[BRLTTY] powerpc linux machine running brltty on usb switch

[Cheryl Homiak]

Yes, with the patch applied it works perfectly now. Thanks so much!


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> On Aug 24, 2014, at 9:41 PM, Dave Mielke <dave at mielke.cc> wrote:
> 
> [quoted lines by Cheryl Homiak on 2014/08/24 at 14:25 -0500]
> 
>> My problem arises with brltty on the powerpc machine running linux. When 
>> started it works. However when the switch is used to switch from that machine 
>> and then back again, the scanner and keyboard work but the braille display 
>> does not respond to the change to that machine though it responds to changes 
>> to all other machines. Once I have switched to the powerpc machine, the 
>> braille display still shows what was on the last machine but is no longer 
>> active with that machine either. However, as soon as I press a key (a 
>> keystroke not enter) on the keyboard also attached to the switch or if I type 
>> a character using a braillelite attached separately to the computer, then the 
>> Hims Braille Edge immediately becomes fully operable on the linux machine.
> 
> Please try this patch (attached as usb-1.patch).
> 
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