I used a Knoppix cd with brltty; I believe the speakup site also still
has
a speakup-adapted knoppix so you also might be able to do this with
that speakupmodifed knoppix
if you like. There are instructions for installing gentoo using
knoppix--mostly the same as normal but a few extra things to do. By
using knoppix, even after I chrooted into the system, I was able to keep
one
console open to the website with the handbook and thus look at the steps
as I performed them. The only real problem I've had so far is that
gentoo's version of brltty which you won't use until after installing,
uses /usr/bin and /usr/lib instead of /bin and /lib; this is a problem if
you
want brltty early in boot; in fact, I'm still trying to get it to work
when
started from inittab even using the regular non-gentoo version from the
brltty website. Also, the gentoo brltty wants to add gpm when it
installs--whether it actually configures with gpm I'm not sure. you can
avoid it if you don't want gpm with the -gpm flag. But I had no problem
with the install and speakup is already in the gentoo-dev-sources and I
think the gentoo-sources. Also, if you want realplayer for trlplayer I had
to do some
unmasking and some other things; I wrote about it when I did it either in
the speakup or blinux list so it should be in those archives. I also had
trouble getting gentoo's mplayer to work for me and did my own install of
that; this might have been because I allowed it to install with X but I'm
not sure. of course, you don't need to work on your audio until after you
have installed and rebooted.
--
Cheryl
"Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also."
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