From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail0131.smtp25.com (mail0131.smtp25.com [75.126.84.131]) by befuddled.reisers.ca (Postfix) with ESMTPS id EE24B1EF516 for ; Wed, 15 May 2013 12:40:20 -0400 (EDT) Received: from ccs.covici.com (s-out-001.smtp25.com [67.228.91.90]) by d-out-001.smtp25.com (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id r4FGe0i1017902 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=FAIL) for ; Wed, 15 May 2013 12:40:01 -0400 Received: from ccs.covici.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ccs.covici.com (8.14.7/8.14.5) with ESMTP id r4FGdxNb018020 for ; Wed, 15 May 2013 12:39:59 -0400 To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: Slack 13.37 and 14.0 In-reply-to: <51939D80.3050903@baechler.net> References: <8F6D9D72964E4D2E90262B7DB242EE9D@mdlynn> <5191FF80.1030802@baechler.net> <51933C1C.9070201@baechler.net> <72708A629D1C40508DEB3147F83238DA@mdlynn> <51939D80.3050903@baechler.net> Comments: In-reply-to Tony Baechler message dated "Wed, 15 May 2013 07:36:48 -0700." X-Mailer: MH-E 8.2; nmh 1.3; GNU Emacs 23.4.1 Date: Wed, 15 May 2013 12:39:59 -0400 Message-ID: <18019.1368635999@ccs.covici.com> From: covici@ccs.covici.com X-SpamH-OriginatingIP: 70.109.53.110 X-SpamH-Filter: d-out-001.smtp25.com-r4FGe0i1017902 X-BeenThere: speakup@linux-speakup.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 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: Wed, 15 May 2013 16:40:22 -0000 Most motherboards have the serial headers, just not brought out to the back. Tony Baechler wrote: > No, you're still not understanding. Debian Wheezy has the 3.2 kernel, so > no serial support. That's why I suggested installing Squeeze and > upgrading to Wheezy. That way you can run the 2.6.32 kernel with newer > packages and still have serial support. No, you won't get most boot > messages with software speech because it takes a while for sound drivers > to load. I have both kernels installed here so I can get hardware speech > if my system becomes unbootable. I had no problem finding a motherboard > with a serial port last August. You have to look for server motherboards, > but they're not that hard to find. > > On 5/15/2013 7:15 AM, Mitchell D. Lynn wrote: > > Thanks for the info on the 3.2 kernels. That, then, is the issue. > > > > RE Debian: Looks like there has been a new release since I last > > looked. Grabbed the Wheezy release and installed on a test system last > > night. Software synth works fine on that machine. No serial port on > > this system to test with DEC. I will see how it does on the main server > > later this week when I can have it down for an extended period. I can > > live with a software synth as long as I can get boot messages, and > > serial ports are getting harder to find on modern mainboards. > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@linux-speakup.org > http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici covici@ccs.covici.com