[Bug 1958224] Re: brltty claiming cp210x devices on 22.04

2022-05-12 Thread Samuel thibault
> it's a bit unclear to me which entries there should be considered 'generic USB IDs'? They are marked "Generic Identifier", that's 0403:6001 10C4:EA60 10C4:EA80 > I also don't understand why those rules are debian specific See the diff between ./debian/brltty-udeb.udev.rules and

[Bug 1958224] Re: brltty claiming cp210x devices on 22.04

2022-04-27 Thread Samuel thibault
orca only suggests brltty, it's the *-desktop packages which seem to be recommending brltty. If Ubuntu really wants to install brltty by default, it should disable the udev entries for the generic USB IDs -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 874181] Re: brltty daemon prevents creation of ttyUSB0 device link

2022-03-23 Thread Samuel thibault
Yes, unfortunately there is no way to fix it in that case. The udev rules properly avoid starting brltty when the iManufacturer field is changed from FTDI to the actual manufacturer of the device, but not when it is left to FTDI. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 1958224] Re: brltty claiming cp210x devices on 22.04

2022-03-21 Thread Samuel thibault
> In this case, brltty appeared (or at least the device claim) after a dist-upgrade Ah, do you happen to have a log of that dist-upgrade, so we can determine what brought it in? > It still feels very bad form for a vendor device to use the default VID/PID of the underlying converter chip Yes.

[Bug 1958224] Re: brltty claiming cp210x devices on 22.04

2022-03-18 Thread Samuel thibault
Debian is installing the brltty package only when brltty was used during installation. Brltty gets started during installation either through the udev rules, or started manually from the kernel command line. The finish-install script just checks out /var/run/brltty.pid to determine whether a

[Bug 527200] Re: accerciser crashed with LookupError in _inner()

2022-02-11 Thread Samuel thibault
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 526398 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/526398 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 526398 accerciser crashed with LookupError in _inner() -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 718572] Re: accerciser crashed with LookupError in _inner()

2022-02-11 Thread Samuel thibault
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 526398 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/526398 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 526398 accerciser crashed with LookupError in _inner() -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 1958224] Re: brltty claiming cp210x devices on 22.04

2022-01-18 Thread Samuel thibault
Yes, but it is meant to be so: the Seika Braille device is announced as such, so we have to recognize such devices in brltty, otherwise the Seika Braille devices would not work at all. The question is rather: why is brltty installed on your system? It is supposed to be installed only if you

[Bug 1950488] Re: brltty ftbfs in jammy

2021-11-16 Thread Samuel thibault
Ah, the patch is already in brltty 6.4 actually, so no change on the Debian side actually :) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1950488 Title: brltty ftbfs in jammy To manage

[Bug 1950488] Re: brltty ftbfs in jammy

2021-11-16 Thread Samuel thibault
Ok, thanks! The corresponding commit upstream is e6ed2372887ac0106db8854f70e9b2fdcadec74f, attached here, could somebody check that this fixes the build issue on Ubuntu? I'll then integrate the patch in Debian as well. ** Attachment added: "patch"

[Bug 1950488] Re: brltty ftbfs in jammy

2021-11-15 Thread Samuel thibault
> it is probably newer python versions being stricter with the use of non existing options? The --without-viavoice is not passed to the python bindings, so that cannot be the problem. That said I have now dropped the option from debian/rules, thanks :) -- You received this bug notification

[Bug 1950488] Re: brltty ftbfs in jammy

2021-11-10 Thread Samuel thibault
Please provide the whole build log. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1950488 Title: brltty ftbfs in jammy To manage notifications about this bug go to:

[Bug 1942459] Re: Speakup modules not included in Hirsute kernel

2021-09-22 Thread Samuel thibault
> Enabling CONFIG_ACCESSIBILITY could affect console output No it won't: no source code uses CONFIG_ACCESSIBILITY. CONFIG_ACCESSIBILITY only enables the accessibility configuration menu which allows enabling speakup. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu

[Bug 520546] Re: [SRU]Alt+KEY incorrectly behaves like Ctrl+Alt+KEY, and/or unwanted VT switch from Alt+Left/Right

2020-12-09 Thread Samuel thibault
It seems I have to insist again: patch https://launchpadlibrarian.net/405256420/patch should definitely really really be applied. As explained in https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome- shell/+bug/1508146/comments/73 that script should really *not* pass --force to setupcon. There is no

