[BRLTTY] Debugging BRLTTY crashes (Baum driver)

[Nicolas Pitre]

On Thu, 3 May 2007, Jason White wrote:

> > Does unplugging/replugging the USB cable also cause the problem?
> 
> Not sure - I always shut down my laptop completely before disconnecting the
> braille display to avoid any risk of hardware problems that might result if
> the USB cable is disconnected while the display is active. Are Baum displays
> designed to survive that kind of disconnection/reconnection cycle?

Sure!  USB was designed for that.  You can plug and unplug USB devices 
as you want without powering off anything.  Of course if that USB device 
is a storage device then you better unmount the filesystem first.


Nicolas