Hi everyone, Pawel Loba reports that he was able to sucessfully install Ubuntu Server 12.04 by starting the installation manually, passing parameters to enable braille support at the boot prompt. I've compiled the steps Pawel used along with the steps Bill Taylor provided to get speakup running on the installed system as a "HowTo" guide. I hope this information is helpful to others. Thank you Bill and Pawel for your contribution:)
Jeff Pawel reported that during the installation of Ubuntu Server 12.04 his braille display began behaving erraticly. The solution to that is to exit the gui menu and start the installer manually, passing the appropriate parameters at the command prompt. To manually start the installation of Ubuntu server 12.04 perform the following steps: 1) boot to the Ubutnu Server 12.04 installation CD; 2) After CD stopped spinning, exit the gui menu by pressing the escape key twice and enter key to confirm that you want to perform a manual install; 3) At the boot prompt type: install text brltty=auto and press enter; (this will start a manual install with braille support) The rest of the installation is displayed on your unit, just follow the typical installation screens. Unfortunately after restarting the system there is no Braille support. you will need to install brltty sudo apt-get -y install brltty and press enter. type your password hit enter and waited till your hd goes silent. start brltty: brltty -b auto -d usb: Install alsa sudo apt-get install alsa-utils run < alsamixer > #to un-mute sliders oo below sliders , and 50 or more on slide Install espeakup: sudo apt-get install espeakup -y > Start speakup: modprobe speakup_soft start=1 sh /etc/init.d/espeakup start manually edit /etc/modules to add the line: speakup_soft start=1 to ensure speakup starts after shutdown / restarts. -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility
