From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from tnt11a-155.focal-chi.corecomm.net ([216.214.86.155] helo=linserver.megsinet.net ident=root) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.22 #1 (Debian)) id 15CPxp-0001SM-00 for ; Tue, 19 Jun 2001 14:10:59 -0400 Received: (from romualt@localhost) by linserver.megsinet.net (8.10.2/8.10.2) id f5JI8kv00362 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Tue, 19 Jun 2001 13:08:46 -0500 Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2001 13:08:44 -0500 From: Gregory Nowak To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: Speakup-enabled kernels Message-ID: <20010619130844.B341@linserver.megsinet.net> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2i In-Reply-To: ; from SAHolmes@ahcccs.state.az.us on Tue, Jun 19, 2001 at 06:42:23AM -0700 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: Last time I checked on the speakup site, it was 2.2.16 with speakup 0.09. Greg On Tue, Jun 19, 2001 at 06:42:23AM -0700, Holmes, Steve wrote: > I can speak from a slackware point of view; you can start with a speakup > enabled bootdisk from the speakup site. I don't know what version this is > right now. From the slackware site under the slackware-current/bootdsks.144 > you can find speakup.i and speakup.s which are boot disks for IDE and SCSI > devices respectively. You then get the standard root disk, color.gz from > slackware-current/rootdsks. > > This is the upcoming version 7.2 of slackware but is not yet stabilized. > See ChangeLog.txt in the slackware-current directory for the up to the > minute news. It looks like 7.2 could be out in the next few weeks; they are > trying to nail things down but I still see some changes getting shoe horned > in. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Victor Tsaran [mailto:tsar@sylaba.poznan.pl] > Sent: Monday, June 18, 2001 5:46 PM > To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca > Subject: Re: Speakup-enabled kernels > > > 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