Well, I've had success with Ubuntu both as a full install and as a virtual machine under VmWare, so you have my vote on that. Cheers, MartinC > Date: Fri, 08 Aug 2008 12:05:01 -0500 > From: Martin McCormick <martin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > ReplyTo: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: Speakup and VT100 Emulation > > Thank you. I also had trouble getting the oralux > distribution to install correctly last year when I did it but I was able > to kick things along by manually formatting the drive and installing an > ext3 file system on it because the script on the CDROM seemed to get > confused somewhere along the way. > > Right now, I am using this laptop but, as soon as I > don't need it every day, I will start from scratch with maybe Ubuntu and > see if I end up with a talking laptop that can be upgraded normally > without the kind of issues one runs in to when using an obsolete > distribution which is no longer supported. > > Martin McCormick > > Jude DaShiell writes: > > Actually slackware 12.1 needs the same kind of help for its installer > > program for the same reason. Maybe setting terminal type to dumb might > > work. One problem I had with speakup.s on slackware 12.1 was getting > it to > install correctly on the hard drive in the first place. I might > try to get > around this by chroot . in the /kernels/speakup.s directory > on the > slackware 12.1 cd before I run setup but have no idea if this > really will > work. > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, 16 Jun 2008, Martin McCormick wrote: > > > > > > I have been using ssh on a speakup-equipped Oralux > > system to access other UNIX boxes with fairly good results but I > > ran in to something I haven't been able to solve yet. > > > > The terminal type defined on this system if you type > > > echo $TERM is linux and I hadn't had any real problem using the > > arrow keys, etc so things seemed normal enough. > > > > Here is what I did that didn't work: > > > > I used ssh to get in to a Linux box that has c-kermit on > > board and a serial port. I used that serial port to communicate > > with the serial console on a new box that will eventually have > > FreeBSD UNIX. When I was using an old P.C. with DOS and > > DOS-Kermit as the terminal emulator, this would work correctly. > > > Under the Linux and speakup console, I am hearing all > > the VT100 sequences along with the text that the installer > > program is printing to the screen. If I read the full screen > after > the data stop coming in, it is all there and readable, but > > listening to it as it comes in is a real chore. > > > > I did tell .bash_profile to set the TERM environment > > variable to vt100 but this had no effect other than it does now > > show vt100 instead of Linux as the TERM type. > > > > Are there any other things I might try to end up with a > > more sequential output and no escape sequences? > > > > I think the full-screen output from the FreeBSD > > installer does send the data fairly much as one would read it as > I > haven't had any problems with the old DOS system and I don't > have > problems with other full-screen applications such as lynx > but I > really can't use the installer right now because the data > are so > garballed. > > > > Strangely enough, the arrow keys still work but one > > needs to know for sure where you just went before you enter the > > wrong information and have to start over. > > > > Thank you. > > > > > > Martin McCormick WB5AGZ Stillwater, OK > > Systems Engineer > > OSU Information Technology Department Network Operations Group > > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list mailing list > > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list mailing list > > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list