[BRLTTY] Something is missing

Chevelle cstrobel at crosslink.net
Sun Aug 27 20:21:24 EDT 2023


     On your Debian system confirm that the package brltty-x11 is 
installed, if not then install it.
If you did that already, then I'm out of ideas.


On 8/27/23 16:27, Life in Six Dots wrote:
> In Debian when I press CTRL+ALT+F3 I am taken to the TTY Failsafe Terminal. I DO have braille input. BUT I don't have braille input in the GUI or the terminal when I press CTRL+ALT+T. I'm not interested in inputting characters per se. It's being able to control the screen reader. To switch braille tables, and navigate.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chevelle <cstrobel at crosslink.net>
> Sent: Sunday, August 27, 2023 3:56 PM
> To: Informal discussion between users and developers of BRLTTY. <brltty at brltty.app>; Life in Six Dots <hello at lifeinsixdots.com>
> Subject: Re: [BRLTTY] Something is missing
>
>       Can you explain more precisely what you are doing?  Take Debian for example, the default console when the GUI is running is #7.  If you press control-alt-f3 for example you would go to #3 which should be a text console.  Are you saying nothing is read by BRLTTY?
>
>
> On 8/27/2023 8:45 AM, Life in Six Dots wrote:
>> Hello Adrian, I have and it makes no difference. I'm currently on
>> Ubuntu
>> 22.04 MATE LTS and I can read the terminal but nothing in the GUI. On
>> the other systems it's the opposite. I can read the GUI but not the
>> terminal. I cannot fathom it. Paul
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: BRLTTY <brltty-bounces at brltty.app> On Behalf Of Adrian van
>> Bloois
>> Sent: Sunday, August 27, 2023 1:41 PM
>> To: Informal discussion between users and developers of BRLTTY.
>> <brltty at brltty.app>
>> Subject: Re: [BRLTTY] Somwthing is missing
>>
>> Have you tried  F7 ???
>> On Sun, Aug 27, 2023 at 01:21:10PM +0100, Life in Six Dots wrote:
>>> Is there a way to switch from text mode to the GUI as I think this
>>> might be my problem. Paul
>>>
>>>    
>>>
>>> From: BRLTTY <brltty-bounces at brltty.app> On Behalf Of Life in Six
>>> Dots
>>> Sent: Sunday, August 27, 2023 12:55 PM
>>> To: 'Informal discussion between users and developers of BRLTTY.'
>>> <brltty at brltty.app>
>>> Subject: [BRLTTY] Somwthing is missing
>>>
>>>    
>>>
>>> Hello BRLTTY Developers,
>>>
>>>    
>>>
>>> I am still having an issue with the braille keyboard when I do a
>>> clean install of the latest images of Debian 12, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS,
>>> and 23.04. BUT if I install a slightly older image of Ubuntu MATE
>>> 22.04 LTS I have keyboard input.
>>>
>>>    
>>>
>>> I have also installed the latest image of Slint and I did have
>>> keyboard input during the installation but not after. The kernel
>>> version I currently have installed in 6.1.40.
>>>
>>>    
>>>
>>> I do have keyboard input when access the TTY failsafe terminal.
>>>
>>>    
>>>
>>> I personally think it has something to do with the latest builds of
>>> BRLTTY when it is 6.4, or 6.5. I have not tried version 6.6. I have
>>> installed these distros on different machines to ensure it wasn't
>>> down to some funky driver issue. And tried five different braille displays.
>>>
>>>    
>>>
>>> I've also concluded that it is not a kernel or TIOCS issue. I hope
>>> you will investigate this.
>>>
>>>    
>>>
>>> Paul
>>>
>>>    
>>>
>>>    
>>>
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