[Bug 1893511] Re: espeak cannot find voice file for mbrola-br2

2020-11-03 Thread Samuel thibault
This works with espeak-ng, so not a bug in mbrola-br2 but in espeak -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1893511 Title: espeak cannot find voice file for mbrola-br2 To manage

Re: java-atk-wrapper in ubuntu 20.04

2020-10-18 Thread Samuel Thibault
Hello, Halim Sahin, le sam. 17 oct. 2020 09:55:45 +0200, a ecrit: > there seems to be a problem with atkwrapper in Ubuntu focal. > When I run a java application orca reads nothing and the app itself seems to > be crashed. Which application is this? > Is this a known problem? No, otherwise it

[Bug 1882966] Re: Recent updates to some packages make it impossible to build an Orca Master in Ubuntu-MATE 20.04

2020-06-12 Thread Samuel thibault
I guess this is due to the following change in at-spi2-atk: * Meson: don't hard-code shared_library (!19). which made meson emit a lot of new libraries in Requires.private of atk- bridge-2.0.pc, and thus the -dev package now has to add them in Depends. -- You received this bug notification

[Bug 1731719] Re: Add multiarch metadata to libhwloc-plugins

2019-10-13 Thread Samuel thibault
This was fixed in Debian in 1.11.10-2 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1731719 Title: Add multiarch metadata to libhwloc-plugins To manage notifications about this bug go to:

[Bug 1507344] Re: Add volume control support to lightdm-gtk-greeter

2019-07-22 Thread Samuel thibault
I confirm that there is still no volume control in lightdm-gtk-greeter 2.0.6. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1507344 Title: Add volume control support to lightdm-gtk-greeter To

[Bug 520546] Re: Alt+KEY incorrectly behaves like Ctrl+Alt+KEY, and/or unwanted VT switch from Alt+Left/Right

2019-04-23 Thread Samuel thibault
But scripts changing between scancode and ascii/unicode (such as for some terminal emulation, dosbox, etc.) would break. I'm not saying they are widespread, but I have seen this kind of use, and requiring such flag will suddenly break them. -- You received this bug notification because you are a

[Bug 520546] Re: Alt+KEY incorrectly behaves like Ctrl+Alt+KEY, and/or unwanted VT switch from Alt+Left/Right

2019-04-23 Thread Samuel thibault
How will kbd_mode know whether it's safe or not? Adding a -f option to kbd_mode will at best break some *other* existing scripts, while this very script should really definitely *NOT* pass -f to setupcon. That is the nonsense which needs to be fixed. -- You received this bug notification

[Bug 520546] Re: Alt+KEY incorrectly behaves like Ctrl+Alt+KEY, and/or unwanted VT switch from Alt+Left/Right

2019-04-23 Thread Samuel thibault
That is when updating the console-setup package, yes. As mentioned on https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome- shell/+bug/1508146/comments/73 that's because its config script passes --force to setupcon, it really shouldn't, as mentioned there -- You received this bug notification because

[Bug 520546] Re: Alt+KEY incorrectly behaves like Ctrl+Alt+KEY, and/or unwanted VT switch from Alt+Left/Right

2019-04-18 Thread Samuel thibault
Xorg can't do anything about intercepting Alt-key, it's the kernel which takes the shortcut away. Again, as mentioned on https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source /console-setup/+bug/520546/comments/66 « proposed fix:

[Bug 1508146] Re: Alt+left/right arrows switch between tty consoles (Gnome Shell vanishes), cannot disable

2019-01-07 Thread Samuel thibault
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 520546 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/520546 Is there really any reason why keyboard-configuration.postinst passes --force to setupcon? In Debian we do this in the Debian installer because it is running within a bterm and thus can't detect it's running

[Bug 520546] Re: Alt+KEY incorrectly behaves like Ctrl+Alt+KEY

2019-01-07 Thread Samuel thibault
As mentioned in https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome- shell/+bug/1508146 , Ubuntu probably wants to apply the attached patch. ** Attachment added: "proposed fix" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/console-setup/+bug/520546/+attachment/5227480/+files/patch -- You received

[Bug 571956] Re: sd_generic breaks speech-dispatchter

2019-01-01 Thread Samuel thibault
Charlie: do you have the espeak package installed? It is needed to have espeak-generic working -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/571956 Title: sd_generic breaks speech-dispatchter To

Re: How is Ubuntu-mate 18.04 enabling QT accessibility?

