Run: sudo modprobe ehci_hcd
After that, see if restarting brltty works. Also, please see about install linux-image-2.6.17-10-generic from edgy, and booting that on the feisty system. I understand that the version is the same on edgy, so it's unlikely to fix the problem, but there's always the small chance that brltty compiled against feisty has causing some issues. Thanks -- USB braille display no longer starts with brltty https://launchpad.net/bugs/80892 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs