[BRLTTY] Hims Braille Sense not Working on Linux

[Nicolas Pitre]

On Sat, 21 Nov 2015, Rob wrote:

> Dave Mielke <dave at mielke.cc> wrote:> I hope you don't mind me asking what I'm hoping is a stupid question, but is it
> > possible that, maybe, the device is set to use Bluetooth rather than USB?
> I thought of that and double checked. We're using the USB port. It runs fine on windows, so it isn't the cable. I tried all 4 ports on the linux box and none of them worked. I tried other USB devices and they worked.

If USB on Linux doesn't work, you could still try BlueTooth. If your 
PC doesn't have built-in BlueTooth support then you can buy a cheap USB 
BlueTooth dongle.

> > >Okay. Lsusb did not list the Braille Sense at all. Here is the contents of
> > >debug/usb/devices
> > 
> > What happens if you disconnect and reconnect its USB
> > cable?
> Nothing at all.

The last few lines from running the dmesg command might give a clue as 
well. It is possible that some error prevents Linux from recognizing it 
properly.


Nicolas