From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from linserver.romuald.net.eu.org ([63.228.150.209]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1F3PV9-00024p-00 for ; Sun, 29 Jan 2006 22:14:47 -0500 Received: (qmail 11800 invoked by uid 1000); 29 Jan 2006 20:14:16 -0700 Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2006 20:14:16 -0700 From: Gregory Nowak To: jaffar@jeffstudio.net, "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: Me or my computer or both Message-ID: <20060130031416.GA11782@localhost.localdomain> References: <002801c62542$150e3640$d22ad4da@jaffar57b5aa42> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-action=pgp-signed Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable In-Reply-To: <002801c62542$150e3640$d22ad4da@jaffar57b5aa42> X-PGP-Key: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org/pubkey.asc User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.6 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, 30 Jan 2006 03:14:48 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 There are folks here that dual boot between windows and gnu/linux, myself included. Are you sure that your serial port is enabled in cmos? Have you checked for, and installed any updates available for your system's bios? Finally, do you have access to another pc? If so, then have you tried booting any of the install cds you used on the second machine? Given that you say you've tried a number of install cds with the same results, it most likely isn't your fault. Your dectalk and pc don't seem to like each other for whatever reason, but I'm at a loss to say what that reason might be. Greg On Mon, Jan 30, 2006 at 10:08:33AM +0800, jaffar@jeffstudio.net wrote: > Hi guys. Over the past year, I have been trying to install all flavors o= f linux, from fedora to debiant, gentoo to grml, slackware to ubantu, all w= ithout any modicum of success. I am running a panthium i368 build machine = with a windows xp box installed. I have a 2.4 gb processor, with 1.8 gb of= ram and an external dectalk synth. Typing the various installation comman= ds for the fvarious flavors of linux will either yield some nonsense from m= y dectalk synth when speakup tries to interact with it, or, for the majorit= y of the linux flavors, typing in the appropriate commands during the boot = prompt yields nothing at all, not even a twitter from my dectalk synth. Mi= nd you, this failure certainly does not arise from a lack of help and assis= tance from list members, but try as i might with all the advise and hints g= iven by really helpful list members, nothing seems to work. I have updated= the firmware on my dectalk synth, and i have thoroughly read all installat= ion instructions for all the various installation procedure which accrues w= ith the different linux flavors, but i've had 0 success so far. So what ha= ve i got to do next, that's my biggest question. I am very interested to v= enture into linux, but success with it seems to have eluded me. If there i= s anyone of you here running both windows xp and linux on the same machine,= I'd certainly be interested to hear from you. All help given to a despera= te guy here would be greatly appreciated. Cheers! > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup - --=20 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 v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFD3YSI7s9z/XlyUyARAhKCAKCZPTPeDL8zkjwv4QdNvyCB63DIqACgquE2 dq8rCagrMu91YQ3TZwJJDEE=3D =3DNb27 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----