[BRLTTY] will reinstall Fup: Re: braille doesn't work at all under Ubuntu 8.04.1

[Labrador]

On Thu, Sep 04, 2008 at 09:05:37AM -0400, Dave Mielke wrote:
> >But here is the brltty.conf.orig I see in /etc:
> >
> ># Created by /lib/brltty/brltty.sh
> >braille-driver al
> >braille-device serial:ttyUSBx
> >
> >I suppose the problem is there, 
> 
> Yes. The device qualifier is serial:, which tells brltty to use serial I/O. The 
> device is ttyUSBx (was it x or 0). That's specifying a device which would be 
> used were you using a USB-serial adapter. 

Hm, did someone know a visually impared person doing that? :-)

>So I'd say that Ubuntu's 
> understanding of what USB means is incorrect. 

Well they seem to understand it for the previous Gutsy release, except taht
it was the same script who caused overriding of your personalized
/etc/brltty.conf in Gutsy, whichfore we had to put a "#" before three lines
inside that script (people may correct me if I'm wrong)

Now the problem is groowing up.

>Perhaps it should be offering two 
> options, i.e. one for direct USB and one for using a USB-serial adapter.

USB as default was OK; if they want to do something better, then they have
to autodetect USB, then BT, then serial, not first serial then the rest.
 
> >but I still can't understand what dropped that absurd content into the .orig 
> >brltty.conf?
> 
> The first line says "Created by /lib/brltty/brltty.sh", so the answer to your 
> question is the Ubuntu script "/lib/brltty/brltty.sh".
> 
> >Maybe I must purge then reinstall brltty, hoping it will ask me again for
> >entering the display type and device: 
> 
> No, don't go through all the trouble of trying that. It isn't brltty which is 
> causing your problem. It's the Ubuntu configuration script 
> "/lib/brltty/brltty.sh".

I confirm it is for suer Ubuntu: I removed now brltty + brltty-x11,
completely including their config, and it persists and continues to ask if
my display is a B)luetooth, U)sb, S)erial or eX)it; I restarted now the lap
disconnecting my display and the persistent question still continues to come
up.

I better reinstall my system.

Aldo.