[BRLTTY] Fedora 33, Braille OK on console, no Braille in GUI

[Alexander Epaneshnikov]

21.12.2020 21:37, Frans-WIllem Post пишет:
> Hello Alexander,
>
> On 21-12-2020 17:09, Alexander Epaneshnikov wrote:
>> 21.12.2020 18:24, Frans-WIllem Post пишет:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> On 21-12-2020 15:10, Alexander Epaneshnikov wrote:
>>>> 21.12.2020 9:56, Frans-WIllem Post пишет:
>>>>> Hello all,
>>>>>
>>>>> Would someone be able to help me with getting BrlTTY running on
>>>>> Fedora 33, see below? My braille display says "Not in text mode"
>>>>> while in GUI. On the TTY-consoles, however, it works perfectly.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you very much.
>>>>> Frans-Willem Post
>>>>>
>>>>> On 15-12-2020 21:41, Frans-WIllem Post wrote:
>>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Can someone point me to the steps to get BrlTTY running in GUI
>>>>>> mode with Orca? I'm using Fedora 33 and an X.org server instead
>>>>>> of Wayland.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On the system's TTY-consoles, BrlTTY works perfectly. I only had
>>>>>> to enable and start the service like this:
>>>>>>    sudo systemctl enable brltty;
>>>>>>    sudo systemctl start brltty;
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It even uses my personal Braille table, as set in /etc/brltty.conf.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> - In Orca (master), I have Braille support enabled.
>>>>>> - BrlTTY is in version "6.1 rev unknown".
>>>>>> - I'm using a Freedom Scientific Focus 40 Blue via USB, but it is
>>>>>> detected as a "Freedom Scientific Focus 3" by lsusb.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks for your help!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Kind regards,
>>>>>> Frans-Willem Post
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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>>>> does your user in brlapi group?
>>>>
>>> No, when I try to add my user to it, I get:
>>>
>>> $ sudo usermod -aG brltty fwiep
>>> usermod: group 'brltty' does not exist
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Frans-Willem
>>>
>> you need to use brlapi group not brltty.
>> can you look group that owns /etc/brlapi.key file? basecly you need
>> to make
>> this file readable by your user. then orca should be working with
>> brltty.
>>
> You are correct - thank you very much!
> Now the braille display works in the GUI with Orca, too.
>
> I do need to start "xbrlapi -d :1" manual to get the dot-keys, space
> and right rocker bar working. But then, DOT7 for backspace and DOT8
> for Enter still don't work.
>
i don't use xbrlapi sorry.
> Could this be because Fedora detects the Focus 40 as a Focus 3?
>
no it is correct. my focus detected as focus2 it's 80 element braille
display
without Bluetooth. so your focus 40 with Bluetooth would be focus3. i think
number in this case miens generation.
> Thanks again,
> Frans-Willem
>
>

-- 
Sincerely, Alexander.