Gentoo live CD and Speakup?

Gentoo live CD and Speakup?

[Al Puzzuoli]

Hi all,

Can anyone confirm whether the Gentoo 2006 live cd contains speakup?    I saw references on the site indicating that it is included on the 2005 cd, but nothing specific to the 2006 version.  I tried the following at the boot prompt, but to no avail:

gentoo speakup_synth=ltlk

If anyone has info, it would be much appreciated,

Thanks,

--Al

Re: Gentoo live CD and Speakup?

[Arthur Pirika]

Hi,
Yes, speakup is included on gentoo 2006.0 (I'm just
trying to install it myself). I found that you had to
hit backspace a few times as the cd loaded, to ensure
that the boot promp stays up for you to type gentoo
etc... At leeast that's what I found anyway.

Another way to get it speaking is simply to let it
boot normally, hitting bakcspace every so often. Once
you get a console beep, after hitting backspace (this
means you are logged into the cd), type this at the
shell prompt.
echo ltlk >/proc/speakup/synth_name

btw, the reason I say "trying" to install is thta I'm
trying to establish a pptp connection with my uni
network. after configuring /etc/ppp/pap-secrets and
/etc/ppp/options.pptp, I run pptp and it appears to
work (no errors). However, when I try to go to google
with links (the chain), I get error loading
http://etc, - connection refused. Any suggestions?

thanks,
Arthur.


--- Al Puzzuoli <alpuzz@comcast.net> wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> Can anyone confirm whether the Gentoo 2006 live cd
> contains speakup?    I saw references on the site
> indicating that it is included on the 2005 cd, but
> nothing specific to the 2006 version.  I tried the
> following at the boot prompt, but to no avail:
> 
> gentoo speakup_synth=ltlk
> 
> If anyone has info, it would be much appreciated,
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> --Al  
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