From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: by befuddled.reisers.ca (Postfix, from userid 65534) id DADF41EF850; Sat, 7 Feb 2015 03:53:17 -0500 (EST) Received: from mail-pd0-f176.google.com (mail-pd0-f176.google.com [209.85.192.176]) by befuddled.reisers.ca (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 195C01EF84E for ; Sat, 7 Feb 2015 03:53:15 -0500 (EST) Received: by pdbfl12 with SMTP id fl12so9756210pdb.10 for ; Sat, 07 Feb 2015 00:53:00 -0800 (PST) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:date:from:to:subject:message-id:mail-followup-to :references:mime-version:content-type:content-disposition :in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=EnbzgGZg2EoJQreMxOyNV+3SIrSncaWMZL7PVCee5VA=; b=UD0otUtV008Nw0L1Q2PMDNmQkmVPMUXFb5Uf8J417A5SEm3i61xfX5V+2ScAJ7u4eL OyIPIb0tOaGtaHdGzGMN57I37JpH8W9JNuhOaQQTkFr/GVYGCZpdsZKTq3LMCCR/NHNQ ohVODpCxOhfU5rhRfz8SyIEt2/Hm9LUmF32sTFFz1hKeAQDG8aUIS5GUDY/N7h2t4exs Yeszij7aU7065hDhULo8lVipzXG7okd0Ra4uo0R/KTQUPEk9eE4bOT6EshcrRtIR7x54 BBy8Eec6x5Otm6lshFygtGNc9W0iZfsSUMXNackjNfRYug0pGiMBmVlS9JfP7jJZFhsv 8AYA== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQk9p4119yty2f0PCMCfvr1iygHAx/y+3bxj26HCBlO5fYcIqhXd0jMZFUvyXHc7ICuFNN86 X-Received: by 10.66.221.135 with SMTP id qe7mr12301021pac.6.1423299180180; Sat, 07 Feb 2015 00:53:00 -0800 (PST) Received: from linlap.wavecable.com (76-14-154-236.rk.wavecable.com. [76.14.154.236]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id a8sm10322047pdn.44.2015.02.07.00.52.59 for (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Sat, 07 Feb 2015 00:52:59 -0800 (PST) Date: Sat, 7 Feb 2015 00:52:57 -0800 From: Steve Holmes To: speakup@linux-speakup.org Subject: Re: finished with slackware Message-ID: <20150207085257.GG2032@linlap.wavecable.com> Mail-Followup-To: speakup@linux-speakup.org References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) X-Bogosity: Ham, tests=bogofilter, spamicity=0.000000, version=1.2.4 X-BeenThere: speakup@linux-speakup.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 07 Feb 2015 08:53:18 -0000 I hate hearing stuff like this; we have made so much progress over the years in making Linux accessible and then these things start coming up. When you can't even boot a basic system with current versions of installer and kernel, then there is something seriously wrong! I grew up on Slackware clear back in 1994 or so. I then had to login from a different computer running a terminal emulator but that was a start. As for me, I like Arch Linux and there is a current talking image available. I thought Fedora was currently accessible; no? On Fri, Feb 06, 2015 at 08:37:32PM -0500, Jude DaShiell wrote: > I was trying to install a current version of slackware using the litetalk > synthesizer earlier. Given slackware's installer kernel is broken, I got > some remote sighted assistance and was told wait 30 seconds then key in > boot parameters and that fails persistently insofaras getting speech up. > So apparently slackware and Fedora have something in common. In both > cases an installer interested in doing an accessible installation needs to > find and download an earlier version of the operating systems that did > install accessibly and use that version to install then upgrade through > the versions to get to current versions. Moonshine on Fedora worked on > intel machines in the past and if my memory is correct, maybe slackware > 11.2 ought to be able to get it done in this case. What I will do now is > take a stab at getting slackware 11.2 to speak and if that fails as time > and my download quotas permit will try other versions in the future. This > is now a low priority back burner project. I was surprised the > distribution got broken in this way. > > > > jude Twitter: @JudeDaShiell > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@linux-speakup.org > http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup