From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mtao03.charter.net ([209.225.8.188]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1HtT5Q-0003yt-00 for ; Wed, 30 May 2007 14:39:56 -0400 Received: from aa04.charter.net ([10.20.200.156]) by mtao03.charter.net (InterMail vM.7.08.02.00 201-2186-121-20061213) with ESMTP id <20070530183923.BFFI1525.mtao03.charter.net@aa04.charter.net> for ; Wed, 30 May 2007 14:39:23 -0400 Received: from h14me.homelinux.net ([24.151.115.123]) by aa04.charter.net with ESMTP id <20070530183923.EGMI25928.aa04.charter.net@h14me.homelinux.net> for ; Wed, 30 May 2007 14:39:23 -0400 Received: from h14me.homelinux.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by h14me.homelinux.net (8.13.4/8.12.11) with ESMTP id l4UIdMno007968 for ; Wed, 30 May 2007 14:39:22 -0400 Received: (from alex_snow@localhost) by h14me.homelinux.net (8.13.4/8.12.10/Submit) id l4UIdM2E007967 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Wed, 30 May 2007 14:39:22 -0400 Date: Wed, 30 May 2007 14:39:22 -0400 From: Alex Snow To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: Debian install with Software Speech? Message-ID: <20070530183922.GB7933@gmx.net> References: <017b01c7a1ff$89546390$4ba65c90@vv507j> <20070529204431.GA17946@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20070529204431.GA17946@localhost.localdomain> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV version 0.88, clamav-milter version 0.87 on h14me.homelinux.net X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Chzlrs: 0 X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 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: Wed, 30 May 2007 18:39:56 -0000 Being dialog-based doesn't cause too many problems, I was able to successfuly install debian sarge on an Alpha PWS over serial console. Cursor tracking isn't as good as if speakup was running on the machine I was installing to, but it was still useable. On Tue, May 29, 2007 at 01:44:31PM -0700, Gregory Nowak wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Also, I doubt the kernel console approach would work with a usb to 232 > converter, unless the debian netinst iso loads up the drivers for > those as part of the boot process. Even if it does, the debian > installer is dialog based rather than being command-based. > > Greg > > > On Tue, May 29, 2007 at 08:10:01AM -0700, Zachary Kline wrote: > > Hiya, > > The reason I couldn't use a hardware synth is precisely because I don't > > have a serial port on any of my machines. It's downright annoying, but I > > wish there were support for USB to serial adaptors, or something along those > > lines. Either that, or preferably USB synths directly. > > Thanks much, > > Zack. > > > > - -- > 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 v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFGXJCv7s9z/XlyUyARAjTCAKCmFLviHnckz4E/bl53nr/icYqpkwCfWSb2 > VwBcN/18eWfEXYTBFZPCxL4= > =r+pq > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Seriously, the way I did this was by using a special /sbin/loader binary with debugging hooks that I made ("dd" is your friend: binary editors are for wimps). -- Linus Torvalds, in an article on a dnserver