From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mta31.charter.net (mta31.charter.net [216.33.127.82]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6961A109E6 for ; Thu, 26 Mar 2009 18:43:46 -0400 (EDT) Received: from imp09 ([10.20.200.9]) by mta31.charter.net (InterMail vM.7.09.01.00 201-2219-108-20080618) with ESMTP id <20090326224345.DKYD2647.mta31.charter.net@imp09> for ; Thu, 26 Mar 2009 18:43:45 -0400 Received: from h14me.homelinux.net ([24.151.121.233]) by imp09 with charter.net id Xyjl1b00L52EYB405yjlQE; Thu, 26 Mar 2009 18:43:45 -0400 Received: from h14me.homelinux.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by h14me.homelinux.net (8.13.4/8.12.11) with ESMTP id n2QMhjg9004966 for ; Thu, 26 Mar 2009 18:43:45 -0400 Received: (from alex_snow@localhost) by h14me.homelinux.net (8.13.4/8.12.10/Submit) id n2QMhjt9004965 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Thu, 26 Mar 2009 18:43:45 -0400 Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 18:43:45 -0400 From: Alex Snow To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: speakup.synth= vs modprobe Message-ID: <20090326224345.GA4959@gmx.net> References: <9B4C7AA7ECCD4176BABEE46A05E1DC8B@math.wisc.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <9B4C7AA7ECCD4176BABEE46A05E1DC8B@math.wisc.edu> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 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, 26 Mar 2009 22:43:46 -0000 You probably have to put the modules into your initrd...I'm not familiar with this as I use slackware which doesn't use initrds...though looking at mkinitrd I think it is should help. THen you have to find a way for the startup script to detect the speakup.synth param and load the correct module. On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 01:02:16PM -0500, John G. Heim wrote: > I installed the 2.6.26 kernel from debian lenny along with the speakup > modules. I modified my /boot/grub/menu.lst to use speakup.synth=ltlk as a > boot parameter. But I don't get speech during boot. If I log in after it > boots and type 'modprobe speakup_ltlk' then I get speech. > > Any explanation for this? Below is the boot stanza from my menu.lst. > > title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.26-1-486 > root (hd0,0) > kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.26-1-486 root=/dev/hda1 ro speakup.synth=ltlk > initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.26-1-486 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- If you want to travel around the world and be invited to speak at a lot of different places, just write a Unix operating system. -- Linus Torvalds