[BRLTTY] can't read screen content

Samuel Thibault samuel.thibault at ens-lyon.org
Sun May 24 17:42:51 UTC 2026


Hello,

Dave Mielke, le dim. 24 mai 2026 13:38:27 -0400, a ecrit:
> Please test the attached patch.

In my tests it works indeed!

Samuel

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> diff --git a/Drivers/Screen/Linux/screen.c b/Drivers/Screen/Linux/screen.c
> index e0a122647..65a2bf00c 100644
> --- a/Drivers/Screen/Linux/screen.c
> +++ b/Drivers/Screen/Linux/screen.c
> @@ -812,7 +812,12 @@ refreshUnicodeCache (unsigned int characters) {
>    unicodeCacheUsed = readUnicodeDevice(0, unicodeCacheBuffer, unicodeCacheSize);
>    if (unicodeCacheUsed == expectedSize) return 1;
>  
> -  logUnexpectedSize(expectedSize, unicodeCacheUsed, unicodeDeviceType);
> +  if (unicodeCacheUsed > 0) {
> +    logUnexpectedSize(expectedSize, unicodeCacheUsed, unicodeDeviceType);
> +  } else if (errno == ENODATA) {
> +    return 1;
> +  }
> +
>    return 0;
>  }
>  


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