Re: [BRLTTY] Resolved: GPM open error: Inappropriate ioctl for device

2007-08-24 Thread Samuel Thibault
Hi, Dave Mielke, le Thu 23 Aug 2007 19:43:57 -0400, a écrit : > I think we still have a mystery on your system, though, i.e. why it wouldn't > connect to the running gpm. That's something I'd really like to know the > answer Remember, it's because someone dropped support for "default client" (FL

Re: [BRLTTY] LFS & BRLTTY SVN setup problem

2007-08-24 Thread Jason White
On Fri, Aug 24, 2007 at 12:02:04PM +0100, Georgina Joyce wrote: > > Aug 24 11:49:50 orchid brltty[1500]: kernel module not installed: pcspkr That's the PC speaker sound support, which either may not be available, or it might be already built into your kernel and hence need not be loaded. Either

Re: [BRLTTY] LFS & BRLTTY SVN setup problem

2007-08-24 Thread Georgina Joyce
This message indicates that you're probably invoking brltty as a regular user rather than as root. Please try invoking it as root. Iwas; As root I get the following: Aug 24 11:49:50 orchid brltty[1499]: BRLTTY 3.8 [http://mielke.cc/brltty/] Aug 24 11:49:50 orchid brltty[1500]: Linux Screen Driv

Re: [BRLTTY] Resolved: GPM open error: Inappropriate ioctl fordevice

2007-08-24 Thread Keith Wessel
So Dave, with this in mind, would you still like the strace? Thanks, gentlemen, Keith -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Samuel Thibault Sent: Friday, August 24, 2007 3:03 AM To: Informal discussion between users and developers of BRLTTY. Subje

Re: [BRLTTY] lfs live disk and braillenote

2007-08-24 Thread Dave Mielke
[quoted lines by cody on 2007/08/24 at 19:10 -0700] > I have my braillenote 32 and am trying to boot the live cd of lfs 6.3 pre1. > I boot and at the second beep at the boot prompt I type: > >linux brltty=bn,ttyS0 > > and I let it boot. It will not display anything. Am I correct that you don't

Re: [BRLTTY] Resolved: GPM open error: Inappropriate ioctl fordevice

2007-08-24 Thread Dave Mielke
[quoted lines by Keith Wessel on 2007/08/24 at 07:57 -0500] >So Dave, with this in mind, would you still like the strace? No, I don't think so. Perhaps I was getting mixed up between two issues. Would you please confirm for me which error you were getting? The expected one for that gpm problem, a

Re: [BRLTTY] lfs live disk and braillenote

2007-08-24 Thread cody
that image should work fine, since the friend I have has used that same image.I've even tried booting this on another machine and I know what port I need to be using.. Cody - Original Message - From: "Dave Mielke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Informal discussion between users and developer

Re: [BRLTTY] Resolved: GPM open error: Inappropriate ioctl fordevice

2007-08-24 Thread Keith Wessel
Nope, I was getting inapropriate IOCTL for device. So, sounds like I'm back to running without GPM compiled in until I see the new GPM release come into the stable branch of Gentoo. Thanks, gentlemen, Keith -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Da

Re: [BRLTTY] Resolved: GPM open error: Inappropriate ioctl fordevice

2007-08-24 Thread Nicolas Pitre
On Fri, 24 Aug 2007, Dave Mielke wrote: > [quoted lines by Keith Wessel on 2007/08/24 at 07:57 -0500] > > >So Dave, with this in mind, would you still like the strace? > > No, I don't think so. Perhaps I was getting mixed up between two issues. Would > you please confirm for me which error you w

Re: [BRLTTY] Resolved: GPM open error: Inappropriate ioctl fordevice

2007-08-24 Thread Dave Mielke
[quoted lines by Keith Wessel on 2007/08/24 at 08:22 -0500] >Nope, I was getting inapropriate IOCTL for device. Okay, good. It all makes sense now. >So, sounds like I'm back to running without GPM compiled in until I see the >new GPM release come into the stable branch of Gentoo. Or the new (n

[BRLTTY] suse and blinux?

