[BRLTTY] Issues with an Easy Braille

[Samuel Thibault]

Alex Bernier, on jeu. 20 juil. 2017 15:44:35 +0200, wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 20, 2017 at 08:13:32AM -0500, Samuel Thibault wrote:
> > Alex Bernier, on jeu. 20 juil. 2017 11:52:06 +0200, wrote:
> > > I just recieved a new Easy Braille (Handy Tech). My old one works perfectly with BRLTTY but there are some issues with the new one : display is very slow, the keyboard does not work and the driver is frequently reinitialized.
> > 
> > Which Linux kernel version are you using?
> 
> 4.11.0-1-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.11.6-1 (2017-06-19) x86_64 GNU/Linux

So it should have the fix, hum...

Could you send the output of lsusb -v ?

> > This looks very much like
> > a bug we had to get fixed there because of a bug in the device. (Or
> > an option is to plug the device throught a USB 1.0 hub). It should be
> > available in Linux 4.11 and above, stable 4.10.7 and above, stable
> > 4.9.19 and above, stable 4.4.58 and above, and stable 3.18.49 and above.
> 
> Where should the bug be fixed : in the kernel, in BRLTTY ? Or in the braille display firmware ?

Ideally, in the braille display firmware.
I had contacted the manufacturer, no answer so far.
Thus we added a quirk to Linux.

Samuel