From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (int-mx1.corp.redhat.com [172.16.44.254]) by listman.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id EC3043ECAD for ; Mon, 19 Nov 2001 11:37:33 -0500 (EST) Received: from mail.redhat.com (mail.redhat.com [199.183.24.239]) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id fAJGbXp25165 for ; Mon, 19 Nov 2001 11:37:33 -0500 Received: (from mail@localhost) by mail.redhat.com (8.11.0/8.8.7) id fAJGbXq05037 for blinux-list@listman.redhat.com; Mon, 19 Nov 2001 11:37:33 -0500 Received: from chruser.svc.tds.net (chruser.svc.tds.net [204.246.1.38]) by mail.redhat.com (8.11.0/8.8.7) with ESMTP id fAJGbXw05033 for ; Mon, 19 Nov 2001 11:37:33 -0500 Received: from jumbo ([216.170.140.224]) by chruser.svc.tds.net with SMTP id <20011119163732.VGU14931.chruser@jumbo> for ; Mon, 19 Nov 2001 10:37:32 -0600 Message-ID: <00e401c17110$d09c3c80$e08caad8@tds.net> From: "John J. Boyer" To: References: Subject: Re: Problems with Brltty Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2001 10:26:49 -0500 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 X-Loop: blinux-list@redhat.com Sender: blinux-list-admin@redhat.com Errors-To: blinux-list-admin@redhat.com X-BeenThere: blinux-list@redhat.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.1 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: blinux-list@redhat.com List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Linux for blind general discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Dave, The keystroke for going to top left of the screen usually does not work, but it does sometimes. I wonder if the screen might be split and have two columns. Something certainly seems to be interfering with brltty, or maybe my helper changed some options in the compile. I've checked most of the things you have suggested, but I appreciate anything that may get this going. Thanks. John Computers to Help People, Inc. http://www.chpi.org 825 East Johnson; Madison, WI 53703 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Mielke" To: Sent: Monday, November 19, 2001 10:25 Subject: Re: Problems with Brltty > [quoted lines by John J. Boyer on November 19, 2001, at 02:08] > > >Now when i boot the login: prompt comes up > >briefly and then disappears. > > There are, typically, two reasons that this happens. Firstly, it'll happen if > your system is set up to start the X gui (still a possibility, but not likely > since you said you noticed an "init level 3" message). Secondly, it'll happen > if something's displaying an error message after the login prompt has been > written. If it's this latter case, then pressing enter again should get the > login prompt back. Before doing that, try scrolling up with the braille display > to see if there are any error messages. > > >However, the advance bars stil do not work > >consistently, the window left, dot 3, and window right, dot 6, do not work > >at all. Sometimes when I press ther right end of the advance bar it actually > >seems to skip back a few lines. > > It may only appear to be that way as you may be making an incorrect assumption > regarding what's on the screen. Try going to the top-left of the screen, and > then working your way downward in order to see a logical progression of what > was written to the screen. You can even use shift+pageup to have a look at > what's already been scrolled off the top of the screen. > > -- > Dave Mielke | 2213 Fox Crescent | I believe that the Bible is the > Phone: 1-613-726-0014 | Ottawa, Ontario | Word of God. Please contact me > EMail: dave@mielke.cc | Canada K2A 1H7 | if you're concerned about Hell. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list >