From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from outbound.mailhop.org ([63.208.196.171] ident=mailnull) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1G6bjV-0000qB-00 for ; Fri, 28 Jul 2006 19:27:05 -0400 Received: from 24-105-197-112.cm.mhcable.com ([24.105.197.112] helo=ch.hhs48.com) by outbound.mailhop.org with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.51) id 1G6bjV-000Kog-45 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Fri, 28 Jul 2006 19:27:05 -0400 Received: from chuckh by ch.hhs48.com with local (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1G6bjP-00055L-IJ for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Fri, 28 Jul 2006 19:26:59 -0400 X-Mail-Handler: MailHop Outbound by DynDNS X-Originating-IP: 24.105.197.112 X-Report-Abuse-To: abuse@dyndns.com (see http://www.mailhop.org/outbound/abuse.html for abuse reporting information) X-MHO-User: corcyra Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2006 19:26:59 -0400 To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: speakup serial ports Message-ID: <20060728232659.GA19504@hhs48.com> Mail-Followup-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." References: <20060728145410.GA4047@hhs48.com> <7886E30AFD334C46A3C6F8BD7C185F6F01316E08@COCMAIL3.coc.ca> <20060728150801.GA4567@hhs48.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.12-2006-07-14 From: chuckh@hhs48.com X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.8rc1 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2006 23:27:05 -0000 Hi Adam, On Fri, Jul 28, 2006 at 06:20:57PM -0500, Adam Myrow wrote: > > Why not reconfigure Brltty to use ttyS4 instead? Brltty comes up much > later in the boot process, and can happily deal with pretty much any port > you throw at it. I've even used it once over a USB to serial converter, > but it was flaky in that configuration. Since Speakup talks to the > hardware directly, it's really best to get Speakup working on the built-in > serial port, as you are much more likely to succeed. We foolishly tried the other way, and now must figure out a recovery strategy. I'm a lot better at figuring stuff out after it happens than I am ahead of time, unfortunately. Your suggestion is what we will try next. Chuck -- The Moon is Waxing Crescent (13% of Full) Get downloads from http://www.mhcable.com/~chuckh and remember, INFORMATION WANTS TO BE FREE!