Maybe you need to look at the BIOS settings. Maybe turning on USB legacy support would help. Glenn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Don Raikes" <DON.RAIKES@xxxxxxxxxx> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 4:43 PM Subject: RE: USB device in Accessible debian install CDs I have tried this numerous times, but brltty never gets started. unlike on my desktop machine where brltty gets started right away. -----Original Message----- From: Samuel Thibault [mailto:samuel.thibault@xxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 3:16 PM To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. Subject: Re: USB device in Accessible debian install CDs Don Raikes, le Wed 10 Feb 2010 12:16:37 -0800, a ?crit : > The only issue I have is that on my laptop, the usb drivers do not get > loaded until after teh installer has started, so since I connect my > braille display via usb, it doesn't work in this configuration. Mmm, I don't understand why: if the USB drivers get started, brltty gets started, and so you can start reading the screen, what is the problem? Samuel _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup at braille.uwo.ca http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup at braille.uwo.ca http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup