From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from goliath.sylaba.poznan.pl ([195.216.104.3] ident=root) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.22 #1 (Debian)) id 15CgOH-0000Ze-00 for ; Wed, 20 Jun 2001 07:43:21 -0400 Received: from cybertsar (ppp09.sylaba.poznan.pl [195.216.104.109]) by goliath.sylaba.poznan.pl (8.10.1/8.10.1) with SMTP id f5KBgSS00763 for ; Wed, 20 Jun 2001 13:42:28 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <007601c0f97d$9d50a470$0100a8c0@cybertsar> From: "Victor Tsaran" To: References: Subject: Re: Speakup-enabled kernels Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2001 13:34:41 +0200 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 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.4 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: Hi, Janina and Bill! On his FTP site Bill also has directories D1 and D2 which are non-iso copy of the Redhat distribution. I downloaded the kernel-2.4.2-2.i686.rpm hoping that this one was also speech-enabled, but I don't think it is. Am I wrong,Bill? Victor ----- Original Message ----- From: "Janina Sajka" To: Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2001 2:47 AM Subject: Re: Speakup-enabled kernels > They're in the .iso images. They're major downloads, of course, since > they're a CD ROM's worth of data. But, that's the same problem from the > Redhat site and its mirrors. Advantage and difference is that Bill Acker's > are speakup enabled. > > On Tue, 19 Jun 2001, Victor Tsaran wrote: > > > But, I could find the boot disks only. Where are the regular kernels then? > > Thanks, > > Victor > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Janina Sajka" > > To: > > Cc: "Speakup List" > > Sent: Monday, June 18, 2001 4:51 PM > > Subject: Re: Speakup-enabled kernels > > > > > > > Yes, Victor, we have full distributions which are fully speakup enabled. > > > That means that the kernels are already patched with speakup, and the boot > > > disks are already speakup enabled. All a user need do is to indicate their > > > synth and it's connection point at the first (non speaking) prompt. After > > > that, the install is speakup enabled, with full screen review via the > > > numeric keypad. > > > > > > At least, this is how the Redhat distributions genned by Bill Acker work. > > > Someone else will have to speak up for slackware and debian, as I have no > > > experience there. > > > > > > PS: Pun intended. > > > On Mon, 18 Jun 2001, Victor Tsaran wrote: > > > > > > > Hello, listers! > > > > Yes, I did use Speakup for installation purposes mostly and when the > > machine was in all kinds of troubles. However, today someone mentioned that > > one can download Speakup-enabled kernels. Are these boot kernels that people > > talked about? Does anybody have regular kernels with Speakup already > > compiled in? > > > > Best, > > > > Vic > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > 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 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >