Jason White <ja...@jasonjgw.net> writes:

> Witold Baryluk <bary...@smp.if.uj.edu.pl> wrote:
>
>> I just wanted to add, that I and my few other friends living on sid have
>> similar problem. Various serial devices (microcontroler programators, 3d
>> printers, usb-serial converters) stoped working due brltty messup. And brltty
>> installed automatically on some upgrade due to the some dependencies of other
>> packages, like text2spearch packages probably.
>> 
>> After detecting problem it was matter of uninstalling brltty, but still why 
>> it
>> need to make live harder to some people?
>
> Because some device manufacturers don't obtain unique vendor/product ids for
> their products and thus BRLTTY can't distinguish between genuine braille
> devices and certain other hardware.

True.

> The solution is simple: if you don't have a braille display then make sure
> that BRLTTY is not installed.

No, I strongly disagree and find your reply counterproductive.
We are already discussing a real solution with Dave upstream.

BRLTTY should be installable by default without giving anyone trouble,
thats one of your really big goals for long term.

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