BRLTTY question

[Matthys Terblanche]

Hi,
I'm trying to get a minibraille working with Brltty 3.7.2.
I found the following problem:  The modern day machines is too fast, so the 
communications go bad between the display and brltty.
I confirmed this by doing the following:
I tried the dos program for the minibraille on my oldest machine which is 
unfortunatly too fast already.  When running the minibraille software, there 
is no output on the display.  However, I ran a slowdown utility to bring the 
processing speed down, and then the display works.
I've experimented on two computers with the bootable Oralux cd, and found 
that on the slower machine the display start showing info more or less 
comprihencible, but it doesn't follow any key press commands from the 
display.
The result of this bad communication is that the display rappedly displays a 
lot of garbage with some understandable stuff inbetween.
I downloaded brltty 3.7.2 source and got it to compile and install correctly 
on a fedora instalation.
When tested with a Braille Lite, it works, but I would realy like to get the 
mini braille working for it's a waste of money if it can't be utilised!
I checked through the source code of the mini braille driver spesifically, 
but I assume the problem is not only there, but in the main brltty 
application as well.
Has any one of you experimented with the brltty code? any pointers?  Or 
should I try contacting the brltty team?
I tried contacting the guy who wrote the mini braile drivers, but he's not 
at the address given any more.  In the readme he states that the drivers is 
not supported any more because he don't have a minibraille any more.
I guess it will be the same if I contact the brltty team as well.  It's 
going to be difficult for them to fix a problem that they can't test, that's 
why I'm trying to get the energy to go through the code myself.
Any ideas wellcome.
Thanks,
Matthys Terblanche
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Guy Schlosser" <guyster at buckeye-express.com>
To: <blinux-list at redhat.com>
Sent: Saturday, September 02, 2006 2:16 AM
Subject: Help!!! Help!!!!


Hey guys, I have a question for anyone who can answer it.  I have been
trying to install Fedora Core 3 for thre days now, and am totally confused.
The reason I'm using 3 is because it's currently thee latest version that
has the Speakup modified kernel for a talking install.  I'm really hoping
there is one when fedora core 6 comes out.  What is happening, is that the
installation seems to lock up at the disk testing screen.  I will try to
tab/alt+tab between OK and Skip, and get no where.  I had some sighted
assistance for a while yesterday, and found out that the problem occurs
whether speakup is loaded or not.  When speakup is loaded, it sends my
synthesizer (whether dec-talk express or Braille note) into space, and will
never quit talking until it reaches the OK or skip buttons for the disk
test.  Any one have any ideas?  I would greatly appreciate any help I can
get with this matter.  Here is my system config.
Processor: Pentium IV 2.8 GHZ Hyperthread on an Abit ai7 main board
1 GB RAM
AC97 based sound
Seagate 40 GB IDE hard drive
NVidia Geforce 4 video card.
  Again, thanks in advance to anyone who can help.

Thanks,


Guy


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