From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from 130.67-18-124.reverse.theplanet.com ([67.18.124.130] helo=speedy.streammadness.com) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1DkOFT-0001RB-00 for ; Mon, 20 Jun 2005 11:31:43 -0400 Received: from cm243.sigma66.maxonline.com.sg ([218.212.66.243] helo=jaffar57b5aa42) by speedy.streammadness.com with esmtpa (Exim 4.44) id 1DkOFQ-0004lJ-MW for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Mon, 20 Jun 2005 11:31:41 -0400 Message-ID: <000f01c575ad$28bbde80$f342d4da@jaffar57b5aa42> From: To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." References: <20050620114741.GE19441@tomass.dyndns.org> Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2005 23:31:28 +0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - speedy.streammadness.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - braille.uwo.ca X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - jeffstudio.net X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Subject: Re: Debian netinst CD with speakup X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: jaffar@jeffstudio.net, "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: Mon, 20 Jun 2005 15:31:43 -0000 Hi I don't know if this is an appropriate thread on which to discuss this on, but the netinst Cd would not boot and I seem to get no response either from the CD or when i typed in the speakup command at the boot prompt. I have set the bios on my pc to boot up with my Cd drive, so I can't exactly be sure what is really happening here. Fedora and slackware, for example did spin during the boot up and after the text commands for each was typed in, but i got no response from the debian netinst CD at all, no spinning to speak off. Don't know what to do next. Cheers! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Stivers" To: ; "Speakup Distribution List" Sent: Monday, June 20, 2005 7:47 PM Subject: Re: Debian netinst CD with speakup > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: RIPEMD160 > > On Mon, Jun 20, 2005 at 07:05:03 AM -0400, Charles Hallenbeck wrote: >> The disk installs Sarge/testing, but Sarge is no longer testing, since >> it was promoted to stable on June 6. Testing is now called something >> else. So what do I get if I now do an install with that CD? Do I get >> Sarge/stable? or the new testing? Will there be an opportunity to >> specify which I want during the install? perhaps by dropping to a shell >> prompt and editing something? I will be doing two more installations >> later this week and hope to avoid surprises. > > Short answer: If you have the 3.1r0a CD just install it and it'll work. > > Long answer: I think the answer depends on exactly which revision of the > netinst-speakup cd you have. If you downloaded it a while back you might > have a copy that was for the testing ditribution, but if you have the > 3.1r0a version then what you have is for stable. You can of course edit > /etc/apt/sources.list after you install and specify > stable/testing/unstable or sarge/etch/sid whichever you prefer. As an > interesting note, according to the debian top brass who are supposed to > know about these things, changing entries in /etc/apt/sources.list is > not the canonical way to choose which version you are running. I am not > completely clear on the details, but it looks like you can have all > three of stable, testing, and unstable listed in sources.list and then > choose the default release you want by putting the line > APT::Default-Release "stable"; in /etc/apt/apt.conf. This file will not > exist by default. I think this might be a good idea because it allows > you to run selected packages from testing or unstable while keeping the > bulk of your system running stable. It is rather an advanced option, so > as the saying goes "if you break it you get to keep all the pieces." > > - -- > "Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place. > Therefore, if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are, > by definition, not smart enough to debug it." - Brian W. Kernighan > > Thomas Stivers e-mail: stivers_t@tomass.dyndns.org > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFCtqzd5JK61UXLur0RA4WJAJ4h7DE6zPXsoRIXs0ZQd2hZURrzngCbBx9W > tv/kn+eJlDdcEThdSo2cHk4= > =ism0 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > >