Jude, read your mail. I wrote you precisely about this point yesterday. You haven't told linux to talk to your synth, or you installed a distribution which does not have speakup in it. One or the other is true here. 1.) Where did you get the distribution. If it's from Bill's site, or it's mirror, you're in good shape; 2.) Pass the appropriate synth string during lilo, i.e.: vmlinuz speakup_synth=ltlk On Tue, 4 Sep 2001, Jude DaShiell wrote: > An interesting set of developments. First, when I try to bring Linux up I > hear the (@) sign probably at hardware detection. Everything after that > is silent. However I had sighted assistance today and was told I could > log in so I did it. Still complete silence, but there's a somewhat > working system on that dell now. As I wrote in an earlier message to this > list, lilo didn't come up and ask if I wanted to pass it any parameters > during the installation process. After the xconfigurator stuff failed and > I skipped it I heard the system say post installation configuration veryb > quickly three times then there was a pause and then I heard that (@) sign > for the first time. I'm carboning another contact I have in the penguin > club, so hopefully both of us will get whatever responsses come from the > list on this situation. When I did log in today I was told my last login > had been Monday september 3, so we know this login although silent has > worked at least twice. Any ideas on where best to go from here would be > much appreciated. > > Jude <jdashiel@shellworld.net> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > -- Janina Sajka, Director Technology Research and Development Governmental Relations Group American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) Email: janina@afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 Chair, Accessibility SIG Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) http://www.openebook.org Will electronic books surpass print books? Read our white paper, Surpassing Gutenberg, at http://www.afb.org/ebook.asp Download a free sample Digital Talking Book edition of Martin Luther King Jr's inspiring "I Have A Dream" speech at http://www.afb.org/mlkweb.asp Learn how to make accessible software at http://www.afb.org/accessapp.asp