Re: Starting brltty from ubuntu-powerpc edgy cd with usb-to-serial

2006-09-02 Thread Joanmarie Diggs
Hi again Cheryl. With the Alva, I cannot get brltty working on its own. However, I do get the "screen not in text mode" message. After setting up Orca and logging out and back in again, I can get Orca working with the Alva. I'm hoping you can do the same with your Braille Lite. Give this a try:

Re: Starting brltty on edgy ubuntu-powerpc

2006-09-02 Thread Cheryl Homiak
I dont know about a null modem adaptor; is this a difference between the old braillelites and the braillelite 2000? Wih my braillelite, all I have to do is use the serial cable that came with my braillelite and add on the usb-to-serial adaptor. -- Cheryl "Where your treasure is, there will

Re: Starting brltty on edgy ubuntu-powerpc

2006-09-02 Thread Joanmarie Diggs
Hi again Dave, all. > It may, then, be a bug in the Linux support for USB->Serial adapters. Perhaps. Then again, something goofy may be going on with my Braille Lite and/or the cable I'm using with it. You see, I also happen to have an Alva Braille Terminal at my disposal. I just verified tha

Starting brltty from ubuntu-powerpc edgy cd with usb-to-serial

2006-09-02 Thread Cheryl Homiak
Ok,; here are the results of my latest attempt on the mac with the ubuntu live cd. First of all, if you leave the cd alone it will indeed boot all the way so you do have to catch it; the bootup prompt appears to be pretty soon after the spin-up. However, using "live nofb" does not appear t

Re: Starting brltty on edgy ubuntu-powerpc

2006-09-02 Thread Dave Mielke
[quoted lines by Joanmarie Diggs on 2006/09/02 at 18:25 -0400] >In both cases it's on Ubuntu Edgy: Live CD on the iMac; >installed copy on one of my PCs. It may, then, be a bug in the Linux support for USB->Serial adapters. I don't have one of those so I can't experiment. Brltty does set the b

Re: Starting brltty on edgy ubuntu-powerpc

2006-09-02 Thread Joanmarie Diggs
Hi Dave, group. > Is this on Mac OS X? It's not. In both cases it's on Ubuntu Edgy: Live CD on the iMac; installed copy on one of my PCs. Take care. --Joanie ___ gnome-accessibility-list mailing list gnome-accessibility-list@gnome.org http://mail.gn

Re: Starting brltty on edgy ubuntu-powerpc

2006-09-02 Thread Dave Mielke
[quoted lines by Joanmarie Diggs on 2006/09/02 at 17:37 -0400] >Yesterday I purchased a USB to serial adapter and was able to use my >Braille Lite 2000 with Emacspeak as a speech synthesizer -- something I >mention only in light of the following: Getting brltty working with the >Braille Lite as a

Re: Starting brltty on edgy ubuntu-powerpc

2006-09-02 Thread Joanmarie Diggs
Hi Cheryl. For the PPC live CD, I *believe* you want "live nofb". As for how you can know for sure you're there: What I noticed on my iMac is that the CD spins quite a bit and then stops. The point at which it stops and remains quiet is the point at which you are at the boot prompt. Yes

checking edgy cd for latest orca

2006-09-02 Thread MICHAEL WEAVER
How do I check the latest CD to find out if it has the latest version of Orca? I tried the locate command only it showed Orca on my hard drive. ___ gnome-accessibility-list mailing list gnome-accessibility-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/lis