Re: [orca-list] orca hangs when braille is enabled

[Alex ARNAUD <alexarnaud hypra fr>]

Le 24/05/2017 à 22:18, Vojtěch Polášek a écrit :
> Hi,

Hi Vojtěch

> I discvered that I have a problem with Orca whenever I want to use
> braille. I am running ARch Linux, Orca from master, Brltty 5.5.

Have you also tried with BRLTTY 5.4 ?

> Brltty is running under Systemd. It works because if I switch to textual
> console, I can feel braille output. When I am in graphical session, it
> always shows "screen not in text mode".
>
> When I enable braille in Orca settings and restart Orca, Orca refuses to
> start. It just prints
>
> some-timestamp something seems to hung

Is the xbrlapi daemon running correctly ? Have you tried BRLTTY 5.5 on 
Debian for example ?

> orca --debug doesn't give any interesting information.
>
> What could be the problem? I guess there is some problem with Orca
> talking to brltty, but where?

Orca doesn't change is braille management for a long time so I think the 
problem should be in BRLTTY side.

Best regards.
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Alex ARNAUD
Visual-Impairment Project Manager
Hypra - "Humanizing technology"