Re: [orca-list] Fwd: Problems with Sonar and BRLTTY

[Peter Vágner <pvdeejay gmail com>]

Hello,

I apologize for not reading sonar support list regularly, otherwise I 
might have posted correct answer earlier.

I guess really the issue is with the fact orca assumes your X server 
running on VT7. Orca needs to communicate this to brltty. On Arch linux 
and derivatives GDM 3 starts on first free virtual console that is VT1 
in most cases. It might be similar on sonar as well I guess.
To change this in orca, create or open a file
~/.local/share/orca/orca-customizations.py
and put the following content to the bottom of that file.

import orca.settings
orca.settings.tty = 1


Doing it this way is easier as setting up GDM to spawn X on another 
console requires rebuild of GDM package.

Also have you added your user to the brlapi group and does a file 
/etc/brlapi.key exist on your system? This allows orca to talk to brltty.

Greetings

Peter

On 02.11.2015 at 10:50 Mallard wrote:
> Hello list,
>
> I'm posting here a message I sent to the Sonar Support list, because 
> Kendell suggested it might be a metter requiring investigation on the 
> part of Orca people...
>
> Thanks in advance for your help.
> Ciao,
> Ollie
>
> ********
>
>
>
>
> Hello all,
>
> After some struggling, we managed to install Sonar 2015.4 on my pc.
>
> Unfortunately, I can't work without braille, so I tried to launch BRLTTY.
>
> It detects my braille display, and works correctly in consoles, but not
> with Orca, although braille is enabled in Orca Preferences.
>
> My husband found a post on the BRLTTY forum, where someone reports the
> same kind or problem in Arch. The person says that he discovered that
> the problem is due to Arch starting in Console 1, while Orca starts in
> Console 7. By having Arch start in Console 7, the problem was solved.
>
> Sounds interesting, but... Does anyone know whether it is the same with
> Sonar and, in this case, how do I have Sonar start in Console 7?
>
> Thsnks, ciao,
> Ollie
>
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