From: "Rob Hudson" <captinlogic@gmail.com>
To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux."
<speakup@linux-speakup.org>
Subject: Re: slackware on a very fast machine
Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2014 15:02:41 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <F5E8CAF9DC074ACDB39882E7FDB5EA4B@train> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <53AC736D.3050405@math.wisc.edu>
I don't understand why the kernel has serial bugs. Many many many companies
still use serial consoles, and in fact, as faras I know, it is still the
most common way of interacting directly with rack-mounted computers and some
high end routers. What's the deal?
----- Original Message -----
From: "John G. Heim" <jheim@math.wisc.edu>
To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux."
<speakup@linux-speakup.org>
Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2014 2:24 PM
Subject: Re: slackware on a very fast machine
> The syntax is "modprobe speakup_ltlk".
>
> But it isn't going to help unless slackware hacked the kernel clode to
> fix the serial port bug. If they used the speakup code as it is in the
> kernel, your litetalk won't work.
> I started trying to make a fork of grml with a patched kernel but never
> had the time to really get into it. Instead I've been using an FAI disk.
> FAI is actually an installer system. FAI stands for fully automated
> install. But they make it real easy to create a live CD.
> On 06/26/14 14:12, Jude DaShiell wrote:
>> I can't determine when the 10 seconds starts or ends with
>> slackware-Current on this machine since the machine appears to be running
>> too fast to get any usable audible indicators from it any longer. What
>> is
>> the correct syntax to modprobe speakup and have speakup come up on a
>> litetalk synthesizer on ttyS0? I might be able to get slackware to run
>> the speakup.s kernel and if I can do that, I ought to be able to key the
>> modprobe line in once I get in as root.
>>
>>
>>
>> jude <jdashiel@shellworld.net>
>>
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