I use BRLTTY 2.99.5 and 2.99.7 and both versions work fine with the Vario ! Good luck ! *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 04/06/02 at 18:50 Rafi Cohen wrote: >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 > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >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