From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from apollo.wurldlink.com ([216.235.52.167] helo=mail.wurldlink.com) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with smtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18ylvV-0004n4-00 for ; Thu, 27 Mar 2003 23:57:13 -0500 Received: (qmail 89759 invoked from network); 28 Mar 2003 04:52:29 -0000 Received: from dt065n2c.san.rr.com (HELO atlantis) (24.30.156.44) by mail.wurldlink.com with SMTP; 28 Mar 2003 04:52:29 -0000 Message-ID: <002201c2f4e6$795627a0$1e00a8c0@atlantis> From: "Juan Hernandez" To: References: <20030327033454.GA12114@rednote.net> Subject: Re: Speakup and phoebe Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2003 20:56:52 -0800 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 6.00.2800.1106 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: people can now use x-windows??? How??? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lorenzo Prince" To: Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2003 11:03 AM Subject: Re: Speakup and phoebe > So how do I get Gnome to work on my Slackware 9.0 system? When I type > 'gdm' which I thought was the command to start Gnome, it does nothing. > > Thanks, > Lorenzo > > E Pluribus Unix > > On Thu, 27 Mar 2003, Adam Myrow wrote: > > > So, why did Redhat choose to drop Speakup from their next version? It > > sounds like maybe somebody didn't like the modified kernel. So, they > > should have done like Slackware and gave the user a choice of a > > Speakup-enabled kernel or not. BTW, Slackware 9.0 just came out and has > > Gnome 2.2 with accessibility plug-ins, and still supports Speakup. It is > > down to a boot disk and two root disks to install, but also has a third > > option which is some sort of boot manager on a separate disk that will > > supposedly boot a CDROM even on computers that otherwise can't boot one. > > I don't know if this will speak or not, but it sure sounds interesting. I > > sure hope Redhat reconsiders dropping Speakup as it is a major step in the > > wrong direction. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > >