From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from tnt19a-84.focal-chi.corecomm.net ([208.40.47.84] helo=linserver.megsinet.net ident=root) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.31 #1 (Debian)) id 15fsPv-0007mN-00 for ; Sat, 08 Sep 2001 20:25:44 -0400 Received: (from romualt@localhost) by linserver.megsinet.net (8.11.4/8.10.2) id f890LsA01020 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Sat, 8 Sep 2001 19:21:54 -0500 Date: Sat, 8 Sep 2001 19:21:18 -0500 From: Gregory Nowak To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: Problems with Slackware. Message-ID: <20010908192118.A1008@linserver.megsinet.net> References: <002001c137ec$e7dcc7a0$3590fea9@starbase> <20010907221409.C292@linserver.megsinet.net> <002d01c138af$540db020$3590fea9@starbase> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <002d01c138af$540db020$3590fea9@starbase>; from tward@bright.net on Sat, Sep 08, 2001 at 05:43:41PM -0400 Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 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 Thomas, Let's assume that your zip drive is /dev/hdb. To mount the filesystem on it, do: "mount /dev/hdb4 -t vfat /mnt" . Substitute your mount point for /mnt of course. Iomega likes to format there disks as the 4th partition for some reason. As for your ppp problem, do "lsmod". You will get a list of currently installed modules, if ppp is not one of them, you'll need to load it by hand with "modprobe ppp". If this doesn't work from /etc/rc.d/rc.modules (which I've seen with certain modules before), then add the modprobe command above to your /etc/rc.d/rc.local so that it runs every time you boot for sure. What kind of sound card do you have, and did you find support for it in /etc/rc.d/rc.modules? Yes, speakup 0.10a works with 2.2.19 with no patches. Hth. Greg On Sat, Sep 08, 2001 at 05:43:41PM -0400, Thomas D. Ward wrote: > Hi, list. I just downloaded the new speakup.i image from the Speakup ftp > site, and installed the kernel to my Slackware 8 partition. > My floppy and cdrom are now working fine. However, I am still not getting > ppp nor is my built in zip drive working. > The ppp problem is that I get a kernel error stating that I do not have ppp > kernel support. I believe I have the proper modules loading in rc.modules, > but still no ppp. > My zip drive error is that it keeps telling INVALAD FILE TYPE> I typically > have used type vfat, and it worked fine, but since installing Slackware it > won't use vfat.Thus it won't mount the zip drive which has files on it I > need to backup from the Red Hat installation which I formated to make space > for Slackware. > Ok, now if someone can help me with these problems any help is welcome. Also > I still want to get sound, and perhaps some advice on building a 2.2.19 > kernel designed for my main computer. > Does Speakup need any cvs patches to run on 2.2.19, or will the .10-a > version work fine? > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup