[BRLTTY] Issue linking brlapi and orca.

[Samuel Thibault]

Didier Spaier, on ven. 15 sept. 2017 13:44:13 +0200, wrote:
> Le 14/09/2017 à 01:47, Samuel Thibault a écrit :
> > Didier Spaier, on mer. 13 sept. 2017 11:42:11 +0200, wrote:
> >> Le 13/09/2017 à 10:06, Samuel Thibault a écrit :
> >>> John Covici, on mer. 13 sept. 2017 03:59:06 -0400, wrote:
> >>>> Is the line in your /etc/brltty.conf uncommeted
> >>>> api-parameters Auth=keyfile:/etc/brlapi.key  # Require authentication
> >>>> key
> >>>>
> >>>> Its near the end of the file and is necessary for orca to work as of
> >>>> now.
> >>>
> >>> ? That shouldn't be. Normally, either polkit or the keyfile is needed.
> >>> Which version seems to require that? I remember we had to fix it at some
> >>> point, but did a version got released with the issue?
> >>
> >> Anyway uncommenting it doesn't help here.
> >>
> >> I am ready to provide a log. How should I set the logging options?
> > 
> > Normally the logs should already contain the errors. It may still be
> > useful to pass -l server to brltty.
> > 
> > But sut to !ake sure: is there really no /var/lib/BrlAPI/0 file?
> 
> No. But I just realized that I probably need to start xbrlapi for all
> this to work (I do not read /etc/X11/Xsessions/* when starting X)

No. xbrlapi is just a client. It's brltty which cretes /var/lib/BrlAPI/0

> Maybe I should use the --auth option, but with what argument?

The defaults should be just alright.

> One more question: should an even dummy braille terminal be in use
> for this to work? I yes how do I set this dummy device? 

No, even if there is no braille device yet, the socket should be getting
created. There the problem really lies in brltty itself, not any other
kind of configuration. Configuration might matter later, but until
/var/lib/BrlAPI/0 gets created it's completely useless to have a look at
it.

So we really need to see the brltty log.

Samuel