Dave Mielke <dave@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > [quoted lines by Nath on 2004/11/20 at 11:22 +0100] > >>First I grabbed the braillified installer and boot from the cd. At boot >>prompt I typed : >>text brltty=pm,usb: >> >>Unfortunatly no braille appeared on my braille display, brltty was not >>loaded at all since I didn't hear any brltty's beeps. > > I don't hear any beeps either, but brltty does start. The lack of beeps in the > installer is probably similar to the fact that you don't hear beeps either once > FC3 is booted. The reason is that the kernel module pcspkr needs to be > modprobed in order for beeps to work, and because they don't do that by > default. > Ok >>So I decided to make the Fc3 disk 1 with the rhmkiso script from svn >>repository but no luck it seems it requires a e2fsck version newer than >>the one which is installed on my Debian sarge system. I have the 1.35 >>version (february 2004). > > That turned out to be a problem even for FC2 users, although I didn't realize > it until after having posted that message. A subsequent update to rhmkiso deals > with that problem as well. > Ok, I just update my copy of rhmkiso from the svn repository and I'm actually trying to build the iso again with this new version. I had the message "updated to revision 1210". I'll let you know the results. >>Do you think it doesn't work because my braille display is an usb >>braille display ? > > Just now, i.e. immediately before writing this reply, I wrote the brlfc3i.iso > image from BRLTTY's download page to a CD and tested it. It works for me for > both serial and USB devices. > I gunzipped the initrd.img file contained in the brlfc3i.iso file and see that the usb devices (/dev/ttyUSB0 etc ...) are not present on the file system. also no /dev/vcsa0 device. So perhaps the Voyager doesn't need /dev/ttyUSB0 and the Papenmeier needs it ? i don't know. Also I tried to understand how the brltty executable is started but it seems things have changed compared to the RH boot diskettes : In fact I see an init file but not an init_real file. >>As sommeone ever successfully got braille support with this braillified >>Fc3 installer ? > > As the maintainer of a project, users usually only get in touch with me when > they have problems. I rarely ever hear about successes. :-) That's okay though, > as that's why I'm here. > Promise : I let you know even if I succeed finally :-) >>and particularly if you have a Papenmeier BRAILLEX EL40S? > > No. I used a Papenmeier BrailleX 2D for serial testing, and a Voyager for USB > testing. > >>Of course Dave i think you successfully started with this iso and >>braille support ? > > Actually, today was the first time I tested it for myself. I knew it'd work > though, so I wasn't worried. > >>The brltty's version included is the 3.6 ? > > Yes, 3.6 is in the installer image. > so as I told before I tried to make the entire disk1 with the new rhmkiso you commited today and in the same time I write this message the process of making the image terminated and unfortunatly with the same e2fsck as before. Here is exactly what message I obtain on the console : /tmp/rhmkiso.YPaq0m/brltty-3.6/Programs/sys_shlib_dlfcn.h:27: warning: Using 'dlopen' in statically linked applications requires at runtime the shared libraries from the glibc version used for linking sys_linux.o(.text+0x116): In function `loadSharedObject': /tmp/rhmkiso.YPaq0m/brltty-3.6/Programs/sys_shlib_dlfcn.h:27: warning: Using 'dlopen' in statically linked applications requires at runtime the shared libraries from the glibc version used for linking 954+0 enregistrements lus. 954+0 enregistrements écrits. 976896 bytes transferred in 0,371744 seconds (2627873 bytes/sec) e2fsck 1.35 (28-Feb-2004) e2fsck: Filesystem has unsupported feature(s) (/tmp/rhmkiso.YPaq0m/initrd.ext2) e2fsck: Veuillez obtenir une version plus récente de e2fsck! so, a lot of warnings (I only copied the two last) following by the error message. > -- > Dave Mielke | 2213 Fox Crescent | I believe that the Bible is the > Phone: 1-613-726-0014 | Ottawa, Ontario | Word of God. Please contact me > EMail: dave@xxxxxxxxx | Canada K2A 1H7 | if you're concerned about Hell. > http://familyradio.com/ | http://mielke.cc/bible/ > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > -- Nath _______________________________________________ Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list