From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pc-24-151-10-129.newt1.ct.charter.com ([24.151.10.129] helo=h14me.homelinux.net) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1APYYn-0002BG-00 for ; Thu, 27 Nov 2003 21:40:45 -0500 Received: from h14me.homelinux.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by h14me.homelinux.net (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id hAS2fAZc013395 for ; Thu, 27 Nov 2003 21:41:11 -0500 Received: (from alex_snow@localhost) by h14me.homelinux.net (8.12.10/8.12.10/Submit) id hAS2fAZf013394 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Thu, 27 Nov 2003 21:41:10 -0500 Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2003 21:41:10 -0500 From: Alex Snow To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Message-ID: <20031128024110.GD13359@gmx.net> References: <20031127221351.GA308@romuald.net.eu.org> <20031127225321.QZLD1561.mta9.adelphia.net@beavis> <20031127233401.GA367@romuald.net.eu.org> <20031127235445.GA13179@gmx.net> <20031128014751.GA1505@romuald.net.eu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20031128014751.GA1505@romuald.net.eu.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Subject: Re: gnome problems under slackware X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.3 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: Fri, 28 Nov 2003 02:40:45 -0000 yyou need to get and install festival. when you are dropped back to your prompt that means something didn't work. if everything is installed festival should start talking and read a menu of config tests for you to perform. for instructions on building festival and configuring for gnopernicus visit http://developer.gnome.org/projects/gap/testing/gnopernicus.html hth On Thu, Nov 27, 2003 at 07:47:51PM -0600, Gregory Nowak wrote: > One more thing I forgot to mention is that I don't have festival or > anything like that installed, since I assumed that was part of the > gnome-speech package. > > When I run test-speech, I get: > > 1: OAFIID:GNOME_Speech_SynthesisDriver_Festival:proto0.2 > > > When I hit 1, I get : > Atempting to activate > OAFIID:GNOME_Speech_SynthesisDriver_Festival:proto0.2. > > Then, I just get my standard bash prompt. I assume that means that > things worked. If this isn't correct, and I need to install festival, > then is there a slackware package somewhere for it, or am I going to > need to build it from source? > Thanks. > > Greg > > > On Thu, Nov 27, 2003 at 06:54:45PM -0500, Alex Snow wrote: > > I didn't need to configure x at all on my slack 9.1 system. Once I > > installed x and gnome I ran pkgtool, chose the setup option, and reran > > the x window manager selection script. I chose gdm and the default and > > now all I need to do is run startx and gnome loads up fine. > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Always borrow money from a pessimist; he doesn't expect to be paid back.