Dear BRLTTY users/developers,

I presently have access to a Monarch device on loan, which I know isn't supported by BRLTTY yet. (I would offer to help with testing if developers plan to work on BRLTTY support and if the owner of the Monarch agrees, but at this stage I can't establish a working USB connection - see below.)

It's a straight USB-C to USB-C cable supplied with the Monarch. If I attach the Monarch to my MacBook Pro via USB, the connection succeeds, as shown by the USB-related options that appear in the Connected Devices menu of the Monarch, enabling file transfer mode to be selected, for example. However, if I connect it to my older Lenovo ThinkPad P51 machine with the same cable, the connection appears to fail under both Linux and Windows. This laptop has only one USB-C port. Connecting a different USB device to this port via a USB-C to USB-A adapter gives working data transfer, so it's possible that the port is indeed functioning properly.

The Monarch runs Android 13. I've raised this issue as a support request with APH, and it is being worked on, but I'm asking here in case anyone has additional clues about likely causes. (It might be my hardware - I acknowledge as much.)

The Linux kernel logs upon attempting a connection are as follows.

Sep 12 11:21:45 jpw kernel: xhci_hcd 0000:3d:00.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 3 Sep 12 11:21:45 jpw kernel: xhci_hcd 0000:3d:00.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 4 Sep 12 11:21:45 jpw kernel: xhci_hcd 0000:3d:00.0: Host supports USB 3.1 Enhanced SuperSpeed Sep 12 11:21:45 jpw kernel: usb usb3: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0002, bcdDevice= 6.16 Sep 12 11:21:45 jpw kernel: usb usb3: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
Sep 12 11:21:45 jpw kernel: usb usb3: Product: xHCI Host Controller
Sep 12 11:21:45 jpw kernel: usb usb3: Manufacturer: Linux 6.16.5-arch1-1 xhci-hcd
Sep 12 11:21:45 jpw kernel: usb usb3: SerialNumber: 0000:3d:00.0
Sep 12 11:21:45 jpw kernel: hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
Sep 12 11:21:45 jpw kernel: usb usb4: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0003, bcdDevice= 6.16 Sep 12 11:21:45 jpw kernel: usb usb4: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
Sep 12 11:21:45 jpw kernel: usb usb4: Product: xHCI Host Controller
Sep 12 11:21:45 jpw kernel: usb usb4: Manufacturer: Linux 6.16.5-arch1-1 xhci-hcd
Sep 12 11:21:45 jpw kernel: usb usb4: SerialNumber: 0000:3d:00.0
Sep 12 11:21:45 jpw kernel: hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
Sep 12 11:21:46 jpw kernel: usb usb3-port1: Cannot enable. Maybe the USB cable is bad? Sep 12 11:21:47 jpw kernel: usb usb3-port1: Cannot enable. Maybe the USB cable is bad?
Sep 12 11:21:47 jpw kernel: usb usb3-port1: attempt power cycle
Sep 12 11:21:48 jpw kernel: usb usb3-port1: Cannot enable. Maybe the USB cable is bad? Sep 12 11:21:49 jpw kernel: usb usb3-port1: Cannot enable. Maybe the USB cable is bad?
Sep 12 11:21:49 jpw kernel: usb usb3-port1: unable to enumerate USB device


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