RE: redhat speakup distribution installation problem.

[Janina Sajka <janina@afb.net>]

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.
> 
> 
> 
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> 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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				Janina Sajka, Director
				Technology Research and Development
				Governmental Relations Group
				American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)

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

Chair, Accessibility SIG
Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF)
http://www.openebook.org