2018-08-29 Thread Samuel Thibault
Dave Hunt, le mer. 29 août 2018 18:12:11 -0400, a ecrit: > I've looked in ~/.profile and /etc/profile.d/mate-qt.sh  and cannot find where > the accessibility switches are enabled; I'd like to make this access work on a > machine running Arch.  This is probably in /etc/X11/Xsession.d/90qt-a11y

[Bug 1782320] Re: Braille display inoperable in GUI since polkit-update

2018-08-01 Thread Samuel thibault
>From the upstream policykit bug entry, it is actually a misuse of the policykit API from brltty. I have uploaded a fix in Debian's brltty 5.6-5. Ubuntu should definitely include the policykit-fix patch contained in that 5.6-5 version as an update to ubuntu 18.04, otherwise all blind users will

[Bug 1782320] Re: Braille display inoperable in GUI since polkit-update

2018-07-30 Thread Samuel thibault
Yes, disabling that patch fixes the issue. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1782320 Title: Braille display inoperable in GUI since polkit-update To manage notifications about this bug

[Bug 1782320] Re: Braille display inoperable in GUI since polkit-update

2018-07-30 Thread Samuel thibault
I can confirm the same issue on Debian: upgrading from version 0.105-20 to version 0.105-21 brings the same issue. ** CVE added: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2018-1116 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1782320] Re: Braille display inoperable in GUI since polkit-update

2018-07-30 Thread Samuel thibault
This is most probably due to the introduction of Fix-CVE-2018-1116 -Trusting-client-supplied-UID.patch -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1782320 Title: Braille display inoperable in GUI

[Bug 1782320] Re: Braille display inoperable in GUI since polkit-update

2018-07-30 Thread Samuel thibault
This seems to be an issue within policykit itself. Printing the actual error shows: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1.Error.Failed: process with PID 12570 has been replaced >From reading the source code, it seems that policykit is checking the start time of the program and finds a mismatch.

[Bug 1782320] Re: Braille display inoperable in GUI since polkit-update

2018-07-30 Thread Samuel thibault
Note: to reproduce the issue, one just needs to install an Ubuntu 18.04 system, start brltty by hand as root with: sudo brltty -b no then try to connect to it as normal logged-in user through brlapi: python3 >>> import brlapi >>> b = brlapi.Connection() which shouldn't raise an

[Bug 1354715] Re: [needs-packaging] Support also nl1 and nl3

2018-07-28 Thread Samuel thibault
They are now available in cosmic -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1354715 Title: [needs-packaging] Support also nl1 and nl3 To manage notifications about this bug go to:

[Bug 1782320] Re: Braille display inoperable in GUI since polkit-update

2018-07-23 Thread Samuel thibault
Well, this is not a real solution, we need to fix polkit, otherwise all users will have the same issue, and we don't want to make them all revert back to file-based authentication. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1722732] Re: Modules not translatable

2018-04-11 Thread Samuel thibault
Hello, The files for these plugins are indeed missing in POTFILES.in. I have pushed then i18n-plugins-a11y branch that adds just them, and i18n- plugins which just adds the missing .xml.in files for all plugins (not sure why they were not added for all plugins already) Samuel -- You received

Re: Accessibility for person with a motor disability

2018-03-20 Thread Samuel Thibault
Alex ARNAUD, on mar. 20 mars 2018 17:33:25 +0100, wrote: > Is Dasher should be configured to replace the keyboard when I open a text > edition field? IIRC that has never been implemented. It would be a matter of making it e.g. an ibus input method or such. Samuel -- Ubuntu-accessibility

Re: Accessibility for person with a motor disability

2018-03-20 Thread Samuel Thibault
Mats L, on mar. 20 mars 2018 16:22:25 +0100, wrote: > Unfortunately the GNU/Linux environments are badly missing a full-featured > tailorable on-screen keyboard alternative (including switch input etc.) > following up on the [4]GOK project since it was discontinued. Is onboard not the

[Bug 874181] Re: brltty daemon prevents creation of ttyUSB0 device link

2018-03-14 Thread Samuel thibault
lasakro, stu: which USB ID does your device have? (otherwise we can't know what to fix in brltty) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/874181 Title: brltty daemon prevents creation of

[Bug 1741070] Re: Please merge brltty (main) 5.5-4 from Debian unstable (main)

2018-01-22 Thread Samuel thibault
I don't know how ubuntu manages that. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1741070 Title: Please merge brltty (main) 5.5-4 from Debian unstable (main) To manage notifications about this

[Bug 1670933] Re: [PATCH] Accessibility partly broken due to X root window being kept from login session.

