Congrats, John.
First lessin rpm:
rpm -iv brl{tab}
where {tab} is a press of the tab key on your keyboard.
But, before you go doing that, why not get the latest brltty from:
http://dave.mielke.cc/brltty/
As it happens the version shipped by Fedora is old. We're going to see if we can fix that for the next Speakup Modified--but that's a tomorrow story, and you're still on today.
John Mattioli writes:
> Greetings,
>
> Well last night I finally got my hands on a working power supply
> and managed to install it. This small bit of success enabled me to
> continue on to installing Fedora core 2.
>
> I'm here today to report that I've finally managed to log in as
> root to a text console with speakup! This means I believe I've actually
> got a functioning Linux system!
>
> Ultimately my goal is to get a look at gnopernicus, but I'm
> planning on attempting some more modest goals first. My next step is
> going to be trying to get brltty working. I know that the RPM for
> brltty is on the fedora core 2 CD-ROMs, but don't know if it is
> installed yet. SO first I'll have to learn a bit about rpm. Then, of
> course, once I manage to get it installed I'll have to figure out how to
> run it.
>
> The fun never ends, but at least I've reached the first major
> milestone!
>
> Thanks to all who've helped me get this far. I'm sure numerous
> additional questions will follow <grin>.
>
> John
>
>
> John R. Mattioli, Jr.
> Senior Software Engineer
> Kurzweil Educational Systems, Inc.
>
>
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