* program to change bios settings with software speech
@ Doug Smith
` Kerry Hoath
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From: Doug Smith @ UTC (permalink / raw)
To: speakup
Is there a program that will allow you to change bios settings using
software speech?
Thanks.
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program to change bios settings with software speech Doug Smith
@ ` Kerry Hoath
` Gregory Nowak
` John Heim
` ace
` Don Raikes
2 siblings, 2 replies; 7+ messages in thread
From: Kerry Hoath @ UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.
No; there are so many different bioses and each bios interprets cmos values
in a different way.
You can save and restore the cmos under Linux but changing it isn't easy.
you can do it with a pc-wiesel card and a serial link or on a server bios
you can do it over a serial port on some models;
otherwise get a friendly sighted person to help; that's what we all usually
do.
There has been some push to make an open bios for the pc; however it is not
necessarily in the manifacturer's interest to put too much time into this.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Doug Smith" <dougsmith1@charter.net>
To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2007 1:38 PM
Subject: program to change bios settings with software speech
> Is there a program that will allow you to change bios settings using
> software speech?
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> Thanks.
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> Speakup mailing list
> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
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` Kerry Hoath
@ ` Gregory Nowak
` Kerry Hoath
` John Heim
1 sibling, 1 reply; 7+ messages in thread
From: Gregory Nowak @ UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.
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On Thu, Dec 13, 2007 at 02:47:33PM +0900, Kerry Hoath wrote:
> You can save and restore the cmos under Linux
How would one go about doing that? I seem to recall there was or maybe
still is an option in the kernel that let's you read/write /dev/nvram,
but I don't see a nvram node in my /dev directory. Is that what you're
referring to?
Greg
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` Kerry Hoath
` Gregory Nowak
@ ` John Heim
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From: John Heim @ UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.
I don't believe the PC Weasel card is in production any longer. However, I
just put together a new machine with an ASUS M2A-VM motherboard and I was
able to get into the bios setup program with my PC Weasel card.
Until now, the PC Weasel hasn't worked with the bios setup programs in any
of the computers I've owned for years. I wasn't even going to bother to try
it but I figured what the heck. I was really surprised when it worked. All I
can figure out is that maybe the bios setup program is smart enough to know
that the VGA card can't go into graphics mode. Or maybe the bios setup
program is a character based program. I don't know why bios setup programs
have to try to put the display into graphics mode anyway. That's just dumb.
Anyway, the bios setup program on an Asus M2A-VM motherboard will work
with a PC Weasel. Just thought I'd throw this tidbit out there for anyone
who might be helped by it. Maybe if you really need to configure your own
bios, you can buy a PC Weasel card off ebay and get this mobo.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kerry Hoath" <kerry@gotss.net>
To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2007 11:47 PM
Subject: Re: program to change bios settings with software speech
> No; there are so many different bioses and each bios interprets cmos
> values
> in a different way.
> You can save and restore the cmos under Linux but changing it isn't easy.
> you can do it with a pc-wiesel card and a serial link or on a server bios
> you can do it over a serial port on some models;
> otherwise get a friendly sighted person to help; that's what we all
> usually
> do.
> There has been some push to make an open bios for the pc; however it is
> not
> necessarily in the manifacturer's interest to put too much time into this.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Doug Smith" <dougsmith1@charter.net>
> To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2007 1:38 PM
> Subject: program to change bios settings with software speech
>
>
>> Is there a program that will allow you to change bios settings using
>> software speech?
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> 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
>
>
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* Re: program to change bios settings with software speech
program to change bios settings with software speech Doug Smith
` Kerry Hoath
@ ` ace
` Don Raikes
2 siblings, 0 replies; 7+ messages in thread
From: ace @ UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.
Is there even one that will allow one to change them with hardware speech?
If so, I'm missing something.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Doug Smith" <dougsmith1@charter.net>
To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2007 11:38 PM
Subject: program to change bios settings with software speech
> Is there a program that will allow you to change bios settings using
> software speech?
>
>
>
> Thanks.
>
>
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Speakup mailing list
> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
>
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* RE: program to change bios settings with software speech
program to change bios settings with software speech Doug Smith
` Kerry Hoath
` ace
@ ` Don Raikes
2 siblings, 0 replies; 7+ messages in thread
From: Don Raikes @ UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.
There are a couple of programs to read the bios, but nothing I have found to change it.
dmidecode gives a lot of very detailed info about the bios
biosdecode presents the data in a little different way.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: speakup-bounces@braille.uwo.ca
> [mailto:speakup-bounces@braille.uwo.ca]On Behalf Of Doug Smith
> Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2007 9:38 PM
> To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> Subject: program to change bios settings with software speech
>
>
> Is there a program that will allow you to change bios settings using
> software speech?
>
>
>
> Thanks.
>
>
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Speakup mailing list
> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
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