[BRLTTY] brltty on Ubuntu 14.04

John J. Boyer john.boyer at abilitiessoft.com
Fri Apr 25 21:11:03 EDT 2014


ctrl+alt+F1 doesn't seem to work. I'll try F2. 

Thanks,
John

On Sat, Apr 26, 2014 at 09:44:58AM +1000, Jason White wrote:
> John J. Boyer <john.boyer at abilitiessoft.com> wrote:
> > I didn't have a braille display connected. As soon as I connected one 
> > through USB brltty started and recognized it. Now I just have to find 
> > out how to get to a virtual console, since that is where I do most of my 
> > work.
> 
> Virtual consoles can be accessed with alt-ctrl-F1, alt-ctrl-F2, Alt-ctrl-F3
> etc., from your X session. If you're already in a virtual console, it's simply
> Alt-f1, Alt-F2 etc.
> 
> The X Window System takes over one of your virtual consoles, traditionally
> tty7, but in some distributions it's now tty1 instead. In that case you'll
> have to use tty2, tty3 etc., and leave tty1 for the graphical desktop.
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> This message was sent via the BRLTTY mailing list.
> To post a message, send an e-mail to: BRLTTY at mielke.cc
> For general information, go to: http://mielke.cc/mailman/listinfo/brltty

-- 
John J. Boyer; President, Chief Software Developer
Abilitiessoft, Inc.
http://www.abilitiessoft.com
Madison, Wisconsin USA
Developing software for people with disabilities



More information about the BRLTTY mailing list