From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from wb2flw.octothorp.org ([63.224.68.2]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18nXVY-0007q8-00 for ; Tue, 25 Feb 2003 00:20:00 -0500 Received: from localhost (wb2flw.octothorp.org [127.0.0.1]) by wb2flw.octothorp.org (8.12.5/8.12.5) with ESMTP id h1P5JDJE008928 for ; Tue, 25 Feb 2003 05:19:18 GMT Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2003 22:19:13 -0700 (MST) From: "William F. Acker WB2FLW +1-303-777-8123" To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: Red Hat Speakup In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: On Mon, 24 Feb 2003, Adam Myrow wrote: > On Mon, 24 Feb 2003, Ron Marriage wrote: > > > Thanks, that's what I needed. I boot in level three and the > > rest of the family runs startx to get to their GUI. > > I am a bit disappointed that they'll have to reboot to run > > the GUI, but guess we'll live with it. > > What gave you that idea? You shouldn't have to reboot at all. My > experiences are that if somebody runs startx while Speakup is running, it > shuts up as soon as X comes up. So, just try it and see what happens. Wow! A sensible post on this subject. It's amazing the bogus crap one can read on mailing lists. I would have thought that Thomas had played around with X enough to know better. -- Bill in Denver