[BRLTTY] Britty bug?

[Adrian van Bloois]

On Wed, Mar 15, 2023 at 07:09:04AM -0700, SamB wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am a software developer using a Ubuntu Linux machine and I have
> found evidence that your Britty software for the blind is somehow
> preventing my machine from creating virtual paths (i.e.
> /dev/ttyUSB0) for connections to USB to UART bridge controllers.
> 
It is logical that blrtty needs a device to commnice through to the
braille-display, ttyUSB0, this device is created for that purpose.
It's certainly is not a bug, you need to find another device to connect
your uart to.
First come firt served.


> After researching this problem I did find a suggestion to disable
> your Britty service with the following terminal commands:
> 
> $ sudo systemctl stop brltty-udev.service
> $ sudo systemctl mask brltty-udev.service
> $ sudo systemctl stop brltty.service
> $ sudo systemctl disable brltty.service
> 
> This does work but somehow after a few weeks the problem resurfaces
> (updates?) and I have to run this script again.
> 
> Even though it is a little bit annoying, I can live with it but just
> wanted to let you know that this is causing problems with mounting
> some USB to UART bridge controllers.
> 
> (This problem is with CP2102 USB to UART bridge controllers, but
> there may be others as well)
> 
> Thanks for listening.
> 
> Sam Bozman

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