[BRLTTY] no input from braille keys under some conditions

covici at ccs.covici.com covici at ccs.covici.com
Wed Jul 27 15:40:49 EDT 2016


I have a bi 40 and I am not seeing this problem.  Are you using systemd
and if so, can you post your service unit?

Michael Katzmann <mkat at nlsbph.org> wrote:

> The braille keyboard is enabled. I don't think this would have been the
> problem, since I can get responses from the braille keys once I restart
> brltty.
> I thought it might be a bluetooth issue but the problem arises whether the
> connection is bluetooth or USB.
> To recap ... when brltty is started at boot with systemd brlapi cannot read
> braile keys although it can read the control keys. To read all the keys,
> brltty needs to be restarted after boot.
> 
> On Tue, Jul 26, 2016 at 10:09 PM, Dave Mielke <dave at mielke.cc> wrote:
> 
> > [quoted lines by Michael Katzmann on 2016/07/26 at 22:04 -0400]
> >
> > >If I run the brlapitest program I cannot get any response to input from
> > the
> > >eight braille keys on my connected device. I do get normal response from
> > >the routing keys (the Bralliant has three either side of the display, two
> > >at the bottom and four at the front)
> >
> > The Brailliant BI has a Braille Keyboard On/Off setting in its menu. From
> > your
> > description, it may be that you have Braille Keyboard set to Off.
> >
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