Re: [orca-list] Fwd: Problems with Sonar and BRLTTY

[Steph <steph brown2 verizon net>]

I have had the same problems with Brltty, and this worked for me too.
Thank you so much!
Stephanie

On 11/02/2015 02:09 PM, Mallard wrote:
> Peter,
>
> It worked, and now braille is ok...
>
> Many thanks indeed. That solved my problem.
> Ciao,
> Ollie
>
>
>
>
> Il 02/11/2015 16:37, Peter Vágner ha scritto:
> > Hello,
> >
> > Unfortunatelly as further discussion on this topic indicates at this
> > point I am not sure what exactly is needed on your system.
> > The bit which relates to changing which virtual terminal orca reports to
> > brltty should no longer be necessery with the version of orca you do
> > have installed.
> >
> > So if it will not help you then please do ask more.
> >
> > Can you at least make some basic stuff done with your machine with
> > speech only with braille non functional or do you require braille for
> > all times?
> >
> > I am thinking that some of us power users might help you out to look at
> > this if you can manage to get us to connect into your machine somehow.
> >
> > In any case if you are unsure please just ask and we'll try to be 
> > helpfull.
> >
> > Greetings
> >
> > Peter
> >
> >
> > Dňa 02.11.2015 o 15:16 Mallard napísal(a):
> > > Hello Peter,
> > >
> > > Many thanks. I surely don't have the ability to go about making all
> > > these changes (I'm still pretty much a Windows user, wanting to
> > > migrate, but still not quite there...), but with you instructions and
> > > a little help from my family I should make it.
> > >
> > > Thanks again. I'll report back when I'm done.
> > > Ciao,
> > > Ollie
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Il 02/11/2015 13:29, Peter Vágner ha scritto:
> > > > Hello,
> > > >
> > > > I apologize for not reading sonar support list regularly, otherwise I
> > > > might have posted correct answer earlier.
> > > >
> > > > I guess really the issue is with the fact orca assumes your X server
> > > > running on VT7. Orca needs to communicate this to brltty. On Arch 
> > > > linux
> > > > and derivatives GDM 3 starts on first free virtual console that is VT1
> > > > in most cases. It might be similar on sonar as well I guess.
> > > > To change this in orca, create or open a file
> > > > ~/.local/share/orca/orca-customizations.py
> > > > and put the following content to the bottom of that file.
> > > >
> > > > import orca.settings
> > > > orca.settings.tty = 1
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Doing it this way is easier as setting up GDM to spawn X on another
> > > > console requires rebuild of GDM package.
> > > >
> > > > Also have you added your user to the brlapi group and does a file
> > > > /etc/brlapi.key exist on your system? This allows orca to talk to
> > > > brltty.
> > > >
> > > > Greetings
> > > >
> > > > Peter
> > > >
> > > > On 02.11.2015 at 10:50 Mallard wrote:
> > > > > Hello list,
> > > > >
> > > > > I'm posting here a message I sent to the Sonar Support list, because
> > > > > Kendell suggested it might be a metter requiring investigation on the
> > > > > part of Orca people...
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks in advance for your help.
> > > > > Ciao,
> > > > > Ollie
> > > > >
> > > > > ********
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Hello all,
> > > > >
> > > > > After some struggling, we managed to install Sonar 2015.4 on my pc.
> > > > >
> > > > > Unfortunately, I can't work without braille, so I tried to launch
> > > > > BRLTTY.
> > > > >
> > > > > It detects my braille display, and works correctly in consoles, 
> > > > > but not
> > > > > with Orca, although braille is enabled in Orca Preferences.
> > > > >
> > > > > My husband found a post on the BRLTTY forum, where someone reports 
> > > > > the
> > > > > same kind or problem in Arch. The person says that he discovered that
> > > > > the problem is due to Arch starting in Console 1, while Orca 
> > > > > starts in
> > > > > Console 7. By having Arch start in Console 7, the problem was solved.
> > > > >
> > > > > Sounds interesting, but... Does anyone know whether it is the same 
> > > > > with
> > > > > Sonar and, in this case, how do I have Sonar start in Console 7?
> > > > >
> > > > > Thsnks, ciao,
> > > > > Ollie
> > > > >
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