From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from qmta09.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net (qmta09.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net [76.96.30.96]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 924CF10478 for ; Thu, 11 Feb 2010 19:25:01 -0500 (EST) Received: from omta16.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.30.72]) by qmta09.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net with comcast id goLP1d0081ZMdJ4A9oR0EG; Fri, 12 Feb 2010 00:25:02 +0000 Received: from fordy.ground.local ([76.16.120.204]) by omta16.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net with comcast id goSi1d0074Qhabw8coSsJz; Fri, 12 Feb 2010 00:26:59 +0000 Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2010 19:27:44 -0500 (EST) From: Pia X-X-Sender: all4christ@fordy.ground.local To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: installing speakup on the netbook In-Reply-To: <8E1D61BF-F6C2-4759-9B66-629651345360@tysdomain.com> Message-ID: References: <8E1D61BF-F6C2-4759-9B66-629651345360@tysdomain.com> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (DEB 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 00:25:02 -0000 I apologize for being off topic and not answering your question, but this brings up a good question. What is everyone's opinion about what the most Speakup / Linux compatible Netbook is out there? I am wondering what would work best and also what distros. Thanks, Pia On Thu, 11 Feb 2010, Tyler Littlefield wrote: > Hello all, > I just recently got an aces netbok, and used grml with software speech to run a debootstrap. > The grml system works great with the hardware, and i have software speech, ethernet and sound for the install. > After I get it all installed, I don't have ethernet to run off of, so the idea was to put speakup on the system and use it to install and compile the drivers. > I'm having an issue, and I was wondering if anyone has found a workaround. > > What I did was built speakup in a chroot, and pointed it to the linux headers for the kernel on the debian system, so it could build against those. I installed the modules, and have espeakup set to start at boot, with speakup_soft in the /etc/modules list. > I have Alsa installed, but am not receiving any sound; has anyone found a way to get that half of the mess working? > > > Thanks, > Tyler Littlefield > http://tds-solutions.net > Twitter: sorressean > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >