From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from bay0-omc2-s14.bay0.hotmail.com ([65.54.246.150]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1IErE9-0001q7-00 for ; Sat, 28 Jul 2007 14:41:21 -0400 Received: from hotmail.com ([65.55.152.15]) by bay0-omc2-s14.bay0.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.2668); Sat, 28 Jul 2007 11:40:51 -0700 Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Sat, 28 Jul 2007 11:40:50 -0700 Message-ID: Received: from 71.111.101.89 by BAY141-DAV5.phx.gbl with DAV; Sat, 28 Jul 2007 18:40:46 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [71.111.101.89] X-Originating-Email: [z_kline@hotmail.com] X-Sender: z_kline@hotmail.com From: "Zachary Kline" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." References: <20070728064221.GA29760@marin.yelavich.home> <20070728172413.GA15328@localhost.localdomain> Subject: Re: PCI serial? Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2007 11:38:40 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.3138 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3138 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 28 Jul 2007 18:40:50.0323 (UTC) FILETIME=[D1ECEE30:01C7D146] 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: Sat, 28 Jul 2007 18:41:21 -0000 Hiya, I can understand this philosophy, to be sure. The VM does work quite well for me. I'm even able to emulate serial ports with a fair degree of usability. I'm not too sure about the performance hit of using a VM vs using a physical machine, but it doesn't seem that bad. New kernels compile fine, anyways. Thanks for your help, everybody. All the best, Zack. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gregory Nowak" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Sent: Saturday, July 28, 2007 10:24 AM Subject: Re: PCI serial? > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Fri, Jul 27, 2007 at 11:58:15PM -0700, Zachary Kline wrote: >> Hello, >> Is it possible to configure the board to do this sort of thing? I'm >> no >> hardware expert, at all, and it just seems as if I'm at a serious >> disadvantage here. I can't install Linux without using Speakup, and I >> can't >> use Speakup without a serial port, and I can't, well, you get the > idea. > > Honestly, it's not as bad as you make it out to be. If you were > playing around in a vm thus far, and if you're ok with how the vm > does, my advice would be to just stick with the vm. Provided you have > a fairly modern system, which you seem to, there's really not much > difference between running in a vm, and on a physical box. Arguably, > running in a vm has the advantage that you have a specific set of > emulated hardware. Provided that hardware works ok for you with linux, > if you don't run on a physical box, you don't have to worry about > trying to get actual hardware to work, especially if you didn't build > or design the system yourself with the intent of running gnu/linux on > it. > > Greg > > > - -- > 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) > > iD8DBQFGq3u97s9z/XlyUyARAsuNAJ9+N+oYlwV/fDyJgWbNgHieU+eiIwCfUPbY > mNDaijWPHPUfEpkJ6Ot1w8U= > =uZpi > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >