From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mail.globalsuite.net ([69.46.103.200]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with smtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1HZKpY-0005sB-00 for ; Thu, 05 Apr 2007 01:48:20 -0400 Received: from mail.globalsuite.net (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by mail.globalsuite.net (Symantec Mail Security) with ESMTP id BDCEC30118 for ; Wed, 4 Apr 2007 23:47:49 -0600 (MDT) X-AuditID: c0a8013c-adaddbb0000020b3-3e-46148d84830e Received: from AveratecLaptop (unknown [12.108.220.130]) by mail.globalsuite.net (Symantec Mail Security) with SMTP id B8368300BC for ; Wed, 4 Apr 2007 23:47:48 -0600 (MDT) Message-ID: <000201c77745$fdbb5570$5c8e11ac@AveratecLaptop> From: "Glenn Ervin" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." References: <000301c774fd$1b63ed30$6401a8c0@tunes><000301c77594$f68465b0$224a5c46@brent827e59cc1><20070403025422.GA7142@taylor.homelinux.net><000301c775a9$981a6d20$224a5c46@brent827e59cc1> <000a01c7760a$2642efe0$224a5c46@brent827e59cc1> Subject: Re: about the latest ubuntu Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2007 23:41:23 -0500 Organization: Home MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.3028 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3028 X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAA== X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list Reply-To: Glenn Ervin , "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2007 05:48:20 -0000 Brent Harding wrote: : Oh, I was hoping I could bypass the need for sighted help. That is : because if it doesn't just jump out with an error, things will get : hard to figure out. I don't know how to disable the wave device on : the modem, and the USB is all 1.1 or 1.0, so I doubt my USB headset : will do much as it's a 2.0 device. If there is a chip for sound on : the motherboard with no connectors hooked to it, I hope the Bios : disabled it beyond Linux's reach as 98 never detected it, even after : a reformat. It only found the wave device on the modem and the SB : Live. If I bought a speaker phone, I wonder if the modem would power : it and put speech through it? I have no phone line hooked to the : computer because I have no dialup accounts to use it with anyways. : : : : ----- Original Message ----- : From: "Zachary Kline" : To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." : Sent: Monday, April 02, 2007 11:51 PM : Subject: Re: about the latest ubuntu : : :: Howdy, :: Fortunately or unfortunately, this is the time to call for sighted :: assistance, I believe. It's a shame thhat not all machines work as :: they should--most are supposed to, and in the main most do. :: Apart from that, I'm not sure what other suggestions I might have :: for you. It's a little hard to figure out what's happening. :: Sorry to be unhelpful, :: Zack. :: :: ----- Original Message ----- :: From: "Brent Harding" :: To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." :: :: Sent: Monday, April 02, 2007 9:36 PM :: Subject: Re: about the latest ubuntu :: :: ::: What I haven't thought of is the modem. I have no onboard sound ::: connectors, ::: but I got a voice capable modem that has nothing, not even a phone ::: line, hooked up to it. When I got my new machine and gave up 98, it ::: could be working fine and I'd come home after school to have to ::: power-cycle it because it just always suddenly quit responding to ::: anything whenever it felt ::: like it. I hope it isn't just freezing while trying to boot the CD ::: as I know ::: it's not the disk's problem because it works on this machine with ::: the Turtle ::: Beach card, as a live CD. I wish I knew what the error is or if the ::: volume ::: isn't just all the way muted by default? I could probably find a ::: text-based ::: talking disk to reformat the drive free of the old stuff that was ::: still there, but I doubt the CD cares what is on any hard drive. ::: ::: ::: ----- Original Message ----- ::: From: "Lorenzo Taylor" ::: To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." ::: ::: Sent: Monday, April 02, 2007 9:54 PM ::: Subject: Re: about the latest ubuntu ::: ::: :::: -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- :::: Hash: SHA1 :::: :::: Sound Blaster Live Value is in fact supported on the live CD. I :::: happen to have one myself. Your problem may be that you have :::: onboard sound that is being automatically chosen by default. Try :::: plugging into your onboard audio for the install. You can always :::: change it later by blacklisting its driver, which I have done, so :::: I can tell you how to do. But for now, your best bet is to use :::: your onboard audio while using the live CD. :::: :::: HTH, :::: Lorenzo :::: - -- :::: I've always found anomalies to be very relaxing. It's a curse. :::: - --Jadzia Dax: Star Trek Deep Space Nine (The Assignment) :::: -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- :::: Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) :::: :::: iD8DBQFGEcHeG9IpekrhBfIRAqwMAJ4hx4AD7iuKUlQ3TAg8WktnppfDbACgn+Pk :::: iDnS1HdRTFAnjpAvFihV4F0= :::: =W8IA :::: -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- :::: :::: _______________________________________________ :::: Speakup mailing list :::: Speakup@braille.uwo.ca :::: http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup :::: ::: ::: ::: _______________________________________________ ::: Speakup mailing list ::: Speakup@braille.uwo.ca ::: http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup ::: :: :: :: _______________________________________________ :: Speakup mailing list :: Speakup@braille.uwo.ca :: http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup :: : : : _______________________________________________ : Speakup mailing list : Speakup@braille.uwo.ca : http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup I have tried the latest Ubuntu, and it does not work with my laptop's soundcard. I have yet to find a Live CD that works in the Averatec 2300 series. Any suggestions? I have tried GRML, Ubuntu, and I know I tried Knoppix, but I thought there was another I tried, but so far, no luck, as I am trying to access a hidden partition on my HD. Glenn