Comment 4 for bug 175182

This is really a bug in the BRLTTY package. It incorrectly identifies the FTDI USB to serial adapter as a braille device, just because a manufacturer of braille devices used this particular chip to add a USB connection to their braille device. This particular chip is very common in many devices (especially in the embedded systems world). Since the BRLTTY package takes full control over any device it decides is a braille device, it breaks many innocent other devices. This should be fixed either in BRLTTY, or BRLTTY should not be a default package.

One way to enable braille devices from system setup to everyday use is to allow it to take control of the FTDI devices during installation, then ask if the user uses braille devices. If they answer yes, then install BRLTTY, if not then do not install it. This would allow it to work as it currently does for those who do need it, but doesn't break the many other devices that also use the FTDI chip.