2007-08-24 Thread cody
List, So I've done my research and understand blinux is based off of brltty. I was told that blinux might not even been included in newer suse distros such as open suse, but I want to know the boot command for blinux if anyone has familiarity with suse. I am taking a networking course next ye

Re: [BRLTTY] lfs live disk and braillenote

2007-08-24 Thread Dave Mielke
[quoted lines by cody on 2007/08/25 at 09:09 -0700] >that image should work fine, since the friend I have has used that same >image.I've even tried booting this on another machine and I know what port I >need to be using.. Do you know which release of brltty is on it? Is it possible that your

Re: [BRLTTY] lfs live disk and braillenote

2007-08-24 Thread cody
Dave, I would use that as a last resort. I am trying to do it this way because of the fact the course I'm going to be taking this probably won't be an option to do it over the lan. I was just thinking...I was doing some reading on grml, and I saw the boot command was grml blind brltty=type,

Re: [BRLTTY] lfs live disk and braillenote

2007-08-24 Thread Dave Mielke
[quoted lines by cody on 2007/08/25 at 11:42 -0700] > I would use that as a last resort. I am trying to do it this way because >of the fact the course I'm going to be taking this probably won't be an >option to do it over the lan. I'm just referring to the install itself. You shouldn't have an

Re: [BRLTTY] lfs live disk and braillenote

2007-08-24 Thread cody
Dave, Lfs is something I'm doing on my own time, for installs however I'll be doing suse installs which no one has answered my posts on and google has failed to give me any useful information. These boot commands are driving me insane. The course deals with netowrking and we'll be using suse,

Re: [BRLTTY] lfs live disk and braillenote

2007-08-24 Thread Lee Maschmeyer
Don't rule out hardware problems too. The fact that other people have used other BrailleNotes is heartening, but until _you_ use _your_ BrailleNote on _your_ computer you don't really know that yours works. Since you've been on Linux for several years, that means you've got a stable system with

Re: [BRLTTY] LFS & BRLTTY SVN setup problem

2007-08-24 Thread Georgina Joyce
e, send an e-mail to: BRLTTY@mielke.cc For general information, go to: http://mielke.cc/mailman/listinfo/brltty ______ NOD32 2483 (20070824) Information __ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com ___ This mess

[BRLTTY] braillenote lfs update

2007-08-24 Thread cody
I just downloaded and tried out the grml CD and both my braillenote and double talk work with it and I must say it's pretty cool. However when trying to use that lfs disk I just don't get anything. Which leads me to believe it is the command I am typing for the lfs live disk. linux brltty=bn,tt

Re: [BRLTTY] LFS & BRLTTY SVN setup problem

2007-08-24 Thread Dave Mielke
[quoted lines by Georgina Joyce on 2007/08/24 at 19:12 +0100] >No it still doesn't work. I've updated to the latest SVN What type of braille display are you using? How is it connected to your PC? Which options are you using when invoking brltty? >which reminds me that I had to use the --disa

Re: [BRLTTY] braillenote lfs update

2007-08-24 Thread Dave Mielke
[quoted lines by cody on 2007/08/25 at 15:32 -0700] >I just downloaded and tried out the grml CD and both my braillenote and double >talk work with it and I must say it's pretty cool. That's good. So now we know that your hardware is good and all matched up correctly. >However when trying to us

Re: [BRLTTY] braillenote lfs update

2007-08-24 Thread cody
he is using a serial display. I'm trying to get him to give me the boot command but he keeps saying read the readme when there isn't one. now he is not answering. - Original Message - From: "Dave Mielke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Informal discussion between users and developers of BRLTT

Re: [BRLTTY] braillenote lfs update

2007-08-24 Thread Dave Mielke
[quoted lines by cody on 2007/08/25 at 16:03 -0700] >he is using a serial display. What type of display is it? Is it also a BrailleNote? >I'm trying to get him to give me the boot command but he keeps saying read the >readme when there isn't one. now he is not answering. That doesn't sound too

Re: [BRLTTY] braillenote lfs update

2007-08-24 Thread cody
I've given him the command I use and he says its similar to what he used. I'm just going to give up...grml is nice I'll stick whith that. - Original Message - From: "Dave Mielke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Informal discussion between users and developers of BRLTTY." Sent: Friday, August 2

Re: [BRLTTY] LFS & BRLTTY SVN setup problem

2007-08-24 Thread Georgina Joyce
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Re: [BRLTTY] LFS & BRLTTY SVN setup problem

2007-08-24 Thread Dave Mielke
[quoted lines by Georgina Joyce on 2007/08/24 at 22:48 +0100] >Display: Brailliant 40 >Connected: USB >Initialisation: brltty (/etc/brltty.conf has the bm driver, USB and British >table options active) Could you please include the brltty.conf lines so that we can be assured that they're specifie

[BRLTTY] access to a simple window manager

2007-08-24 Thread cody
would brltty be able to work with say x windows? something like fluxbox or something? Cody___ 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/mail