Rob, Just saw your msg about braille display. Can't you poke around in the /dev directory to determine which com port is assigned to your display? ls /dev/tty* Chris On 6/4/2013 5:16 PM, Rob Hudson wrote: > I can't get brltty to load using my serial to USB adapter, and this is kind of critical since I need my braille.. The adapter shows up in the lsusb command, as a keyspan something or other. I knew that the adapter was called something like that, so i did > lsusb | grep -i keyspan > and it turned up as device 0:03 or something like that. I should've saved the output, sigh, oops. Anyway, i know it's there, which is the important part. > So I run the command > brltty -b al -d /dev/ttyUSB0 > or 1 2 3, just to make sure. > and nothing comes up on the display. > > Was brltty compiled for this cd without the ability to find the USB adapter? Or is something else going on. > On the upside, I did get speech to happen with a USB sound card. BUt i need my braille too. If need be, I can rummage in the scary dark den of iniquity known as my garage and dig out another PCI card with a serial port on it, but I'd like to take the easy road first. > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at linux-speakup.org > http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
