screen not in text mode on a braille display, how can I put it back in text mode?

[Linux for blind general discussion]

Hi Didier,

I tried your suggestion, but it unfortunately did not work. The Braille 
display remained stuck on "screen not in text mode"

This is a puzzle. The funnything is that Slint sees the Braille display 
and it launches Brltty.

I will try to tweek with it a little and see if I can guess what the 
problem is!

Cheers,

Ibrahim

On 12/8/21 6:56 PM, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
> Hi Ibrahim,
>
> I don't have a direct answer but a workaround could be, after having 
> turned on
> the braille display, to type "orca -r" to restart it instead of 
> rebooting.
>
> Please let us know how that goes.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Didier
>
> Le 08/12/2021 à 23:37, Linux for blind general discussion a écrit :
>> Hi Friends,
>>
>> I do not know how many of you use a braille display with linux, but I 
>> like braille. I am using my VarioUltra 40 as my braille display with 
>> my linux. I hope if there are braille users here can help me solve 
>> this puzzle.
>>
>>
>> I noticed that if I boot up my Slint with the braille display turned 
>> on and connected it works beautifully well with my screen reader. 
>> However, If I boot my machine with the braille display is turned off 
>> or disconnected, when I connect it or turn it on, I see the brltty 
>> 6.4 comes up on the display, but after that I can only read on the 
>> display screen not in text mode. Even if I kill orca with the killall 
>> command and restart orca, the Braille display only shows screen not 
>> in text mode.  If I want to use braille I am left with no option but 
>> to reboot the machine with the braille display is turned on and 
>> connected to my laptop.
>>
>> Is there a way of being able to activate braille even if I forget to 
>> turn the display on and connect it to my laptop after the bootup?
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Ibrahim
>
>
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