[BRLTTY] Brltty woes on Centos 7

[Dave Mielke]

[quoted lines by Keith Wessel on 2017/03/01 at 14:41 -0600]

>since the recommendation was to build from the tar, I wasn't sure if anyone 
>cared. 

Recommendations aren't commands. :-) Of course we're interested.

>I'm happy to send along an updated spec file if you like.

Yes, please do.

>There is a system file in the RPM, but so far, it's not working for me. Mind
>you, neither is my own. Brltty starts then stops; 

I know exactly the problem you're having, and the development code (soon to 
become 5.5) deals with it. When systemd took over udev they made an unfortunate 
change. They no longer allow an executable started by a udev rule to run for 
more than five seconds, at which point they very unceremoniously kill it. Their 
idea is that real programs should always be under systemd control, and that any 
executalbes invoked by udev diretly are only meant to be helpers that shouldn't 
run for a long period of time.

>journalctl is reporting some garbage chars from the braille display 
>communications. I'm suspecting the communications channel is out of syn for 
>some reason. 

That's simply not possible.

>The one at home doesn't even have on-board serial ports; I'm using a SIIG 
>Cyberserial PCI add-on card. Ah, good ol' RS-232 fun.

Mine does have one serial port, but it also has a PCI card that provides two 
more.

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