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

[Kelly Prescott <kprescott coolip net>]

Here is what you need to do to fix brltty in ArchLinux.
edit the brltty.conf file which is located in /etc
on about line #591 you need to uncomment the line that reads:

api-parameters Auth=keyfile:/etc/brlapi.key     # Require 
authentication key

Note, this should be on one line.
Then restart brltty sudo systemctl restart brltty
This should make orca work again.
/etc/brlapi.key must exist, though, and be readable by the user running
orca.



On Wed, 24 May 2017, Alex ARNAUD wrote:

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