Re: [orca-list] BrlTty defunct after upgrading Gutsy to Hardy

[Hermann <meinelisten onlinehome de>]

am Mi 30. Apr 2008 um 09:12:47 schrieb Jon <j orcauser googlemail com>:
> in gutsy:
>
> When i tried to upgrade to brltty 3.9, brltty 3.7.2 didnt 
> uninstall correctly, i had to undo the modifications to 
> /etc/init.d/brltty before the package would uninstall. After this brltty 
> 3.9 installed without any problems.
 
Did you install from the source or via apt-get?

> Then a while later i decided to attempt to upgrade to hardy, modifying 
> /etc/apt/sources.list
> and doing an upgrade all worked fine, except that orca didnt ever seem 
> to talk to the braille display.
> Brltty is running, works in terminal mode, the python brlapi bindings 
> where installed, but still no braille and orca.
>
> I did a update/upgrade cycle every few days, but nothing happend in this 
> regard.
 
How did you install Orca? From the source or via apt-get?
If you built both from the source: Make sure that the brltty bin is stored 
in /bin and then recompile Orca.
Orca expects to find the brltty binary in that path.
When you installed brltty 3.9 via Debian - which I suspect to happen when 
upgrading your system - the brltty bin is stored in /sbin.
If Orca has come via dist-upgrade, you should try to reinstall it:
aptitude reinstall gnome-orca.

> With all the debate about speech output options, and the various hacks 
> that needs doing, its currently on a todo-list for a reinstall of good 
> old gutsy.
 
If nothing helps, you should considder doing that.
Hermann