[BRLTTY] Mantis q40 with linux in bluetooth

[Roberto Burceni]

Thank you Chevelle,

I will try this solution. In trixie the version of brltty is 6.7 so it 
is not so lold but I will try to install backports.

Best regards

Il 22/10/26 03:56, Chevelle ha scritto:
> I don't think Trixie has the latest Brltty, unless you set up 
> backports.  To see your version:
> apt show brltty
> Backports has the 6.9.1 version.
> https://backports.debian.org/uploads/trixie-backports/
> If nobody has a better answer, you could set up trixie-backports.
> https://backports.debian.org/Instructions/#index2h2
>
>
> On 10/21/26 4:34 PM, Roberto Burceni via      wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I have a problem with mantis q40 and debian trixie.
>>
>> I cannot connect braille display with brltty. I tried several 
>> configurations but I don't know ho to solve this.
>>
>> The situation is this:
>>
>> I have a Debian Trixie fresh install on an hp notebook elite book 
>> with intel chip.
>>
>> If I try to connect mantis with bluetooth directly with commandline 
>> parameters or in brltty config file it does not connect.
>>
>> Then I paired with bluetoothctl as follows:
>>
>> power on
>>
>> agent on
>>
>> default-agent
>>
>> scan on
>>
>>
>> When I read the mantis mac address I continue with bluetooth commands
>>
>> scan off
>>
>> pair <mac address>
>>
>> trust <mac address>
>>
>> connect <mac address>
>>
>> At this point the keyboard of manis works correctly.
>>
>> When I launch brltty also with debug the two errors are:
>>
>> rfcomm error 111 connection refused
>>
>> error 38 function not supported.
>>
>>
>> I reset more times the bluetooth of mantis and removed from bluetooth 
>> stack on pc, but nothing change.
>>
>> Linux is installed with dual boot with windows no virtual machine it 
>> manages directly hardware.
>>
>> Have you some idea about what can I do to solve this problem?
>>
>> Thank you in advance
>>
>
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