From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from speakup.octothorp.org (speakup.octothorp.org [IPv6:2607:f2f8:2340::2]) by befuddled.reisers.ca (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 774671EF6B2 for ; Wed, 15 May 2013 20:45:06 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mail0200.smtp25.com (mail0200.smtp25.com [174.37.170.200]) by speakup.octothorp.org (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id r4G0iZHQ026495 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=FAIL) for ; Thu, 16 May 2013 00:44:46 GMT Received: from ccs.covici.com (s-out-001.smtp25.com [67.228.91.90]) by s-out-001.smtp25.com (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id r4G0gQ6I027933 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=FAIL) for ; Wed, 15 May 2013 20:42:26 -0400 Received: from ccs.covici.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ccs.covici.com (8.14.7/8.14.5) with ESMTP id r4G0gPEQ022599 for ; Wed, 15 May 2013 20:42:25 -0400 To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: Slack 13.37 and 14.0 In-reply-to: <00CE93B930F145C99EDFFDA2407E2ACC@mdlynn> References: <8F6D9D72964E4D2E90262B7DB242EE9D@mdlynn> <5191FF80.1030802@baechler.net> <51933C1C.9070201@baechler.net> <72708A629D1C40508DEB3147F83238DA@mdlynn> <51939D80.3050903@baechler.net> <18019.1368635999@ccs.covici.com> <00CE93B930F145C99EDFFDA2407E2ACC@mdlynn> Comments: In-reply-to "Mitchell D. Lynn" message dated "Wed, 15 May 2013 13:43:30 -0500." X-Mailer: MH-E 8.2; nmh 1.3; GNU Emacs 23.4.1 Date: Wed, 15 May 2013 20:42:25 -0400 Message-ID: <22596.1368664945@ccs.covici.com> From: covici@ccs.covici.com X-SpamH-OriginatingIP: 70.109.53.110 X-SpamH-Filter: s-out-001.smtp25.com-r4G0gQ6I027933 X-BeenThere: speakup@linux-speakup.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 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, 16 May 2013 00:45:07 -0000 Did you look at the specs to see if they had the headers -- what they seem to be doing these days is have the headers without a cable or bracket, so you have to bring it out to a slot on the back of the unit. Mitchell D. Lynn wrote: > I don't know about "most mainboards," but none of those I have looked at in > the flesh over the past 12-months or so have had any serial connections at > all. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Speakup [mailto:speakup-bounces@linux-speakup.org] On Behalf Of > covici@ccs.covici.com > Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2013 11:40 AM > To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. > Subject: Re: Slack 13.37 and 14.0 > > Most motherboards have the serial headers, just not brought out to the back. > > Tony Baechler wrote: > > > No, you're still not understanding. Debian Wheezy has the 3.2 kernel, > > so no serial support. That's why I suggested installing Squeeze and > > upgrading to Wheezy. That way you can run the 2.6.32 kernel with > > newer packages and still have serial support. No, you won't get most > > boot messages with software speech because it takes a while for sound > > drivers to load. I have both kernels installed here so I can get > > hardware speech if my system becomes unbootable. I had no problem > > finding a motherboard with a serial port last August. You have to > > look for server motherboards, but they're not that hard to find. > > > > On 5/15/2013 7:15 AM, Mitchell D. Lynn wrote: > > > Thanks for the info on the 3.2 kernels. That, then, is the issue. > > > > > > RE Debian: Looks like there has been a new release since I last > > > looked. Grabbed the Wheezy release and installed on a test system > > > last night. Software synth works fine on that machine. No serial > > > port on this system to test with DEC. I will see how it does on the > > > main server later this week when I can have it down for an extended > > > period. I can live with a software synth as long as I can get boot > > > messages, and serial ports are getting harder to find on modern > mainboards. > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup@linux-speakup.org > > http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > -- > Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: > How do > you spend it? > > John Covici > covici@ccs.covici.com > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@linux-speakup.org > http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@linux-speakup.org > http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici covici@ccs.covici.com