From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail.redhat.com (mail.redhat.com [199.183.24.239]) by listman.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id A635B2EFF7 for ; Mon, 26 Mar 2001 18:48:38 -0500 (EST) Received: (from mail@localhost) by mail.redhat.com (8.11.0/8.8.7) id f2QNoCV20494 for blinux-list@listman.redhat.com; Mon, 26 Mar 2001 18:50:12 -0500 Received: from mailout00.sul.t-online.com (mailout00.sul.t-online.com [194.25.134.16]) by mail.redhat.com (8.11.0/8.8.7) with ESMTP id f2QNoCV20490 for ; Mon, 26 Mar 2001 18:50:12 -0500 Received: from fwd05.sul.t-online.com by mailout00.sul.t-online.com with smtp id 14hgip-0008N2-05; Tue, 27 Mar 2001 01:48:27 +0200 Received: from athlon.bliz (320036739993-0001@[217.1.31.200]) by fmrl05.sul.t-online.com with esmtp id 14hgil-0oQH1kC; Tue, 27 Mar 2001 01:48:23 +0200 Received: from localhost (chris@localhost) by athlon.bliz (8.11.2/8.11.2/SuSE Linux 8.11.1-0.5) with ESMTP id f2QNmoY17148 for ; Tue, 27 Mar 2001 01:48:50 +0200 Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 01:48:50 +0200 (CEST) From: Christian Schoepplein To: Subject: Re: sbl installation In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Sender: 320036739993-0001@t-dialin.net X-Loop: blinux-list@redhat.com Sender: blinux-list-admin@redhat.com Errors-To: blinux-list-admin@redhat.com X-BeenThere: blinux-list@redhat.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.1 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: blinux-list@redhat.com X-Reply-To: List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Linux for blind general discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Hi Joe! Which version of SuSE-Linux have you bought? 7.0 or 7.1 ??? 7.1 should recognize Alva's during the installation allthough we wern't able to test it:-(. 7.0 can't recognize them :-(. Best regards, Schoepp On Mon, 26 Mar 2001, Joel Zimba wrote: > Hi, > > I just boughtthe suse-linux distribution from the huge bookstore down the > street. > > I've been using linux for years, but never on this computer. I was hoping I > could boot up with the alva attached andit would just work, which is what > the documentation implied. > > *sigh* after I finally tracked the right documents, it said only baum and > papenmeier would work out of the box. > > are there any kernel options I can pass to the booting bootdisk kernel to > make the alva work right? > I think the driver is there, but it just doesn't drive the alva. > > I also tried attaching my old notex486, but it probably doesn't speak the > braillex protocol... > > I'd appreciate any thoughts... > > thanks, > > Joel > > btw, maybe I should write blinux documentation aboutthis once I get it > working? or is there something out there already? > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: blinux-list-admin@redhat.com > [mailto:blinux-list-admin@redhat.com]On Behalf Of Andor Demarteau > Sent: Friday, March 09, 2001 5:21 PM > To: blinux-list@redhat.com > Subject: braille and X > > > heya, > did anyone already try (I think it was from Beam tld) braille-support under > X, with what type of braille-hardware and what were the successes/failures? > thanx for any insites > > slainte mhaith (good health) > ----------- > Andor Demarteau E-mail: ademarte@students.cs.uu.nl > student computer science www: http://www.students.cs.uu.nl/~ademarte/ > Utrecht University note: homepage is outdated, don't remind me! > ----------- > Believe in yourself, know what you want, and make it happen! > > > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > -- Christian Schoepplein ICQ# 97275311