.
Samuel Thibault, le Mon 31 Oct 2005 00:40:52 +0100, a écrit :
> Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > How big is brltty ?
> > >
> > > A static bin is +/- 500k, I ignore how they did that for Mandriva or
> > > Knoppix.
> >
> > And probably don't need a static binary, as the .udeb will depend on
> > libraries
> > included in the initrd.
>
> The current .udeb holds a ~175Ko binary. Version 3.7 might be bigger
> since some drivers were added.
Mario told me that it will be bigger indeed :)
> > > >Could we not include it by default ?
> > >
> > > > Or create an initrd
> > > > which includes them by default.
> > >
> > > I will try reposting this question on our FR discussion list
> > > CarrefourBLinuX, sicne there are some developers who are more involved in
> > > programming, brltty, etc: they should make apropriate suggestions/answers.
> >
> > Well, brltty already builds a .udeb :
> >
> > Package: brltty-udeb
> > Architecture: any
> > Section: debian-installer
> > Priority: extra
> > Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}
> > Description: Access software for a blind person using a soft braille
> > terminal
> > This is a small version of brltty, optimized for use on boot floppies.
> >
> > So, maybe it is only a matter of including it ?
>
> It seems so, indeed: it holds a /usr/lib/prebaseconfig.d/50brltty
> [etc...]
I tried the attached patch against debian-installer, and it worked fine:
brltty starts as appropriate and detects braille devices.
The patch also adds the text debconf interface, that visually impaired
people might prefer.
Could it be applied?
Regards,
Samuel Thibault
Index: build/pkg-lists/netboot-apus/common
===================================================================
--- build/pkg-lists/netboot-apus/common (révision 35325)
+++ build/pkg-lists/netboot-apus/common (copie de travail)
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
net-retriever
download-installer
cdebconf-newt-udeb
+cdebconf-text-udeb
+brltty-udeb
installation-locale
di-utils-terminfo
Index: build/pkg-lists/netboot64/common
===================================================================
--- build/pkg-lists/netboot64/common (révision 35325)
+++ build/pkg-lists/netboot64/common (copie de travail)
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
download-installer
cdebconf-newt-udeb
cdebconf-text-udeb
+brltty-udeb
installation-locale
di-utils-terminfo
preseed-common
Index: build/pkg-lists/cdrom-minimal/common
===================================================================
--- build/pkg-lists/cdrom-minimal/common (révision 35325)
+++ build/pkg-lists/cdrom-minimal/common (copie de travail)
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
bogl-bterm-udeb
di-utils-terminfo
cdebconf-newt-udeb
+cdebconf-text-udeb
+brltty-udeb
usb-discover [2.4]
preseed-common
initrd-preseed
Index: build/pkg-lists/netboot-minimal/common
===================================================================
--- build/pkg-lists/netboot-minimal/common (révision 35325)
+++ build/pkg-lists/netboot-minimal/common (copie de travail)
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
net-retriever
download-installer
cdebconf-newt-udeb
+cdebconf-text-udeb
+brltty-udeb
installation-locale
di-utils-terminfo
preseed-common
Index: build/pkg-lists/nativehd/common
===================================================================
--- build/pkg-lists/nativehd/common (révision 35325)
+++ build/pkg-lists/nativehd/common (copie de travail)
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
net-retriever
download-installer
cdebconf-newt-udeb
+cdebconf-text-udeb
+brltty-udeb
kbd-chooser
installation-locale
bogl-bterm-udeb
Index: build/pkg-lists/cdrom/common
===================================================================
--- build/pkg-lists/cdrom/common (révision 35325)
+++ build/pkg-lists/cdrom/common (copie de travail)
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
bogl-bterm-udeb
di-utils-terminfo
cdebconf-newt-udeb
+cdebconf-text-udeb
+brltty-udeb
usb-discover [2.4]
preseed-common
initrd-preseed
Index: build/pkg-lists/monolithic/common
===================================================================
--- build/pkg-lists/monolithic/common (révision 35325)
+++ build/pkg-lists/monolithic/common (copie de travail)
@@ -27,3 +27,5 @@
file-preseed
libfribidi0-udeb
cdebconf-newt-udeb
+cdebconf-text-udeb
+brltty-udeb
Index: build/pkg-lists/hd-media/common
===================================================================
--- build/pkg-lists/hd-media/common (révision 35325)
+++ build/pkg-lists/hd-media/common (copie de travail)
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
bogl-bterm-udeb
di-utils-terminfo
cdebconf-newt-udeb
+cdebconf-text-udeb
+brltty-udeb
preseed-common
initrd-preseed
file-preseed
Index: build/pkg-lists/floppy/common
===================================================================
--- build/pkg-lists/floppy/common (révision 35325)
+++ build/pkg-lists/floppy/common (copie de travail)
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
di-utils-terminfo
kbd-chooser
cdebconf-newt-udeb
+cdebconf-text-udeb
+brltty-udeb
installation-locale
nano-udeb
Index: build/pkg-lists/cdrom-apus/common
===================================================================
--- build/pkg-lists/cdrom-apus/common (révision 35325)
+++ build/pkg-lists/cdrom-apus/common (copie de travail)
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
bogl-bterm-udeb
di-utils-terminfo
cdebconf-newt-udeb
+cdebconf-text-udeb
+brltty-udeb
usb-discover [2.4]
nano-udeb
Index: build/pkg-lists/netboot/common
===================================================================
--- build/pkg-lists/netboot/common (révision 35325)
+++ build/pkg-lists/netboot/common (copie de travail)
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
download-installer
cdebconf-newt-udeb
cdebconf-text-udeb
+brltty-udeb
installation-locale
di-utils-terminfo
preseed-common
Index: build/pkg-lists/generic/common
===================================================================
--- build/pkg-lists/generic/common (révision 35325)
+++ build/pkg-lists/generic/common (copie de travail)
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
net-retriever
download-installer
cdebconf-newt-udeb
+cdebconf-text-udeb
+brltty-udeb
installation-locale
di-utils-terminfo
Index: build/pkg-lists/cdrom64/common
===================================================================
--- build/pkg-lists/cdrom64/common (révision 35325)
+++ build/pkg-lists/cdrom64/common (copie de travail)
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
bogl-bterm-udeb
di-utils-terminfo
cdebconf-newt-udeb
+cdebconf-text-udeb
+brltty-udeb
usb-discover [2.4]
preseed-common
initrd-preseed
