Crostini is, as far as I've been able to find, an LXC container. It does support some devices through USB passthrough, so I figured it could work somehow.
I've written this issue: https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=1273670 So we'll see where it goes. :) Devin Prater [email protected] On Wed, Nov 24, 2021 at 3:16 PM Dave Mielke <[email protected]> wrote: > [quoted lines by Devin Prater on 2021/11/24 at 10:27 -0600] > > >has anyone had experience using BRLTTY on a Chromebook with the > >Crostini Linux container? > > What, exactly, is crostini? > > >I tried plugging in the Braille display (NLS EReader from Humanware) > > Using USB or Bluetooth? I ask because the version of brltty that's > currently on chrome OS is 6.4 (or maybe still something earlier on yours) > which doesn't yet support that device via Bluetooth. USB will work, but > Bluetooth support is, as yet, still only in the development stream. It will > be in 6.5. > > >and running BRLTTY, but nothing happened, even when > >turning off ChromeVox. This may not be possible, but I'm trying to get as > >much out of the Chromebook as possible, as my main laptop running Windows > >is too slow to be productive these days. > > The main problem is that Chrome OS doesn't use Linux's /dev/vcs* devices. > It has its own, non-kernel, way to manage the screen content. A new screen > driver, therefore, would need to be written. > > -- > 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 | > _______________________________________________ > 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 >
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