Re: [orca-list] Problem with brltty

[Michael Whapples <mwhapples aim com>]

Hello,
If the problem is what I had once before when I used ubuntu, it is that
brltty gets started twice, once when the display is detected, and once
when the start-up scripts starts it.

I think I solved it (I am going from memory as it was some time ago I
used ubuntu (and that was feisty)) I removed the brltty udev rule
(probably removing it from the start-up scripts would work as well).

To explain the two above ways brltty is started:
udev is a system which detects new hardware and performs a task
accordingly, so can start brltty when a braille display is plugged in
(but this requires the connection to allow automatic detection of
devices, serial ports don't, I think, so if a braille display is
connected by serial brltty won't be started this way).
The start-up scripts will always start brltty (regardless of connection
type) when the system starts.

Hope this helps you with working something out.

From
Michael Whapples
On Wed, 2007-12-05 at 17:51 +0100, Ollie wrote:
> Hello list,
> since I installed Ubuntu 7.10, I've experienced a strange problem with brltty.
> When I boot, brltty seems to start regularly (I get brltty 3.72 on my 
> display), then a message appears that says:
> startup problem
>
> When I log in and Orca starts, I disconnect the braille display for a 
> second or so and then reconnect it, and the display shows "screen not 
> in text mode", instead of the "Welcome to Orca" message.
> If I press Alt+f1, the menu shows regularly, and after that brltty 
> seems to work perfectly well.
>
> Can it be avoided?
> Thanks and cheers,
> Ollie