2017-12-21 Thread Samuel thibault
I have pushed the AT_SPI_BUS removal patch to branch https://code.launchpad.net/~samuel-thibault/lightdm-gtk-greeter/at-spi- bus -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1670933 Title: [PATCH

[Bug 1670933] Re: [PATCH] Accessibility partly broken due to X root window being kept from login session.

2017-12-21 Thread Samuel thibault
Hello, Still now news on this and #1366534 ? This is really hurting users... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1670933 Title: [PATCH] Accessibility partly broken due to X root window

Re: It is time for me to depart.

2017-11-11 Thread Samuel Thibault
Hello, Luke Yelavich, on mer. 08 nov. 2017 12:46:30 +1100, wrote: > It is with an extremely heavy heart that I write to you all to announce my > departure from free and open source software development. Uh :/ I'm very sorry about this. Of course I understand your decision, and understand how

[Bug 1722732] Re: Modules not translatable

2017-11-07 Thread Samuel thibault
Indeed, for instance, "Enhanced Zoom Desktop" (the name of the ezoom plugin) appears in fr.po, but it is not translated on the ccsm panel, while others are, for instance "Opacity, Brightness and Saturation" (the name of the obs plugin) -- You received this bug notification because you are a

[Bug 1670933] Re: [PATCH] Accessibility partly broken due to X root window being kept from login session.

2017-09-24 Thread Samuel thibault
Hello, Just to confirm that the approch proposed by Luke is sound. Removing the AT_SPI_BUS property would really be the safest for the user session: even if systemd doesn't manage to properly clean the at-spi dbus, at least the session isn't exposed to its existence. -- You received this bug

Accessibility topic of LSM 2017

2017-03-13 Thread Samuel Thibault
LSM/RMLL 2017 17th Libre Software Meeting   July 1-7, 2017   Saint-Etienne, France   http://2017.rmll.info/   Call For Papers and Participation limited to accessibility topic [we apologize for

[Bug 1664320] Re: xbrlapi loopback interface abuse

2017-02-13 Thread Samuel thibault
Hello, This was reported in debian http://bugs.debian.org/851623 , and that led to upstream fix https://github.com/brltty/brltty/commit/0a5341121ba8f4de24407ce2a4d5369dadf5d099 ** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #851623 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=851623 -- You

Re: accessible EFI?

2016-05-28 Thread Samuel Thibault
Hello, Eric Oyen, on Fri 27 May 2016 22:30:41 -0700, wrote: > does anyone happen to know if there is a project to make an accessible EFI? I had discussed about it with an Intel tiano core developer, he said that technically it's very possible, as an EFI module. It "just" needs people working on

[Bug 1579531] Re: openConnection: connect: No such file or directory

2016-05-08 Thread Samuel thibault
I have suggested a patch to Dave, upstream maintainer of brltty -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1579531 Title: openConnection: connect: No such file or directory To manage

[Bug 1567658] Re: ubuntuBSD support

2016-04-07 Thread Samuel thibault
I've commited it, thanks! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1567658 Title: ubuntuBSD support To manage notifications about this bug go to:

[Bug 1520294] Re: Jabref (2.11.1, 2.11b3, 2.10) hangs after Java upgrade on Ubuntu 15.10

2015-11-27 Thread Samuel thibault
Please see the end of https://bugs.debian.org/cgi- bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=797595 : awt is currently not calling XInitThreads(), and libxcb is thus not thread-safe. Jabref happens to be using threads, so all kinds of funky things is to be expected. The patch proposed there will probably fix the

Re: how can I get a beep sound when GRUB appears

2015-09-17 Thread Samuel Thibault
Milton, le Thu 17 Sep 2015 18:27:37 +0200, a écrit : > #GRUB_INIT_TUNE="480 440 1" > > So I did uncomment the line and ran update-grub. > But still no beep. Do I miss something? That should be it. You can check in your /boot/grub/grub.cfg that the "play 480 440 1" command appears, and that

[Bug 935296] Re: java-atk-wrapper prevents java applications from starting

2015-08-31 Thread Samuel thibault
Hello, While I could reproduce the issue with java-atk-wrapper 0.30, I can not reproduce it with java-atk-wrapper 0.33. I had reported the issue on https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=698095 , and it was reported as fixed. Perhaps it is the time to consider re-enabling accessibility in

Re: is there a development project for the Braille Sense?

