debian printer installation

debian printer installation

[Ned Granic]

Hi all,
Is there a..., or a better way to put it, what's the alternative way in Debian to install a lazerjet printer that is on the network through the command line tools rather than through the GUI since I am not able yet to make any GUI screen reader work for me.
As I understand, the standard way would be through the Firefox browser after installing linux drivers.

And, my experience with the make menuconfig for kernel compiling was less than pleasant as far as accessibility goes, so how do you people deal with that one? I thought it should have been accessible 100% with speakup, but ...<stop>.

Many thanks in advance!
Ned

Re: debian printer installation

[Samuel Thibault]

Ned Granic, le Sat 09 Dec 2006 00:03:32 -0700, a écrit :
> As I understand, the standard way would be through the Firefox browser after installing linux drivers.

The standard way is through a web browser. And for this w3m or lynx
should work fine.

> And, my experience with the make menuconfig for kernel compiling was less than pleasant as far as accessibility goes, so how do you people deal with that one? I thought it should have been accessible 100% with speakup, but ...<stop>.

Which version of linux did you try to configure?

Samuel

Re: debian printer installation

[Ned Granic]

Thanks,
I tried to compile debian 2.6.8 kernel.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Samuel Thibault" <samuel.thibault@ens-lyon.org>
To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Saturday, December 09, 2006 7:07 AM
Subject: Re: debian printer installation


Ned Granic, le Sat 09 Dec 2006 00:03:32 -0700, a écrit :
> As I understand, the standard way would be through the Firefox browser 
> after installing linux drivers.

The standard way is through a web browser. And for this w3m or lynx
should work fine.

> And, my experience with the make menuconfig for kernel compiling was less 
> than pleasant as far as accessibility goes, so how do you people deal with 
> that one? I thought it should have been accessible 100% with speakup, but 
> ...<stop>.

Which version of linux did you try to configure?

Samuel

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Re: debian printer installation

[Samuel Thibault]

Ned Granic, le Sat 09 Dec 2006 08:42:42 -0700, a écrit :
> I tried to compile debian 2.6.8 kernel.

.8 ? Not .18 ?

I threw in some menuconfig enhancements around .17

Samuel

Re: debian printer installation

[Ned Granic]

Thanks a lot.
.8 is one someone got for me, and I never looked for a later version 
afterwards.
Where do I get the image for 2.6.17 then?
Also, one more question, if you don't mind:
I messed up my /etc/apt/sources.lists file. How do I get a new copy of it?

Cheers!
Ned
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Samuel Thibault" <samuel.thibault@ens-lyon.org>
To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Saturday, December 09, 2006 11:21 AM
Subject: Re: debian printer installation


Ned Granic, le Sat 09 Dec 2006 08:42:42 -0700, a écrit :
> I tried to compile debian 2.6.8 kernel.

.8 ? Not .18 ?

I threw in some menuconfig enhancements around .17

Samuel

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