[BRLTTY] Linux console hacking (was: Re: Footsteps towards better accessibility in Linux)

[Nicolas Pitre]

On Sat, 28 Mar 2026, Halim Sahin wrote:

> Hi Nicolas,
> 
> Am Fri, Mar 27, 2026 at 08:48:04PM -0400, schrieb Nicolas Pitre:
> > On Fri, 27 Mar 2026, Halim Sahin wrote:
> > 
> > > Just wondering if that will continue to work if  switching to kmscon and
> > > distros then could  unset config_vt in the kernel.
> > 
> > As far as I know, kmscon was largely developed around 2012–2014 but 
> > became mostly unmaintained after that. It was never widely adopted in 
> > major distributions.
> 
> That was right but the development started again.
> Please read this:
> https://www.phoronix.com/news/Fedora-44-Approved-KMSCON

Well... I'm not holding my breath. If some day this works well _and_ it 
has proper hooks for BRLTTY to provide the same level of functionalities 
as the Linux VT console then the switch will be easy and we'll all 
rejoyce. In the mean time I won't stand still and wait for that to 
happen. So I'm still doing what I can to keep the Linux VT above the 
"usable" state.


Nicolas