Hello Cheryl, When I invoke screen as a normal user, brltty must be started via sudo in order to work with screen. But under this configuration the cursor routing keys don’t work. A brief message on the braille displays says “initializing screen” followed by an error tone.
When I run screen under sudo, I can start brltty without sudo, and the cursor routing buttons work as expected. What is your experience when you run screen as a normal user? Chris On Sep 24, 2014, at 3:32 AM, Cheryl Homiak <[email protected]> wrote: > Oh yes, I have been using a braillelite40 with brltty for years and it works > very well. But the question that puzzles me is: why are you having to use > sudo to get screen to work? This really shouldn't be necessary. While I did > not have to do anything after installing screen-4.2.1, it still seems to me > that this may be a permissions problem. I also run macports but since I > already was using a screen installationin /usr/bin, i decided to leave it > there for the time being. Of course, one runs macports using sudo so maybe > this isn't a big deal but, while I run brltty as root on linux, I would > rather run it as a normal user on the Mac. > -- > Cheryl > > I tried and tried to turn over a new leaf. > I got crumpled wads of tear-stained paper > thrown in the trash! > Then God gave me a new heart and life: > His joy for my despairing tears! > And now, every day: > "This I call to mind, > and therefore I have hope: > The steadfast love of the Lord > never ceases; > his mercies never come to an end; > they are new every morning; > great is your faithfulness." > (Lamentations 3:21-23 ESV) > > > > > On Sep 23, 2014, at 8:12 PM, Chris Moore <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Great news! >> I did something similar with good results so far. I have macports installed >> so I used —prefix=/opt/local. I still want to keep my additions away from >> the tree in the official OS. >> I did a sudo make install without bothering to create symlinks to the binary. >> Finally, you can do a sudo screan without specifying the absolute path. You >> can verify the location of the binary with which screen. >> >> I guess we can conclude that any additional patches applied by macports may >> not be required for our purposes. >> I’ll leave you with one final goody. I was able to access an older serial >> braille display using a keyspan usb to serial adapter. The mac driver >> provided a tty device with which brltty could communicate without any issues. >> >> Chris >> On Sep 23, 2014, at 8:55 PM, Cheryl Homiak <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I just installed screen-4.2.1 on Mac OS 10.9 Mavericks and am using it with >>> brltty as my usual user. I used the source from >>> >>> http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/screen/ >>> >>> It appears to be working fine so far and there was no need to do anything >>> but patch, compile/install and create the symlink. There was no need to do >>> anything with chmod and no need to run either screen or brltty with su. I >>> am keeping screen-4.0.1 around just for a little while to make sure all is >>> running smoothly and then I plan to delete it. >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Cheryl >>> >>> I tried and tried to turn over a new leaf. >>> I got crumpled wads of tear-stained paper >>> thrown in the trash! >>> Then God gave me a new heart and life: >>> His joy for my despairing tears! >>> And now, every day: >>> "This I call to mind, >>> and therefore I have hope: >>> The steadfast love of the Lord >>> never ceases; >>> his mercies never come to an end; >>> they are new every morning; >>> great is your faithfulness." >>> (Lamentations 3:21-23 ESV) >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > > _______________________________________________ > 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
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