Thanks for all the help, I’m a sort of beginning intermediate Linux user. I didn’t make any modifications to the BRLTTY configuration file. I found the prefs file, disabled the Quick Space, and BRLTTY is back to working great! Thanks so much!
> On Apr 10, 2020, at 5:12 AM, Dave Mielke <[email protected]> wrote: > > [quoted lines by Devin Prater on 2020/04/10 at 00:03 -0500] > >> BRLTTY has always worked very well for me, but this evening, I came to the Pi >> and found that many settings had been set in strange ways; I have no idea >> how. >> For example, typing was turned off, and screen cursor was set to not be >> shown, >> and to blink. > > Something must've modified brltty's preferences file (which, as Mario has > already said, is usually in /var/lib/brltty/brltty.prefs), or maybe it was > even > removed. > >> I fixed a lot of those, and restarted the Pi, but found that when I hold >> Space >> and press P, for example, it just writes “p”. When I press Enter, it makes >> whatever dot 8 would be in computer braille. It is the same with Backspace. >> So, I can’t enter the preferences menu. > > I think you (perhaps accidentally) turned on the Quick Space setting. When on, > pressing space along with the dots for a character types that character > followed by a space. We implemented that feature because some other vendors > have, but it has turned out to be a bit of a trap when there's no non-chord > way > to get into the preferences menu to turn it off. > > There is, however, a way to turn it off - manually editing the preferences > file. Edit the file /var/lib/brltty/brltty.prefs and look for the line that > says quick-space (it might say braille-quick-space). If it's set to 1 then > change it to 0. If it says yes then change it to no. Then save the file and > restart brltty. And then, of course, don't ever turn it on again. :-) > >> I’ve tried deleting the /etc/brltty.conf file, but that didn’t fix it, so I >> touched a new one and hope I didn’t break things further. > > that wasn't a good idea. Do you have a saved copy of it somewhere? Do you > remember what customizations you might've made to it? > >> Also, the “brltest” command doesn’t seem to be on my system. > > That's because it isn't installed. > >> So, any ideas? Is there a way to completely reset BRLTTY? > > Removing the preferences file, and then restarting brltty. > > -- > 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: [email protected] | 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: [email protected] > 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: [email protected] For general information, go to: http://brltty.app/mailman/listinfo/brltty
