Janina, Thanks for the tips. I'm still used to Windows, which can begin to behave like a lunatic if it isn't rebooted every day. John Computers to Help People, Inc. http://www.chpi.org 825 East Johnson; Madison, WI 53703 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Janina Sajka" <janina@afb.net> To: <blinux-list@redhat.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2001 20:42 Subject: Re: Braille Lite Settings for brltty > John: > > Just catching up on email so don't know if anyone's told you yet, but ... > > You don't need to reboot to have a change take effect in linux--usually. > In fact, you rarely need to reboot at all. > > In this particular case (with Redhat), you can stop the running mouse > service by doing: > > service gpm stop > > Of course, you can also start it with: > > service gpm start > > And, if you make new settings and just want them to take effect, you do: > > service gpm restart > > Works well for all kinds of services. See /etc/services. > > On Tue, 20 Nov 2001, John J. Boyer wrote: > > > Hello, > > Well I tried turning gpm off and rebooting. No effect. When I did > > ls -l /dev/mouse > > before turning gpm off I got a message saying that the file could not be > > found. > > Thanks to everyone for their help. We'll get this thing licked eventually. > > John > > > > Computers to Help People, Inc. > > http://www.chpi.org > > 825 East Johnson; Madison, WI 53703 > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Nicolas Pitre" <nico@cam.org> > > To: <blinux-list@redhat.com> > > Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2001 10:26 > > Subject: Re: Braille Lite Settings for brltty > > > > > > > On Mon, 19 Nov 2001, Brent Harding wrote: > > > > > > > Speech box mode isn't what you use I don't think. That's for a braille > > lite > > > > to be used as a synthesizer to the computer. > > > > > > It is the same mode that allows it to be used as a braille terminal as > > well. > > > > > > > > > Nicolas > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > Blinux-list@redhat.com > > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Blinux-list@redhat.com > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > > > -- > > Janina Sajka, Director > Technology Research and Development > Governmental Relations Group > American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) > > Email: janina@afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 > > Chair, Accessibility SIG > Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) > http://www.openebook.org > > Will electronic books surpass print books? Read our white paper, > Surpassing Gutenberg, at http://www.afb.org/ebook.asp > > Download a free sample Digital Talking Book edition of Martin Luther > King Jr's inspiring "I Have A Dream" speech at > http://www.afb.org/mlkweb.asp > > Learn how to make accessible software at > http://www.afb.org/accessapp.asp > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list >