Dave Mielke, on Mon 18 Jul 2016 17:26:58 -0400, wrote:
> Perhaps, then, the package makes brltty set-uid root. This is something I
> wouldn't know (or even have guessed) as I don't make the Debian packages.
I don't think Debian ever made brltty setuid.
Samuel
[quoted lines by Amanda Lacy on 2016/07/18 at 16:36 -0500]
>Do you know who makes them?
I believe they follow this list. She's referring to whoever makes the Debian
package, and is wondering why "apt-get install brltty" allowed her to
successfully run brltty while not being root.
--
Dave Miel
> This is something I wouldn't know (or even have guessed) as I don't make the
> Debian packages.
Do you know who makes them?
On 7/18/16, Dave Mielke wrote:
> [quoted lines by Amanda Lacy on 2016/07/18 at 16:18 -0500]
>
>>If either of these was true, the details were hidden from me. The only
>>
[quoted lines by Amanda Lacy on 2016/07/18 at 16:18 -0500]
>If either of these was true, the details were hidden from me. The only
>difference I'm aware of is that before, I used apt-get install, ran
>brltty (without sudo) and brltty worked. This time I did not use
>apt-get install, and brltty doe
> Is it possible that your 5.2 brltty executable was
> set-uid root? Were you perhaps starting it with systemd, which would've run
> it as root?
If either of these was true, the details were hidden from me. The only
difference I'm aware of is that before, I used apt-get install, ran
brltty (witho
[quoted lines by Amanda Lacy on 2016/07/18 at 15:12 -0500]
>But why might I need to run as root now, when I didn't need to do so with 5.2?
I'm sure that you did. Is it possible that your 5.2 brltty executable was
set-uid root? Were you perhaps starting it with systemd, which would've run it
as
> It looks like you aren't running brltty as root. Please give that a try.
That works! But why might I need to run as root now, when I didn't
need to do so with 5.2?
On 7/18/16, Dave Mielke wrote:
> [quoted lines by Amanda Lacy on 2016/07/18 at 14:34 -0500]
>
>>It's a huge log file.
>
> Yes, it'
[quoted lines by Amanda Lacy on 2016/07/18 at 14:34 -0500]
>It's a huge log file.
Yes, it's huge! It didn't make it through to the list (due to its size) but I
have it.
>It appears that brltty tries to access certain
>files e.g. USB and screen drivers and fails because it doesn't have
>permiss
[quoted lines by Amanda Lacy on 2016/07/18 at 14:34 -0500]
>It's a huge log file. It appears that brltty tries to access certain
>files e.g. USB and screen drivers and fails because it doesn't have
>permission. Why might this happen?
I'd hate to just make a guess. We need to see the log. Please a
It's a huge log file. It appears that brltty tries to access certain
files e.g. USB and screen drivers and fails because it doesn't have
permission. Why might this happen?
On 7/17/16, Dave Mielke wrote:
> [quoted lines by Amanda Lacy on 2016/07/17 at 17:25 -0500]
>
>>The patch seemed to work and
[quoted lines by Amanda Lacy on 2016/07/17 at 17:25 -0500]
>The patch seemed to work and brltty seems to be installed,
Good. Two things:
I think the make file problem wasn't caught till now because most people do
"make" and "make install" as two separate steps. You were just doing "make
insta
The patch seemed to work and brltty seems to be installed, but the
display now doesn't work at all. How can I find out why?
On 7/17/16, Dave Mielke wrote:
> [quoted lines by Amanda Lacy on 2016/07/17 at 15:25 -0500]
>
>>What lines do I need to add in the makefile.
>
> I've attached a patch (brltt
[quoted lines by Amanda Lacy on 2016/07/17 at 15:25 -0500]
>What lines do I need to add in the makefile.
I've attached a patch (brltty-make-1.patch) to this message that does it
properly. It's the fix that's been committed to the repository. If you apply it
then you'll need to configure again.
What lines do I need to add in the makefile. I assume one involves
creating the brltty-tunes directory.
On 7/17/16, Dave Mielke wrote:
> [quoted lines by Amanda Lacy on 2016/07/17 at 15:07 -0500]
>
>>I got a bit farther with this option, but now it quits because it
>>can't find the brltty-tunes d
[quoted lines by Amanda Lacy on 2016/07/17 at 15:07 -0500]
>I got a bit farther with this option, but now it quits because it
>can't find the brltty-tunes directory. Which other options should I
>use with configure?
This is a make file error. It'll be fixed for the next release, which doesn't
he
I got a bit farther with this option, but now it quits because it
can't find the brltty-tunes directory. Which other options should I
use with configure?
BTW, I tried the options --disable-pcm-support and
--disable-beeper-support. They're listed in the manual, but configure
doesn't recognize them
[quoted lines by Amanda Lacy on 2016/07/17 at 14:19 -0500]
>Someone informed me that I needed a later version, so I'm trying to
>install it. But first, why does apt-get install brltty-5.2? Why not
>the latest
>version as anyone would expect?
There's usually a delay between when a package is relea
Amanda Lacy wrote:
> Someone informed me that I needed a later version, so I'm trying to
> install it. But first, why does apt-get install brltty-5.2? Why not
> the latest
> version as anyone would expect?
You might be using a stable repository which, for this reason, does not
include the latest
Someone informed me that I needed a later version, so I'm trying to
install it. But first, why does apt-get install brltty-5.2? Why not
the latest
version as anyone would expect?
I downloaded, unpacked and configured brltty-5.4.tar.gz. Sudo make
install produced these errors:
strip:/bin/brltty-ktb
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