From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (int-mx1.corp.redhat.com [172.16.52.254]) by listman.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id B23C63EBE1 for ; Thu, 19 Sep 2002 06:21:19 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from mail@localhost) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g8JALJi16822 for blinux-list@listman.redhat.com; Thu, 19 Sep 2002 06:21:19 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com (mx1.redhat.com [172.16.48.31]) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id g8JALJh16818 for ; Thu, 19 Sep 2002 06:21:19 -0400 Received: from gollum.axion.bt.co.uk (gollum.axion.bt.co.uk [132.146.17.41]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id g8JA44i08739 for ; Thu, 19 Sep 2002 06:04:04 -0400 Message-Id: <200209191004.g8JA44i08739@mx1.redhat.com> Received: from axion.bt.co.uk (actually extra.axion.bt.co.uk) by gollum (local) with ESMTP; Thu, 19 Sep 2002 11:20:39 +0100 To: blinux-list@redhat.com Cc: Tim Pennick Subject: Re: x-windows access question In-reply-to: Your message of Wed, 18 Sep 2002 17:22:27 +0200. <02Sep18.172228cest.119181@firewallsrv1.bi.ceyoniq.com> Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2002 11:26:51 +0100 From: Tim Pennick 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: Andreas Jusek wrote: {Snip} > I am using Linux as the only operating system for about 10 or 11 years > now. My adaptive technology is a braille display with a suitable Linux > driver both developed by Papenmeier in Germany. Andreas, I was interested to read your reference to Papenmeier equipment. I've been using the Papenmeier Braillex 2D-Screen, for about 10 years, and I'm interested to know how you drive it from Linux. Are you still using the old hardware version of the display, i.e. a card which reads the data from the video bus? If so I agree that this provides excellent support for Linux, but isn't very portable, as it is very difficult to install into a modern PC, as as far as I know, it needs an ISA rather than a PCI card slot. Have you found a way of overcoming this problem, or do you just use a very old PC? As far as I know, there are no specific Linux drivers written to drive the Software version of the Papenmeier displays. You can of course use BRLTTY, but that isn't a Papenmeier product, and has the disadvantage over the Hardware version, of not being 'up and running' during the early stages of the boot process. Sorry to pick out this minor part of your very comprehensive reply to the original question, but I'm anxious to make sure there aren't options for driving the display that I don't know about. Regards, Tim Pennick