[BRLTTY] no input from braille keys under some conditions

Michael Katzmann mkat at nlsbph.org
Wed Jul 27 16:36:39 EDT 2016


Yes, I'm using systemd on the Raspberry PI 3.
I don't see the problem on Fedora which also starts brltty with systemd.

On Wed, Jul 27, 2016 at 3:40 PM, <covici at ccs.covici.com> wrote:

> 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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