[BRLTTY] Focus Keyboard not working

Sat Jul 15 07:37:45 EDT 2023

On Sat, Jul 15, 2023 at 11:58:09AM +0100, Life in Six Dots wrote:
> I have done a clean install of Debian (latest version) this morning and
> experiencing the same problem as I did with Ubuntu 23.04. No input from the
> braille keyboard. It's quite frustrating.
I know, when mine was deliverd  earlier this year it was a DOA.
Ik had to wait 3 weeks before an engeneer came a logn to fix it. It was
sent by postal delivery and they are sometimes a bit rude with packages
so some connection was broken. It was fixed very quickly and works fine
ever since.
So my guess is that you have a hardware problem and you should call in an
engeneer to fix it.


> 
> Paul
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: BRLTTY <brltty-bounces at brltty.app> On Behalf Of Life in Six Dots
> Sent: Friday, July 14, 2023 11:42 AM
> To: 'Informal discussion between users and developers of BRLTTY.'
> <brltty at brltty.app>
> Subject: Re: [BRLTTY] Focus Keyboard not working
> 
> I have been trying different commands. Some work. Some don't. For example, I
> can press dots 1-2-4-5-8 and chord to change to a contracted table but I
> can't press dots 1-2-4-5-7 and chord to change to uncontracted. Dots 2-6 and
> chord for escape doesn't work. Still no input from the keyboard.
> 
> I have excuted the following sysctl command:
> 
> sysctl dev.tty.legacy_tiocsti=1
> 
> The output was: dev.tty.legacy_tiocsti = 1
> 
> Are there any other sysctl commands I can try?
> 
> Paul
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: BRLTTY <brltty-bounces at brltty.app> On Behalf Of Life in Six Dots
> Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2023 9:02 PM
> To: 'Informal discussion between users and developers of BRLTTY.'
> <brltty at brltty.app>
> Subject: Re: [BRLTTY] Focus Keyboard not working
> 
> Hello Dave,
> 
> I cannot perform any commands on the braille keyboard. I've tried four
> different displays (all different models and makes). All with the same
> result. No matter what combination I press, I get no response.
> 
> What I want is to be able to say change my table using a standard keyboard
> such as switching from NABCC to UEB in terminal as I cannot do that at the
> moment using a perkins keyboard on the display it is completely
> unresponsive. For example I would like to perform, as I would on a Focus
> Blue using the commands dots 12458 and chord or 12347 and chord, to switch
> between uncontracted and contracted using a standard keyboard, since I
> cannot do unable to do this as the  commands don't currently work on any
> braille display.
> 
> Basically, no Chord + dot combination work. Not one single command.
> 
> It might not be a bug with BRLTTY per se, but it is a bug in Ubuntu 23.04,
> and 22.04 LTS wasn't great either hence the upgrade.
> 
> I have executed the following command successfully:
> 
> sysctl dev.tty.legacy_tiocsti=1
> 
> But it has made no difference to my issue.
> 
> I might just switch to a different distro at this time.
> 
> Paul
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: BRLTTY <brltty-bounces at brltty.app> On Behalf Of Dave Mielke
> Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2023 4:43 PM
> To: Informal discussion between users and developers of BRLTTY.
> <brltty at brltty.app>
> Subject: Re: [BRLTTY] Focus Keyboard not working
> 
> [quoted lines by Life in Six Dots on 2023/07/13 at 15:34 +0100]
> 
> >I have done a clean install of Ubuntu 23.04. I have the Focus and the 
> >Brailliant connected via USB but I still don't have any input from 
> >either of the Perkins Keyboards.
> 
> Do chords (i.e. Space + some dot key combination) work?
> 
> >Can someone point me to keyboard shortcuts for a QWERTY keyboard so I 
> >can navigate without a braille keyboard? I cannot seem to find this 
> >document. It would make working much easier.
> 
> What do you mean by navigate via the braille keyboard?
> 
> >Meanwhile, I'm hoping the bug will be resolved with a future update.
> 
> Whatever the ause of your problem is, it's not a bug.
> 
> I, too, am suspecting that it's the TIOCSTI issue. Did you maybe issue the
> sysctl command and then reboot to get brltty restarted? What was the sysctl
> command that you executed, and then what was its output?
> 
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