From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from ohsmtp02.ogw.rr.com ([65.24.7.37]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18yixz-0002UA-00 for ; Thu, 27 Mar 2003 20:47:36 -0500 Received: from cpe-024-033-003-115.midsouth.rr.com (cpe-024-033-003-115.midsouth.rr.com [24.33.3.115]) by ohsmtp02.ogw.rr.com (8.12.5/8.12.2) with ESMTP id h2S1lVgP011048 for ; Thu, 27 Mar 2003 20:47:31 -0500 (EST) Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2003 19:47:31 -0600 (CST) From: Adam Myrow 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: On Thu, 27 Mar 2003, Lorenzo Prince wrote: > 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. Gnome is part of X-windows, so X-windows has to be running. The easiest way to get it up and running in Slackware is to type "xwmconfig" and select Gnome as your default window manager. Then, type "startx" from a shell prompt. Just to clarify, I still can't use Gnome with speech as the Gnopernicus screen reader isn't yet ready for production use. Slackware has the right version of Gnome and some accessibility plug-ins, but I don't know what else would be required other than the CVS copy of Gnopernicus. I suspect that large print users may be in luck, but I don't think a person who relies exclusively on speech is. I know some people have played with the stuff, and I want to, but don't know where to start.