Comment 22 for bug 874181

Harry Bloomberg, le Wed 09 Nov 2011 03:56:09 -0000, 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
shouldn't be recognized automatically by an operating system, just like
the VGA screen, a USB key, etc.

Of course, I *don't* mean that in the case where there is a USB ID
conflict brltty should be triggered. Luke has just commited the change
to fix that in the current case.

But it's not because there are some conflicts sometimes that the whole
thing should be dropped!! People should just test Ubuntu before it gets
released, to fix such bugs.

> I think a worthwhile compromise would be a sub-distribution of Ubuntu
> aimed specifically at the sightless accompanied with an easy-to-follow
> document on how to make mainstream Ubuntu usable for the sightless.

No, no, and again, no. That has been done for years, and no, it does not
work on the long term.

Samuel