2015-08-30 Thread Samuel Thibault
Luke Yelavich, le Mon 31 Aug 2015 10:03:01 +1000, a écrit : On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 07:52:00AM AEST, Eric Oyen wrote: Is there a development project to compile a running version for the braille sense U2? I am trying to find out what ARM chip they are using and a few other specifications.

Accessibility and mobility topic of LSM 2015

2015-02-15 Thread Samuel Thibault
LSM/RMLL 2015 16th Libre Software Meeting   July 4-10, 2015 Beauvais, France    http://2015.rmll.info/   Call For Papers and Participation limited to accessibility and mobility topic [we apologize

[Bug 1365054] Re: package brltty 5.0-2ubuntu3 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

2014-09-03 Thread Samuel thibault
Well, yes, brltty needs mountkernfs, like a lot of software actually. Having it disabled seems the culprit here, not brltty. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1365054 Title: package

[Bug 543651] Re: [needs-packaging] mbrola-voices

2014-08-20 Thread Samuel thibault
Again, there is no point in shipping nl1 and nl3 as long as we don't have any tool to produce .pho files for them. We only have that for the nl2 language (thanks to espeak), that's why I uploaded that one. Uploading nl1 and nl3 would be like promise the user that he can use them, but the truth is

[Bug 1013881]

2014-05-12 Thread Samuel thibault
I too believe that Andreas' proposal is the right one. It permits people who really want the extra 5th level to be able to easily get it, while not breaking the 99% usual usage. Just for the record, I had not seen the linuxfr discussion. I guess mostly only people who would want the extra 5th

[Bug 221112]

2014-05-12 Thread Samuel thibault
I too believe that Andreas' proposal is the right one. It permits people who really want the extra 5th level to be able to easily get it, while not breaking the 99% usual usage. Just for the record, I had not seen the linuxfr discussion. I guess mostly only people who would want the extra 5th

[Extended call] Accessibility and mobility topic of LSM 2014

2014-04-02 Thread Samuel Thibault
Hello, The call for talks for LSM has been extended up to 15th April, please consider submitting talks! Thanks, Samuel LSM/RMLL 2014 15th Libre Software Meeting   July 5-11, 2014 Montpellier, France   

Accessibility and mobility topic of LSM 2014

2014-02-13 Thread Samuel Thibault
    LSM/RMLL 2014 15th Libre Software Meeting   July 5-11, 2014 Montpellier, France    http://2014.rmll.info/   Call For Papers and Participation limited to accessibility

[Bug 1013881]

2014-01-19 Thread Samuel thibault
Hello, Until a solution is to be found, could 518c769d be reverted for now? Breaking the very standard behavior of right control in all applications (e.g. xterminals!!) is really not acceptable, compared to the few issues that the behavior has without it. Samuel -- You received this bug

[Bug 221112]

2014-01-15 Thread Samuel thibault
Hello, Until a solution is to be found, could 518c769d be reverted for now? Breaking the very standard behavior of right control in all applications (e.g. xterminals!!) is really not acceptable, compared to the few issues that the behavior has without it. Samuel -- You received this bug

[Bug 1082679] Re: brlapi.OperationError.__str__ return bytes

2013-03-31 Thread Samuel thibault
This should get fixed by the next brltty version, 4.5, to be released very soon. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1082679 Title: brlapi.OperationError.__str__ return bytes To manage

Accessibility topic of LSM 2013

2013-02-18 Thread Samuel Thibault
    LSM/RMLL 2013 14th Libre Software Meeting   July 6-11, 2013 Brussels, BELGIUM    http://2013.rmll.info/   Call For Papers and Participation    limited on health

