hmmm, I tried starting brltty.path and systemd says its running, but no brltty is running.
Here is what my logs say: brltty.path has finished successfully. ░░ ░░ The job identifier is 1218309. Feb 22 00:40:24 ccs.covici.com systemd[1]: Starting BRLTTY Instance: /etc/brltty.conf... ░░ Subject: A start job for unit [email protected] has begun execution ░░ Defined-By: systemd ░░ Support: https://gentoo.org/support/ ░░ ░░ A start job for unit [email protected] has begun execution. ░░ ░░ The job identifier is 1218000. Feb 22 00:40:24 ccs.covici.com systemd[1227498]: [email protected]: Failed to determine user credentials: No such process Feb 22 00:40:24 ccs.covici.com systemd[1227498]: [email protected]: Failed at step USER spawning /sbin/modprobe: No such process ░░ Subject: Process /sbin/modprobe could not be executed ░░ Defined-By: systemd ░░ Support: https://gentoo.org/support/ ░░ ░░ The process /sbin/modprobe could not be executed and failed. ░░ ░░ The error number returned by this process is ERRNO. Feb 22 00:40:24 ccs.covici.com systemd[1227499]: [email protected]: Failed to determine user credentials: No such process Feb 22 00:40:24 ccs.covici.com systemd[1227499]: [email protected]: Failed at step USER spawning /sbin/modprobe: No such process ░░ Subject: Process /sbin/modprobe could not be executed ░░ Defined-By: systemd ░░ Support: https://gentoo.org/support/ ░░ ░░ The process /sbin/modprobe could not be executed and failed. ░░ ░░ The error number returned by this process is ERRNO. Feb 22 00:40:24 ccs.covici.com systemd[1227500]: [email protected]: Failed to determine user credentials: No such process Feb 22 00:40:24 ccs.covici.com systemd[1227500]: [email protected]: Failed at step USER spawning /libexec/brltty/systemd-wrapper: No such process ░░ Subject: Process /libexec/brltty/systemd-wrapper could not be executed ░░ Defined-By: systemd ░░ Support: https://gentoo.org/support/ ░░ ░░ The process /libexec/brltty/systemd-wrapper could not be executed and failed. ░░ ░░ The error number returned by this process is ERRNO. Feb 22 00:40:24 ccs.covici.com systemd[1]: [email protected]: Main process exited, code=exited, status=217/USER ░░ Subject: Unit process exited ░░ Defined-By: systemd ░░ Support: https://gentoo.org/support/ ░░ ░░ An ExecStart= process belonging to unit [email protected] has exited. ░░ ░░ The process' exit code is 'exited' and its exit status is 217. Feb 22 00:40:24 ccs.covici.com systemd[1]: [email protected]: Failed with result 'exit-code'. ░░ Subject: Unit failed ░░ Defined-By: systemd ░░ Support: https://gentoo.org/support/ ░░ ░░ The unit [email protected] has entered the 'failed' state with result 'exit-code'. Feb 22 00:40:24 ccs.covici.com systemd[1]: Failed to start BRLTTY Instance: /etc/brltty.conf. ░░ Subject: A start job for unit [email protected] has failed ░░ Defined-By: systemd ░░ Support: https://gentoo.org/support/ ░░ ░░ A start job for unit [email protected] has finished with a failure. ░░ ░░ The job identifier is 1218000 and the job result is failed. On Sun, 21 Feb 2021 22:35:18 -0500, Dave Mielke wrote: > > [quoted lines by John Covici on 2021/02/21 at 15:58 -0500] > > >Also, looking at the only service unit, it says RefuseManualStart=true > >so I seem to have no way to just say systemctl start brltty > > Okay, I understand your question, now. If you really want to just start brltty > then start the brltty.path unit. > > Just starting brltty, these days, isn't necessarily the right thing to do. > This > is because udev also starts brltty. If you don't have brltty's udev rules then > just starting brltty is okay. If, however, you do have them then you should > configure the general brltty to not look for USB devices. An easy way to do > this would be to have this line in brltty.conf: > > braille-device bluetooth: > > By the way: It's often handy to check the description within a systemd unit > file. The brltty.path unit contains this line: > > Description=Default BRLTTY Instance > > -- > I believe the Bible to be the very Word of God: http://Mielke.cc/bible/ > Dave Mielke | 2213 Fox Crescent | WebHome: http://Mielke.cc/ > EMail: [email protected] | Ottawa, Ontario | Twitter: @Dave_Mielke > Phone: +1 613 726 0014 | Canada K2A 1H7 | > -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici wb2una [email protected] _______________________________________________ This message was sent via the BRLTTY mailing list. To post a message, send an e-mail to: [email protected] For general information, go to: http://brltty.app/mailman/listinfo/brltty
