Hello, On Sun, Dec 29, 2024 at 09:37:25PM -0500, Dave Mielke wrote: > [quoted lines by S. Massy on 2024/12/29 at 19:35 -0500] > > >Once I type in my credentials, I can pipe the output of commands through > >espeak. I have also switched to runlevel 3 just to make sure and still > >the problem persists. > > Very odd! Not being a Ubuntu user, I have no direct guesses as to what the > problem might be. > > I thought Ubuntu uses systemd so am wondering why you'd be referring to run > levels. The systemd way to switch to a text mode boot is: It is using systemd, I've not updated my terminology and am betraying my age. :) > > systemctl set-default multi-user > > >> Which console number does the fgconsole command say you're using? > >The output is "1". > > The older convention, which I think Ubuntu uses, is for ttys 1 through 6 to > be text consoles and for X to be on tty7. The newer convention, whch maybe > Ubuntu has switched to, is to put X on tty1. Just to be absolutely sure, > therefore, you might wish to try swithing to tty2. You can easily do that > from ssh with this command: Bizarre. Chvt just hangs. I can cat /dev/vcsa and see the content of the console, so that at least is working...
> > chvt 2 > > >I've force brltty and brltty-x11 to reinstall In desperation we try the most foolish of solutions. :) > > That shouldn't matter. > > >and also reconfigured console-data I just ran dpkg-reconfigure and made sure options looked sane. > > From what to what? > > >without any sign of improvement. I admit I'm a little baffled at this point. > It looks okay. I started the sleep command as a marker just to make sure. See below: root 1856 0.0 0.0 7128 4512 tty1 Ss 14:35 0:00 /bin/login -p -- smassy 2756 0.0 0.0 11908 5632 tty1 S 14:36 0:00 -bash smassy 2922 0.0 0.0 8304 1920 tty1 S+ 14:36 0:00 sleep 600 Thanks, S.M. -- Sebastien Massy Montreal, Canada Website: http://www.wolfdream.ca Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/SMassy1 LinkedIn: http://ca.linkedin.com/pub/sebastien-massy/47/5a5/81a _______________________________________________ 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
