# Why can't I change the default braille translation table in my Ubuntu
# Gutsy ?
# Well, you can! Simply follow this HowTo:

 <Sérgio Neves>
Hi,
Is your braille display connected by USB ?
I had this problem one or two months ago with a focus braille display 
(connected by usb), and I think when Ubuntu starts, it renames brltty.conf 
to brltty.conf.orig and replaces the brltty.conf you made with a version 
that is copied from another place.

To solve this problem, I edited the /etc/init.d/brltty and I commented the 
lines that say to rename brltty.conf to brltty.conf.orig and copy the 
brltty.conf form a place I don't know to /etc.

After this step, it may happen that brltty no longer starts up 
automatically.
To solve this, I edited the file that controls the USB startup of brltty and 
I think it's on /udev/rules.. And when it appears one path for brltty 
executable, I replace this path with /bin/brltty.
Maybe you don't need to do this second step, depending on whether brltty 
starts up automatically or not.

Sorry for not being much rigorous, but I don't remember very well this 
second step because I didn't discover it alone and I don't have yet the 
knowledge enough to understand the startup process.

After that, you can change brltty.conf and it will never be overwritten when 
you restart Ubuntu.

I hope this helps.
Best regards
 </Sérgio Neves>