Re: Talking debian installer (d-i) for Ubuntu

2013-01-24 Thread Samuel Thibault
Jeffrey Malewski, le Thu 24 Jan 2013 10:52:28 -0500, a écrit : They are available as .udeb or source (tar.bz2) I am unsure how to add the alsa, espeak, and espeakup .udebs to the initrd.img so I am unsure either. I how how it happens in the Debian d-i, but I don't know the installer is built

Re: [Bug 1099309] [NEW] [Quantal and Raring] Brltty native braille support doesn't work with Orca

2013-01-14 Thread Samuel thibault
Attila Hammer, le Mon 14 Jan 2013 07:22:17 -, a écrit : In Ubuntu Quantal and Ubuntu Raring if I enabling Orca with braille support, the Orca's debug.out file I see following traceback error message: BrlTTY seems to have disappeared: Traceback (most recent call last): File

Re: Will be ship Quantal with Liblouis 2.5.0 or 2.5.1 release? Very important packaging a new version to works Orca with contracted braille feature in Ubuntu 12.10.

2012-09-30 Thread Samuel Thibault
Hello, Alan Bell, le Fri 28 Sep 2012 08:58:27 +0100, a écrit : looks like this is 2.4.1 in Debian too http://packages.debian.org/source/sid/liblouis so this is more than a sync request from debian I have just uploaded 2.5.1 into debian experimental. Samuel -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing

[Bug 521877]

2012-08-22 Thread Samuel thibault
Let me disagree: I keep using my laptop either on a 17 monitor, or on a 21 monitor, or on the internal LVDS. In both 17 and 21 monitor cases, I do want 100% zoom to really mean 100% zoom, so I need correct DPI. Your reasoning leads to having to modify xorg.conf each time I switch, which means

[Bug 521877]

2012-08-22 Thread Samuel thibault
Why should it have to care about screen size? 100% zoom is supposed to be app DPI matches screen DPI, it has nothing to do with the whole screen. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/521877

[Bug 1029864] Re: read error appears from btltty during precise server iso testing

2012-07-27 Thread Samuel thibault
This is fixed in debian's latest upload. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1029864 Title: read error appears from btltty during precise server iso testing To manage notifications about

[Bug 543651] Re: [needs-packaging] mbrola-voices

2012-04-24 Thread Samuel thibault
I still don't think it will fly: - either the user is not knowledged about mbrola voices, and he will just install mbrola-nl* and wonder for a long time why they do not show up in high-level speech interfaces. - or he is knowledged about mbrola voices, he will have to be anyway, to use these

[Bug 543651] Re: [needs-packaging] mbrola-voices

2012-04-12 Thread Samuel thibault
Yes, mbrola alone will permit to read some existing phoneme files, but as I said, we still lack a tool to *produce* nl1/2/3 phoneme files. Put another way: how to start from a Dutch text and get mbrola to speak it? I don't know any free tool to produce nl1/2/3 phoneme files that mbrola would then

Re: Accessibility Meta-package or pp?

2012-03-13 Thread Samuel Thibault
Dave Hunt, le Tue 13 Mar 2012 13:12:30 -0400, a écrit : Is there a single package or ppa containing the accessibility for Ubuntu 12.04? This would be handy for derivative distros, like Trisquel, to be sure their accessibility is the latest and complete. My question is prompted by an

Health Accessibility topic of LSM 2012

2012-02-29 Thread Samuel Thibault
LSM/RMLL 2012 13th Libre Software Meeting   July 7-12, 2012 Geneva, SWITZERLAND    http://2012.rmll.info/   Call For Papers and Participation    limited on health accessibility topic [we apologize

Re: [Bug 874181] Re: brltty daemon prevents creation of ttyUSB0 device link

2011-11-14 Thread Samuel thibault
Dave Mielke, le Mon 14 Nov 2011 09:38:57 -0500, a écrit : I'm going to try to figure out if we can get to the virtual serial device from knowledge of which USB device is being used. If we can, that should solve the problem. If anyone already knows how to do it, please let me know. Mmm,

Re: [Bug 874181] Re: brltty daemon prevents creation of ttyUSB0 device link

2011-11-12 Thread Samuel thibault
Dave Mielke, le Wed 09 Nov 2011 10:06:24 -0500, a écrit : [quoted lines by Samuel Thibault on 2011/11/09 at 15:14 +0100] Err, precedence, really? Won't that let brltty still start? Sure. It'd only be a problem for that one particular model of braille device. In that particular case

