Christian here..., reply inline, On Sat, 29 Apr 2017 08:11:49 +1000, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > Luke Yelavich here, reply inline. > > On Fri, Apr 28, 2017 at 11:25:38PM AEST, Linux for blind general > discussion wrote: >>> 2. It requires a patched 2.2 kernel. Version 2.2 is rather ancient >>> and long >>> since dead. I didn't see a way in my quick reading of the docs to >>> use newer >>> kernels. >> >> Thats right if you want to use sbl with the patch for the >> keyboard sniffer which is needed if sbl is used without a braille >> display. > > I had a quick look at the sources for that the other day, and I actually > think it now uses the kernel's input event system, and the device nodes in > /dev/input. Didn't look any deeper as to how it determines what is a > keyboard > etc, but this is what BrlTTY uses for keyboard listening, same with Fenrir, > even the GUI stack uses these device nodes these days. That are good news and I will test it during the next weeks and tell you the result. Because I have a brailledisply, I never needed to use the patch for the keyboard sniffer..., but anyway, it would be good to know if it is working with the current kernels. Cheers, Christian -- Christian Schoepplein - chris@xxxxxxxxxxxx - http://www.schoeppi.net _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list