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From: "Nektarios Mallas" <nmallas@otenet.gr>
To: <blinux-list@redhat.com>
Subject: RE: redhat speakup distribution installation problem.
Date: Fri, 24 May 2002 00:35:42 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <000001c202a1$cb177ea0$36facdd4@nektarios> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0205231459410.16678-100000@toccata.rednote.net>

Ok, after much effort and moving around I finally installed the distribution
on my system.
However I made 2 mistakes. Can you help me to correct them?
1. At the very last screen I accidentaly selected the graphical interface as
the default. So the system starts with x and much is loaded without actually
needing it. Can I go back to a text login prompt and not having to go to a
console with ctrl+alt+f1 to do it?

2. Lilo is booting to linux as the first choice. I still depend on windows
for some tasks and I want windows as the first choice. Can I do that?

Thanks again.
Ps. I know I have alot of reading to do but I am greatful that there are
many helpful people on the list.
I hope I will be able to help myself at some point.
Regards.
Nektarios.

-----Original Message-----
From: blinux-list-admin@redhat.com [mailto:blinux-list-admin@redhat.com]On
Behalf Of Janina Sajka
Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2002 10:01 PM
To: blinux-list@redhat.com
Subject: RE: redhat speakup distribution installation problem.


I think the best way to know for sure is to check the char
attributes with Insert+dot. The highlighted item will be
different from the rest and should be directly above.

On Thu, 23 May 2002, Nektarios Mallas wrote:

> Ok thanks alot for the response.
> I created a boot floppy and I am about to start again.
> About the other bug with the newt library and the cursor. Is there any way
> to tell when the problem actually occurs? In other words, is there any
> speakup function with the navigation keys to tell you which selection is
> actually active?
>
> Regards.
> Nektarios.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blinux-list-admin@redhat.com [mailto:blinux-list-admin@redhat.com]On
> Behalf Of Janina Sajka
> Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2002 6:24 PM
> To: blinux-list@redhat.com
> Subject: Re: redhat speakup distribution installation problem.
>
>
> Hi, Nektarios:
>
> You've stumbled across a known bug in the current release of the
> Speakup Modified Red Hat Distribution. There is a workaround and
> we're working on a solution. The workaround is also documented in
> the latest draft version of our installation HOWTO available at:
>
>
> http://www.linux-speakup.org/ftp/disks/redhat/HOWTO_INSTALL.html
>
> Here's what you should do:
>
> 1.)	Create a bootable floppy or a bootable cdrom using only
> the boot floppy image.
>
> 2.)	Boot from this floppy (or cdrom) without the
> installation cd rom available to the system. In other words, keep
> the drive bay open, or don't insert the installation CD ROM yet.
>
> 3.)	This will give you an additional screen that asks you to
> specify where the installation images can be found. At this point
> you can insert the CD ROM and continue.
>
> PS: There is also a second bug where the speech appears to be one
> line below where your selection actually is. In other words, your
> installation language selection appears to default to French,
> though it is actually on English. Be careful. This behavior
> continues on many screens. The problem has been narrowed the the
> new release of ncurses and the newt library in particular. We are
> also working toward a fix with this problem.
>
> On Thu, 23 May 2002, Nektarios Mallas wrote:
>
> > Hi listers.
> > I downloaded and trying to install the linux speakup distribution.
> > I successfuly boott with my speech synthesizer, select English as
language
> > and speakup as keyboard. That's when the problem ocures. I get a message
> > that an unhandled exception from anaconda happened, and my system shuts
> > down, the cd is ejected and the only option is to reboot. It also says
> > something like a bug report that I can save to a floppy and send it to
> > anaconda's development team.
> > Can someone help? Should I choose another keyboard layout?
> > Thanks alot.
> > Nektarios.
> >
> >
> >
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>
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				American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)

Email: janina@afb.net		Phone: (202) 408-8175

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Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF)
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