From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from bay0-omc3-s3.bay0.hotmail.com ([65.54.246.203]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1HPQnm-00052M-00 for ; Thu, 08 Mar 2007 17:09:34 -0500 Received: from hotmail.com ([65.54.174.73]) by bay0-omc3-s3.bay0.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.2668); Thu, 8 Mar 2007 14:09:04 -0800 Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Thu, 8 Mar 2007 14:09:03 -0800 Message-ID: Received: from 80.1.72.245 by BAY103-DAV1.phx.gbl with DAV; Thu, 08 Mar 2007 22:08:59 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [80.1.72.245] X-Originating-Email: [mikster4@msn.com] X-Sender: mikster4@msn.com Received: from [10.3.107.110] (host80-1-72-245.no-dns-yet.ntli.net [80.1.72.245]) by air-ia01.mail.aol.com (v114_r3.4) with ESMTP id MAILINIA13-e20d45f0890618a; Thu, 08 Mar 2007 17:07:16 -0500 From: Michael Whapples To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." In-Reply-To: References: <45F0393E.2000703@comcast.net> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1173391615.2904.288.camel@layla> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-AOL-IP: 80.1.72.245 Subject: Re: Fedora 6 and Speakup on New Thinkpad Resent-From: Michael Whapples Resent-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2007 22:08:44 +0000 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.8.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 08 Mar 2007 22:09:03.0859 (UTC) FILETIME=[61FEBC30:01C761CE] Resent-Message-Id: Resent-Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2007 17:09:34 -0500 X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list Reply-To: "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: Thu, 08 Mar 2007 22:09:35 -0000 You could also try using the install CD through a serial console, as this is meant to work with USB to serial devices (and I assume other serial devices not built in). I remember when I wanted to look at freebsd as an OS, I was able to install that in such a way (it was just a shame that whenever it tried to use the network card it crashed the machine). I don't know if the Fedora installation kernel has serial console support, hopefully it would. From Michael Whapples On Thu, 2007-03-08 at 11:44 -0500, Erik Heil wrote: > Hello, > As far as installing Fedora 6 remotely, you can do so using telnet. i.e. > if you have access to another Windows box (better yet, a Linux box) you > can do so via telnet. Windows however would not be the best choice, as > cursor control is broken as far as Jaws/Window Eyes is. If you go through > the archives, their have actually been posts on this very subject. As I > currently don't use Fedora (most of the machines are running some flavor > of Sid), I can't speak from personal experience. > > On Thu, 8 Mar 2007, Beth Hatch wrote: > > > Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2007 09:26:38 -0700 > > From: Beth Hatch > > Reply-To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. > > > > To: Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > Subject: Fedora 6 and Speakup on New Thinkpad > > > > > > > > Hi everyone, > > > > I would like to set up a dual boot using Fedora 6 on my brand new > > Thinkpad T60P laptop. I already have a Linux desktop computer using the > > Speakup modified Fedora 6, Gnome and Orca, etc. Unfortunately, my > > Thinkpad doesn't have an onboard serial port built into the system. I > > am wondering if Speakup would recognize my Dectalk Express hooked up to > > either the docking station, which does have a serial port, or the > > serial/parallel port bay adapter that I also purchased for this > > computer. The adapter fits into the ultrabay, you remove the DVD drive > > and put the adapter into the bay instead. I could probably install > > Linux in graphical mode only using Gnome and Orca, but I would like to > > have Speakup for use in text mode work and for the flexibility that > > having Speakup access would provide for me. Having Speakup available > > would of course allow me to install Linux independently, also a very > > important factor for me!! I know I can use Speakup with software > > synthesizers and speech dispatcher, but I need to get it installed > > first. > > > > > > Any thoughts or information anyone has on this issue would be most > > appreciated. Thanks in advance!! > > > > Beth > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > eheil@sdf.lonestar.org > SDF Public Access UNIX System - http://sdf.lonestar.org > >