From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mta01-svc.ntlworld.com ([62.253.162.41]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.32 #1 (Debian)) id 166KKU-0006u3-00 for ; Tue, 20 Nov 2001 18:29:26 -0500 Received: from bigbrother ([213.105.71.184]) by mta01-svc.ntlworld.com (InterMail vM.4.01.03.13 201-229-121-113) with SMTP id <20011120202903.ICRA1072.mta01-svc.ntlworld.com@bigbrother> for ; Tue, 20 Nov 2001 20:29:03 +0000 From: "Georgina" To: Subject: RE: Making progress Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2001 21:31:21 -0000 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) In-Reply-To: <011f01c17181$92499420$6c78f5cd@n6m3o7> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Importance: Normal Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Reply-To: List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Hi Its not clear what version of ZipSpeak your using? What Speakup files did you download and put in your d:\Linux directory? If your batch file only contains the lines you disclosed then it will need a little more than that to work. Surely you'll need something like: loadlin dectlk root=/dev/hdb1 ro Give us more info and we'll get you up and running. Gena -----Original Message----- From: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca [mailto:speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca]On Behalf Of Angelo Sonnesso Sent: 20 November 2001 04:25 To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: Making progress where did you find those files? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Ward" To: Sent: Monday, November 19, 2001 5:24 PM Subject: Re: Making progress > Hi, if you have an old dos screen reader such as Jaws For Dos or Vocal Eyes > you can load that before running loadlin and that usually worked in getting > error messages > spoken. However, if it is a kernel panic error of some kind or an error > encountered after your machine loads Linux you will need to get those errors > with sited assistance assuming that Speakup hasn't loaded. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Glenn Ervin" > To: "linux - speakup" > Sent: Monday, November 19, 2001 12:14 AM > Subject: Making progress > > > > Hello group, > > I downloaded zipslack.zip. > > I have a removable drive D:, and I unzipped it into that drive. > > I have downloaded many speakup files and I have put them into the d:\linux > > directory. > > This harddrive is a little over 200MB. > > I am using a DECtalk express on Comm1. > > I also edited the linux.bat file to have one of the lines to read: > > d:\linux\loadlin > > I rebooted into DOS and ran linux.bat and it ran for a few seconds, and it > > may have been ready to work, but I could not know what was on the screen. > > Question: > > How do I tell it to recognize the DECtalk on Com1? > > I hope I do not have to use sighted assistance to get this going. > > I look forward to any input. > > Thanks. > > > > > > Sincerely, > > O. Glenn Ervin-- (Lenny) N0YJV > > Northeast Nebraska > > gervin@kdsi.net > > or My Work e-mail: > > gervin@ncbvi.state.ne.us > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup@braille.uwo.ca http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup