From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pop-a065d10.pas.sa.earthlink.net ([207.217.121.251]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1DaH8M-0007rh-00 for ; Mon, 23 May 2005 13:54:34 -0400 Received: from h-68-166-89-140.chcgilgm.covad.net ([68.166.89.140] helo=linserver.romuald.net.eu.org) by pop-a065d10.pas.sa.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #10) id 1DaH8B-0002lZ-00 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Mon, 23 May 2005 10:54:23 -0700 Received: (qmail 1440 invoked by uid 1023); 23 May 2005 17:54:21 -0000 Date: Mon, 23 May 2005 12:54:21 -0500 From: Gregory Nowak To: jaffar@jeffstudio.net, "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Message-ID: <20050523175421.GB1096@romuald.net.eu.org> References: <000301c55fb7$456e2f30$1a42d4da@jaffardesktop> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; x-action=pgp-signed; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <000301c55fb7$456e2f30$1a42d4da@jaffardesktop> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2i X-PGP-Key: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org/pubkey.asc Subject: Re: Speakup or dectalk, and the answer? X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 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: Mon, 23 May 2005 17:55:09 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Actually, the linux designation for the first rs232 serial port is /dev/ttyS0, or just ttyS0 for short. ser0 is a speakup-specific parameter. Greg On Tue, May 24, 2005 at 12:48:39AM +0800, jaffar@jeffstudio.net wrote: > Hi all. Perhaps I must make my position clear here. First, I have but one > and only one machine, and if I were to install Linux, I'll have to share it > with an already installed Microsoft windows box. Second, my dectalk > express hardware is installed and connected to com port 1, or ser 0 in the > Linux equivalent, and since I'm not yet a linux expert like most of you on > this list, I of course had to highlight my problem in a language that I can > understand in the hope that those of you linux experts who've had > experience with the Microsoft Windows environment can help me with my > problem. I am aware that this is a linux list, and I am aware that I am > not a Linux freak by any stretch of the emagination. But I am willing to > learn a totally new environment to widen my knowledge in computers, and > comments like these, far from helping, will surely turn me off and away > from the linux OS that I was so keen to learn. If i didn't have a problem, > If my desire to install linux went as smooth as some of you had > encountered, I won't be struggling and asking these questions that I deem > to be so important to get myself up and running. I have spent countless > hours downloading the various linux distros, trying my darndest to get them > installed, all to no avail. But i figure it will be comments like these > that will turn me away, and not the installation struggles that I've had to > go through. So I'll get off this list and stick to what I know and be all > the happier for it. Cheers! - -- web site: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org gpg public key: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org/pubkey.asc skype: gregn1 (authorization required, add me to your contacts list first) - -- Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager@EU.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFCkhjN7s9z/XlyUyARAnNpAJ9JaIFzm1JZATLq1yrFeJDF+Y6wcgCgqvtV pjHtXWDiGNvexX3jMcGofOk= =CnTo -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----