Re: [Bug 874181] Re: brltty daemon prevents creation of ttyUSB0 device link

2011-11-12 Thread Samuel thibault
Dave Mielke, le Wed 09 Nov 2011 10:44:57 -0500, a écrit : I wonder if there's a way to figure out which serial device is associated with a given USB device. I believe so: I've just plugged a converter: [161835.668469] usb 2-1.1.1: new full speed USB device number 9 using ehci_hcd

Re: [Bug 874181] Re: brltty daemon prevents creation of ttyUSB0 device link

2011-11-09 Thread Samuel thibault
Harry Bloomberg, le Wed 09 Nov 2011 03:56:09 -, a écrit : I too wasted a week of my finite life chasing after this. I know of no other operating system in widespread usage that comes configured by default like this. Yes, and that's a shame. There is no reason why a braille device

Re: [Bug 874181] Re: brltty daemon prevents creation of ttyUSB0 device link

2011-11-09 Thread Samuel thibault
ironfisher, le Wed 09 Nov 2011 13:11:06 -, a écrit : Dave Mielke d...@mielke.cc wrote: Strictly speaking, yes, brltty is causing the problem. An easy solution, though, would be for Ubuntu to give brltty's udev file an earlier position in the udev rules file processing order so that the

Re: [Bug 874181] Re: brltty daemon prevents creation of ttyUSB0 device link

2011-11-08 Thread Samuel thibault
ironfisher, le Tue 08 Nov 2011 18:12:59 -, a écrit : Let's deactivate BRLTTY default Please don't do that. It'd make way harder for blind people to use Ubuntu. or contact with BRLTTY developers to not claim the USB interface by default. That is already what I proposed: comment the entry

Re: [Bug 874181] Re: brltty daemon prevents creation of ttyUSB0 device link

2011-11-08 Thread Samuel thibault
Hazuki Amamiya, le Wed 09 Nov 2011 01:20:22 -, a écrit : I wasted over a week's time to find out why my LCD display not working properly before I get to here. I's say the brltty is too aggressive and since brltty has no intention to fix this problem (this issue repeat and repeat and repeat

Re: [Bug 874181] Re: brltty daemon prevents creation of ttyUSB0 device link

2011-10-24 Thread Samuel thibault
Harry Bloomberg, le Mon 24 Oct 2011 01:21:32 -, a écrit : Bus 003 Device 005: ID 10c4:ea60 Cygnal Integrated Products, Inc. CP210x Composite Device Ok, it's indeed the same. Samuel -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

Re: [Bug 874181] Re: brltty daemon prevents creation of ttyUSB0 device link

2011-10-23 Thread Samuel thibault
Harry Bloomberg, le Sat 22 Oct 2011 18:00:13 -, a écrit : I think it's usb 2. I mean the output of lsusb, e.g. Bus 002 Device 008: ID 046d:c050 Logitech, Inc. RX 250 Optical Mouse my mouse has USB ID 046d:c050. Samuel -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of

Re: [Bug 874181] Re: brltty daemon prevents creation of ttyUSB0 device link

2011-10-22 Thread Samuel thibault
Harry Bloomberg, le Sat 22 Oct 2011 01:09:47 -, a écrit : I'm seeing the exact same thing with an Icom IC-7200 amateur radio tranceiver. What is the USB ID of that device? Samuel -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

Re: speakup under oneiric

2011-10-17 Thread Samuel Thibault
Jude DaShiell, le Mon 17 Oct 2011 01:29:32 -0400, a écrit : speechd-up and speakup do not play nicely together. One or the other is possible but not both.On Mon, 17 Oct 2011, mk360 wrote: You mean speechd-up and espeakup, I guess. Samuel -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list

Re: [Bug 874181] Re: brltty daemon prevents creation of ttyUSB0 device link

2011-10-16 Thread Samuel thibault
Christian Weiske, le Sun 16 Oct 2011 09:09:15 -, a écrit : Same problem here with an ELV USB-WDE1 weather data receiver. What is its USB ID? Samuel -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

Re: [Bug 874181] [NEW] brltty daemon prevents creation of ttyUSB0 device link

2011-10-15 Thread Samuel thibault
Berend Dekens, le Fri 14 Oct 2011 12:45:29 -, a écrit : After upgrading from Ubuntu 11.04 to 11.10, I no longer found a '/dev/ttyUSB0' for my serial-to-USB converter. The device is part of a Xilinx FPGA board and is a 10c4:ea60 Cygnal Integrated Products, Inc. CP210x Composite Device.

