[BRLTTY] 5.6

Adrian van Bloois adrian at pa0rda.nl
Thu Apr 5 08:47:46 EDT 2018


On Thu, Apr 05, 2018 at 05:12:26AM -0500, Brian Tew wrote:
> Ok I think there is just one more hurdle.
> I made the changes in /etc/default/brltty that John mentioned.
> I apt-got purged 5.3.1 and recompiled 5.6 as root.
> All went well, but when root tried to edit /lib/systemd/system/brltty.service it says no such file.
> locate brltty.service gives ten files, but root cannot see any of thm.
> so I cannot change the execstart line.
> so brltty does not start and I cannot login in braille.
> I can ssh in with the ipad and start it with brltty -n -e -bhm
> and then I have braille with brltty-5.6.
> 
> How do I change the attributes or whatever so I can change that execstart line?
As a UNIX/Linux experienced person I'd say start vi as root and edit that
brltty.service file, if it aint there just make a copy of an existing one
to that place and edit it.
Then doo the systemctl enable and the systemcl start and I would expect
you got all engines running.

> 
> Below are the results of locate brltty.service:
> 
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