Hi Nath, this was a very valuable information for me, thank you very much. You encourage me to try this configuration. Which brltty version are you using? is there a newer version than 2.98 which I tried? Thanks again, Rafi. -----Original Message----- From: blinux-list-admin@redhat.com [mailto:blinux-list-admin@redhat.com]On Behalf Of Nath Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2002 5:47 PM To: blinux-list@redhat.com Subject: Re: linux and the vario40 braile display Hello ! a response to your second question : I run BRLTTY with vario 40 and it works fine. I use the TSI driver and switch the vario to the emulation 4 protocol. I'm running kernel 2.4.18. Hope that's help ! Nath *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 04/06/02 at 17:25 Rafi Cohen wrote: >Hello, I'm a blind software engineer using vario40 (or known as Rabit in >the >usa) as my braile display. I developped software for yeares on Linux and >other Unix flavors by using teraterm and Jaws screen reader. >I was quite satisfied with this. However, the new company I'm intending to >work for, develops drivers which are infoked during the boot process and >thus need to be debugged during this process. >This means that I need to use vario40 directly on Linux and not through a >terminal emulator. >First, any and every information concerning accessing Linux with vario40 >will be most appreciated. >I have to state 2 comments in advance: >1. I know that there is at least one linux distribution who has braile >display support built-in, I think it is called sUse/Linux or something >similar. This is unacceptable by my company, since they insist on working >on >redhat 7.2 with kernel 2.4.7. >2. I'm aware of brltty. Some months ago, I tried brltty 2.98 with Redhat >7.1 >with kernel 2.4.2 but no go. >Mario Lang, who wrote the driver for vario40 todl me that as far as he >knows, this driver stopped working beginning with kernel 2.4.x. Does >anybody >have any information about this? >May brltty work with vario40 in powerbraile emulation with the powerbrail >drivers? Theoretically I believe that yes. I just suspect that the vario40 >buttons will not work, since the driver is built to activate the >powerbraile >buttons, thus making this configuration inefficient. Am I wrong here? >As I said, any and every information on these issues will be most >appreciated. >Thanks in advance, Rafi Cohen. > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Blinux-list@redhat.com >https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list ____________________________________________________________________________ __ ifrance.com, l'email gratuit le plus complet de l'Internet ! vos emails depuis un navigateur, en POP3, sur Minitel, sur le WAP... http://www.ifrance.com/_reloc/email.emailif _______________________________________________ Blinux-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list