[BRLTTY] Focus Keyboard not working

[Life in Six Dots]

Hello Adrian,

You could be right as I have done a clean install of Ubuntu 22.04 LTS,
Ubuntu 23.04, and Debian 12 and I have the same issue. Ubuntu 22.04 LTS is
running BRLTTY 6.4 while the other two 6.5.

I'll double check my drivers first.

Paul

-----Original Message-----
From: BRLTTY <brltty-bounces at brltty.app> On Behalf Of Adrian van Bloois
Sent: Saturday, July 15, 2023 12:38 PM
To: Informal discussion between users and developers of BRLTTY.
<brltty at brltty.app>
Subject: Re: [BRLTTY] Focus Keyboard not working

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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