[BRLTTY] Trying to start brltty on ubuntu with usbserial device

[Dave Mielke]

[quoted lines by Cheryl Homiak on 2006/09/01 at 00:07 -0500]

>I decided to try experimenting with using the ubuntu live cd (edgy  
>powerpc version) on my mac. After booting, I wanted to use brltty
>from the command line. Since I have a prolific usb-to-serial cable,  
>and on debian at least the device for that is /dev/ttyUSB0, I decided  
>to try this with the ubuntu cd. I did get a response but it consisted  
>of a row of question marks across the display. I was able then to  
>kill brltty and got "brltty terminated" on the braillelite display. I  
>think the brltty version being used is 3.7.2. I'd like to get brltty  
>to run so I can troubleshoot a sound problem and try running orca.  
>Any suggestions?

I think this may be a problem which has just recently been resolved. Please try
the latest revision from the respository.

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