#845496 /var/log/syslog spam host brltty[204]: file system mount error: usbfs[brltty-usbfs] -> /var/run/brltty/usbfs: No such device

Package:
brltty
Source:
brltty
Description:
Access software for a blind person using a braille display
Submitter:
Patrick Schleizer
Date:
2025-08-30 17:57:02 UTC
Severity:
normal
#845496#5
Date:
2016-11-23 23:20:00 UTC
From:
To:
Dear maintainer,

brltty keeps spamming /var/log/syslog.

host brltty[204]: file system mount error: usbfs[brltty-usbfs] ->
/var/run/brltty/usbfs: No such device

Like 20 messages every 2 minutes or so.

Running on Debian jessie (Whonix) inside a VirtualBox VM.

Cheers,
Patrick
#845496#10
Date:
2025-08-30 17:13:29 UTC
From:
To:
Control: found -1 brltty/6.7-3.1

This messages is repeated every second:

2025-08-29_09:04:24.53478 daemon.err: Aug 29 10:04:24 brltty[4856]: file
system mount error: usbfs[brltty-usbfs] -> /run/brltty/usbfs: No such device

and this every five:

2025-08-29_09:11:34.53575 daemon.warn: Aug 29 10:11:34 brltty[4856]:
unsupported generic resource identifier: bluetooth:

This is on a fresh test, default, installation after running:

   tasksel install console-productivity

Forwarded from: https://bugs.devuan.org/905

Thanks,

Andrew