Thank you for your quick reply. I'll have a look at it. Lars
On Fri, Jul 06, 2018 at 06:01:18PM -0400, Dave Mielke wrote: > [quoted lines by Lars Bjørndal on 2018/07/06 at 17:00 +0200] > > >I've installed it. I ran dracut -f to update the initramfs. The first > >time I booted the machine, I got a message: No input key table. The > >next time, nothing happened on the braille display. > > Yes, that's actually what I'd expect as I think he said he used the original > version, i.e. didn't include my subsequent changes, for the F27 rpm. The > original version didn't install the key tables. > > A bit of history: When dracut suppport was initially envisioned, I knew > absolutely nothing about dracut, very little about the initramfs environment, > etc. Jaroslav, and a clearly very capable intern of his named Tomas, very > kindly wrote quite a good initial version, but, of course, not being brltty > users, they wouldn't have known the things that are hidden beneath the > surface. > Their initial version was, however, so good that I was able to very quickly > understand how it all worked and add what was missing. And, of course, let's > not forget that I was able to actually test the code with a real braille > display. > > So, yes, one of the initially missing bits was braille deivce key tables. > > Now we might wonder why he didn't just include the latest code in the F27 rpm. > I think I may know the answer. I wrote a new command, brltty-lsinc, to support > one of the capabilities that was needed. This command is only in the > development stream - it'll be in 5.7. In other words, the brltty-lsinc command > doesn't exist in the version of brltty used in F27. I myself might argue that > they should just include the latest brltty code in F27, but that may be a risk > they wouldn't want to take and may even violate their package update policies. > > >Should dracut detect the current configuration of BRLTTY, or do I need > >to specify parameters manually? > > You can check .../brltty/Initramfs/Dracut/README in the latest brltty source > tree for how it all works. The answer to your immediate question is that, > without extra options, it picks up whatever is configured via brltty.conf. > > -- > I believe the Bible to be the very Word of God: http://Mielke.cc/bible/ > Dave Mielke | 2213 Fox Crescent | WebHome: http://Mielke.cc/ > EMail: d...@mielke.cc | Ottawa, Ontario | Twitter: @Dave_Mielke > Phone: +1 613 726 0014 | Canada K2A 1H7 | > _______________________________________________ > This message was sent via the BRLTTY mailing list. > To post a message, send an e-mail to: BRLTTY@brltty.app > For general information, go to: http://brltty.app/mailman/listinfo/brltty > _______________________________________________ This message was sent via the BRLTTY mailing list. To post a message, send an e-mail to: BRLTTY@brltty.app For general information, go to: http://brltty.app/mailman/listinfo/brltty