Re: Speakup on ubuntu 11.4

2011-07-07 Thread Samuel Thibault
Hello, mk360, le Thu 07 Jul 2011 11:18:36 -0400, a écrit : DKMS make.log for speakup-3.1.5.dfsg.1 for kernel 2.6.38-8-generic-pae For recent versions of linux, you do not need to install speakup, it is already provided in Linux itself. Simply modprobe speakup_ltlk for instance, and voila.

LSM from 9th to 14th july 2011

2011-06-19 Thread Samuel Thibault
Hello, The Libre Software Meeting (LSM, RMLL) will take place from 9th to 14th july 2011 in Strasbourg. All the information are available on http://rmll.info For people who would like lost-cost accomodation, reservations are now open. Reservation is recommended anyway, to get a badge and

Re: daisy player

2011-06-15 Thread Samuel Thibault
mattias, le Thu 16 Jun 2011 01:34:50 +0200, a écrit : exist one? ubunu natty 64 bit One has been added to oneiric, called daisy-player. The dependencies are relaxed enough that you should be able to install it without having to upgrade your Ubuntu system at all. Samuel --

[Bug 502947] Re: Please replace some hungarian specific table files with Brltty

2011-04-21 Thread Samuel thibault
** Changed in: brltty (Ubuntu) Status: Expired = Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/502947 Title: Please replace some hungarian specific table files with Brltty --

[Bug 165245] Re: [needs-packaging] festival-mbrola

2011-01-31 Thread Samuel thibault
Ok, packaged, successfully tested, and uploaded. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/165245 Title: [needs-packaging] festival-mbrola -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 543651] Re: [needs-packaging] mbrola-voices

2011-01-10 Thread Samuel thibault
Mmm, I don't see how you could use nl1 and nl3. Could you explain how you proceed? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/543651 Title: [needs-packaging] mbrola-voices -- ubuntu-bugs

[Bug 165245] Re: [needs-packaging] festival-mbrola

2011-01-10 Thread Samuel thibault
I'll ITP the festvox-us1, festvox-us2, festvox-us3, festvox-en1 series of package, each containing just the file. Yes, I'll reference the LP number. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 543651] Re: [needs-packaging] mbrola-voices

2010-12-15 Thread Samuel thibault
Mmm, what do you mean by in the meanwhile? About nl1, nl3, it is not really useful, since we do not currently have tools to produce the phoneme files for them (espeak supports only nl2) About us3, it's already packaged in Debian, Ubuntu just needs to inherit it. -- You received this bug

[Bug 543651] Re: [needs-packaging] mbrola-voices

2010-12-15 Thread Samuel thibault
I'm not sure to understand what you mean by a mbrola-voices package, and in particular, mbrola package has already a suggestion for this package on Karmic, even though this package still needs to be created.: mbrola suggests mbrola-voice (provided by all mbrola voice packages), not mbrola-voices.

[Bug 165245] Re: [needs-packaging] festival-mbrola

2010-12-15 Thread Samuel thibault
Err, why having to complete 543651 first? To get a much better fine- grain dependency, festival-mbrola should rather build a series of packages, one for each language, each of which depending on the corresponding mbrola voice package. If you depend on all the mbrola voices at once, you'll get

Re: Arabic Screen Reader

2010-11-22 Thread Samuel Thibault
Barakat El-Dareer, le Fri 19 Nov 2010 12:57:43 +0300, a écrit :   I'm so wonder if your team work on Arabic language support for Orca , especially there are a lot of theme on Windows Hal, NVDA , Jaws and so on, that makes 1/6 of blindness people around the word out of Ubuntu. Well,

Hardware-based screen magnification

2010-08-22 Thread Samuel Thibault
Hello, Now that xrandr 1.3 has panning support again, I have written a small documentation on how this can be used for simple hardware-based screen magnification: http://brl.thefreecat.org/wiki/Xorg the advantage over compiz-based magnification being that it's completely hardware-driven (except

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