From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from rdu74-134-250.nc.rr.com ([24.74.134.250] helo=princenet.sytes.net ident=0) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18ycet-00078o-00 for ; Thu, 27 Mar 2003 14:03:27 -0500 Received: from princenet.sytes.net (IDENT:1000@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by princenet.sytes.net (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id h2RJ3KEC001097 for ; Thu, 27 Mar 2003 14:03:20 -0500 Received: from localhost (lorenzo@localhost) by princenet.sytes.net (8.12.8/8.12.4/Submit) with ESMTP id h2RJ3KZl001094 for ; Thu, 27 Mar 2003 14:03:20 -0500 Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2003 14:03:20 -0500 (EST) From: Lorenzo Prince To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: Speakup and phoebe In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: <20030327033454.GA12114@rednote.net> 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: So how do I get Gnome to work on my Slackware 9.0 system? When I type 'gdm' which I thought was the command to start Gnome, it does nothing. Thanks, Lorenzo E Pluribus Unix On Thu, 27 Mar 2003, Adam Myrow wrote: > So, why did Redhat choose to drop Speakup from their next version? It > sounds like maybe somebody didn't like the modified kernel. So, they > should have done like Slackware and gave the user a choice of a > Speakup-enabled kernel or not. BTW, Slackware 9.0 just came out and has > Gnome 2.2 with accessibility plug-ins, and still supports Speakup. It is > down to a boot disk and two root disks to install, but also has a third > option which is some sort of boot manager on a separate disk that will > supposedly boot a CDROM even on computers that otherwise can't boot one. > I don't know if this will speak or not, but it sure sounds interesting. I > sure hope Redhat reconsiders dropping Speakup as it is a major step in the > wrong direction. > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >