I didn't have a braille display connected. As soon as I connected one through USB brltty started and recognized it. Now I just have to find out how to get to a virtual console, since that is where I do most of my work.
John On Fri, Apr 25, 2014 at 01:09:58PM +1000, Jason White wrote: > John J. Boyer <[email protected]> wrote: > > It has brltty 5.0, but it's not running. How do I set it up to start at > > boot time? > > Ubuntu uses upstart to manage its boot process, so you need to ensure that the > BRLTTY Upstart job is enabled. > > I don't know Upstart, and my Web searches haven't revealed a quick answer to > what should be a common question. However, I found the following, which may > help you: > http://upstart.ubuntu.com/cookbook/ > > Interestingly, the init system that Debian is now migrating to, systemd, > offers a straightforward command for doing this: systemctl enable brltty, > which invokes BRLTTY during the boot process. You can also run systemctl > start brltty to start it manually. > > >From memory, systemd is now the init system in Arch Linux, Fedora and > OpenSUSE. > > _______________________________________________ > 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 -- John J. Boyer; President, Chief Software Developer Abilitiessoft, Inc. http://www.abilitiessoft.com Madison, Wisconsin USA Developing software for people with disabilities _______________________________________________ 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
