[Bug 1574538] Re: BrlTTY not functioning correctly.

[Martin Pitt]

Hello Luke, or anyone else affected,

Accepted brltty into xenial-proposed. The package will build now and be
available at
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/brltty/5.3.1-2ubuntu2.1 in a few
hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package.  See
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to
enable and use -proposed.  Your feedback will aid us getting this update
out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug,
mentioning the version of the package you tested, and change the tag
from verification-needed to verification-done. If it does not fix the
bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to
verification-failed.  In either case, details of your testing will help
us make a better decision.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification .  Thank you in
advance!

** Changed in: brltty (Ubuntu Xenial)
       Status: In Progress => Fix Committed

** Tags added: verification-needed

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Title:
  BrlTTY not functioning correctly.

Status in brltty package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in brltty source package in Xenial:
  Fix Committed

Bug description:
   affects ubuntu/brltty
   subscribe ubuntu-sru
   assignee themuso

  BrlTTy in Ubuntu 16.04 is not currently functional due to some changes
  that were incorrectly introduced during development. The ystemD unit
  to start or stop BrlTTy currently does not function, and Udev does not
  currently start BrlTTY when a USB Braille display is connected.

  Impact:
  These changes only impact the BrlTTy package, and the regression potential is low, because if the systemd unit is incorrect, BrlTTy should not start at all, and by default that is what we want anyway.

  Test case:
  The first part of this test case can be tested by anyone, the second part can only really be verified by someone with a USB Braille display.
  1. Try starting the BrlTTy service using "sudo systemctl start brltty" with BrlTTY 5.3.1-2ubuntu2 installed. BrlTTy should not start, and "systemctl status brltty" should show an error in the log.
  2. Update to BrlTTY 5.3.1-2ubuntu2.1 from xenial-proposed, and try step 1 again. BrlTTy won't start, unless you change RUN_BRLTTY to yes in /etc/default/brltty, but systemctl status brltty should not show any errors.

  Hardware specific test case for USB Braille displays.
  1. Connect a USB Braille display to your computer. Nothing should happen. Disconnect your display again.
  2. Update to BrlTTY 5.3.1-2ubuntu2.1 from xenial-proposed, and re-connect your USB Braille display. BrlTTy should load, and you should see activity on your display.

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