I don't know why your system is hanging. However, I would recommend trying the boot media from the brltty site instead of stock Fedora images. The Speakup option is definitely superfluous. The Speakup Modified of Fedora 4 is not yet released. At this time Speakup is not compiling into the FC4 kernel. We are working on it--but it's not there yet, and would not be in the Fedora release itself in any case. The Speakup Modified is a separate distribution. Osvaldo La Rosa writes: > Hello, > > I'm on an old Pentium 200MMX with an old hardware braille dispaly > Tieman Octobraille who reads via its slotcard from a 16-bit old > Trident SVGA8900C video card. > > I burned yesterday the 4 fedora Core 4 CDs + the Rescue one, > > and I'm trying to boot as follow: > > as soon as I hear the CD being booted I enter: > linux text no-scroll video=vga16:off askmethod speakup_synth=dtlk <ENTER> > > I see passing hardware detections hda hdd etc, until a Run..... > then it stops, > > and no alt+f2 or so who may help, > nor DASH or ENTER > > Only 2x ctrl+alt+del or PC-reset help. > > Should it be necessary to burn the Braillified CD even if I don't need > brltty here? > Or am I dumped in a framebuffer as long as I don't disable splash or > hardware detection/other? > > (Its my first time I try Fedora: I hope it runs on old pcs). > > Aldo. > > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list -- Janina Sajka Phone: +1.202.494.7040 Partner, Capital Accessibility LLC http://www.CapitalAccessibility.Com Bringing the Owasys 22C screenless cell phone to the U.S. and Canada. Go to http://www.ScreenlessPhone.Com to learn more. Chair, Accessibility Workgroup Free Standards Group (FSG) janina@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://a11y.org _______________________________________________ Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list