I'm only posting this because I wondered if anybody else had anything like this happen and if so, were you able to do anything about it.
I had installed the newest debian on vmware fusion; as with the other debian package and ubuntu, the installation worked beautifully except for brltty. Throughout the installation the display made a noise, probably when data was coming through rapidly, not a constant noise but an intermitent squawk (wish I could find a more definite description). I could read lines of braille but when I'd use the advance bar it was hard to get to other lines and i'd get percents and numbers and other characters. Anyway, this of course continued after installation. Really too bad since it installs so easily and nicely with vmware fusion. However, accessing the preferences menu was working somewhat better than on the earlier installation although items were being skipped and sometimes I had to press the spacebar more than once to change the value. I had saved and closed but wanted to change something else so did chord-25 again. While trying to change the text table my braillelite suddenly went dead. I figured it was just the battery but plugging it in didn't fix the problem. In fact I've had it plugged in all night now and it still isn't working; it usually makes a little clicking sound like it's coming to life when I turn it on but then it stops and the display goes dead without any actual words having formed. I have another braillelite whose battery is dead but it still works when plugged in so what this braillelite is doing seems rather ominous to me. Has anybody else had this happen either in brltty or with some other program? I suspect it is going to have to go to Freedom Scientific though I could try a battery from Batteries Plus first; of course if somehow the cells got dammaged I won't be able to afford to fix it. All my braillelites were used before I got them so I know eventually each one is either going to become unrepairable or exceed what I can afford so while i'm not happy about the possibility I know it's just a buil-in hazard. If anybody has had this kind of sudden stoppage and was able to solve it, please let me know. Thanks. -- Cheryl "Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also." _______________________________________________ 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://mielke.cc/mailman/listinfo/brltty
