From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: by befuddled.reisers.ca (Postfix, from userid 65534) id 241441EF6D3; Fri, 2 Aug 2013 21:16:07 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mail-yh0-x22c.google.com (mail-yh0-x22c.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4002:c01::22c]) by befuddled.reisers.ca (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 138A51EF6D7 for ; Fri, 2 Aug 2013 21:16:05 -0400 (EDT) Received: by mail-yh0-f44.google.com with SMTP id c41so612579yho.3 for ; Fri, 02 Aug 2013 18:15:52 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=0VIdtxn+BjEkOyeGe/CZF3U0V1xGuFD0tIrSFd46IOQ=; b=wfsgTV9fHUCdGoYe3dQ6zsvUJAEjSKb+MquxTR6tjvSjEo0M6U8rUSakjow8f+Mtuu e2MDQfqgrjxEs4W5xhEr1wngE4b5229E6dV/o8JMvPwbZYhG0KXfKt5efGB+8K2MeF3Z SlMSE3JhdC+5hBLxfMbyw2n942nZT1It5SEOz43fZlK2JCD9gun8au0j8X11neFl8ZTE ZNWpE62J5zIP1mRg11M/Kag3HyBLyJaYkRN4wrjYzCZobYkX8RCXRL5lM3Mm0GBIcvsX vEUGj/iR2reYXSEsvfGp7NZrt+tR/yUXatS8ERfVEuwy1nn0Fze78Gyg8HfOdpk1GXfr THfw== X-Received: by 10.236.79.7 with SMTP id h7mr5782349yhe.165.1375492552431; Fri, 02 Aug 2013 18:15:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.1.9] (c-24-128-57-29.hsd1.ma.comcast.net. [24.128.57.29]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id v61sm16104563yhp.24.2013.08.02.18.15.50 for (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Fri, 02 Aug 2013 18:15:50 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <51FC59BC.9050107@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 02 Aug 2013 21:15:40 -0400 From: Chris Moore User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:17.0) Gecko/17.0 Thunderbird/17.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: speakup@linux-speakup.org Subject: Re: somewhat OT, talkingArch and serial to USB adaptors References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Bogosity: Ham, tests=bogofilter, spamicity=0.000000, version=1.2.2 X-BeenThere: speakup@linux-speakup.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 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: Sat, 03 Aug 2013 01:16:07 -0000 Rob, Just saw your msg about braille display. Can't you poke around in the /dev directory to determine which com port is assigned to your display? ls /dev/tty* Chris On 6/4/2013 5:16 PM, Rob Hudson wrote: > I can't get brltty to load using my serial to USB adapter, and this is kind of critical since I need my braille.. The adapter shows up in the lsusb command, as a keyspan something or other. I knew that the adapter was called something like that, so i did > lsusb | grep -i keyspan > and it turned up as device 0:03 or something like that. I should've saved the output, sigh, oops. Anyway, i know it's there, which is the important part. > So I run the command > brltty -b al -d /dev/ttyUSB0 > or 1 2 3, just to make sure. > and nothing comes up on the display. > > Was brltty compiled for this cd without the ability to find the USB adapter? Or is something else going on. > On the upside, I did get speech to happen with a USB sound card. BUt i need my braille too. If need be, I can rummage in the scary dark den of iniquity known as my garage and dig out another PCI card with a serial port on it, but I'd like to take the easy road first. > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@linux-speakup.org > http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup >