From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from outbound.icp-qv1-irony-out4.iinet.net.au (outbound.icp-qv1-irony-out4.iinet.net.au [203.59.1.150]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 61DEE10B33 for ; Thu, 17 Jul 2008 06:38:57 -0400 (EDT) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: As8EAOi9fkjSVDp9/2dsb2JhbACKBqYe X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.31,202,1215360000"; d="scan'208";a="248483478" Received: from unknown (HELO localhost) ([210.84.58.125]) by outbound.icp-qv1-irony-out4.iinet.net.au with ESMTP; 17 Jul 2008 18:38:49 +0800 Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2008 20:38:48 +1000 From: Daniel Dalton To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: Shane's kernels Message-ID: <20080717103848.GA11764@debian-hp.lan> References: <20080714012548.GA25329@localhost.localdomain> <044701c8e5c4$c8562a60$4ba65c90@vv507j> <487B7F1F.9080206@baechler.net> <20080714203631.GA22959@clearwire.net> <20080715101624.GC12378@debian-hp.lan> <487C7DC2.90000@baechler.net> <20080715105057.GD4529@implementation.uk.xensource.com> <487F13E6.5080108@baechler.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <487F13E6.5080108@baechler.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.10 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: Thu, 17 Jul 2008 10:38:58 -0000 On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 02:41:58AM -0700, Tony Baechler wrote: > I'm sorry, I didn't know about that and I didn't see it announced on > debian-accessibility. Still, I think that's modules, not an actual > kernel image with the Speakup core built-in. I will look before saying Its modules, but you don't need to build a kernel yourself, use m-a, so yeah, to get messages from boot up to power off you will probably need to install a custom kernel. But a great start. >>> One thing Daniel didn't mention is that the Lenny installer should >>> have accessible images with Braille and Speakup support, which Etch >>> will never officially have. >>> >> >> ?!?! >> >> Etch _does_ have braille already. >> >> > Again, I'm sorry. I don't use Braille and I thought Braille was somehow > dropped for Etch. Maybe I was confused with Sarge which had Speakup > support. I read the Etch release notes and don't remember seeing a All installers I have used: etch and lenny both had braille. Sorry, for not making that clear. >> As for Lenny, I've put a preview mini-ISO of what the installer will be >> on >> >> http://brl.thefreecat.org/mini.iso >> >> > Thank you! This would be very good to have. I intend to download it > and use it the next time I do an install. I should check it out too. > anyway. With that said, I have an idea which I'm thinking about but it > would have more to do with Speakup itself than Debian. Erm, this is the speakup list, so what is it? > complaining and I was responding to him and Daniel. I'm personally very > happy with Debian, more than any other Linux distro. I would like to I personally believe debian is the most accessible distro and it is my favourite, so I'm not complaining, but happy to improve it even more! Cheers, -- Daniel Dalton http://members.iinet.net.au/~ddalton/