[BRLTTY] Issue linking brlapi and orca.

[Didier Spaier]

Le 15/09/2017 à 13:47, Samuel Thibault a écrit :
> 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.

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2017-09-15 at 14:05:53.157 [brltty] BRLTTY 5.5 rev unknown [http://brltty.com/]
2017-09-15 at 14:05:54.201 [brltty] Linux Screen Driver:
2017-09-15 at 14:05:54.202 [brltty] NoSpeech Speech Driver:

Didier

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