Hi there, Mark Peveto here. I'm interested in helping you test, but who exactly am I working with? I didn't see a name attached to the message. Thanks. Mark Peveto Registered Linux user number 600552 Everything happens after coffee! On Sun, 14 May 2017, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > Hi all, > > As some of you might remember, I posted test talking live CD images last year. > I got very little feedback, most of which was understandably negative. Those > old CD images are still available, but I'm happy to announce the third major > rebuild. Everything has been redone from scratch. At least in KVM, it boots > much faster and seems more responsive. It no longer uses systemd and doesn't > include Network Manager. I really, desperately need testers. I can't test > wireless or Braille here. I have limited hardware. What would be helpful is > for people to test on as many different hardware and sound setups as possible. > Let me know what doesn't work. Here is what you need to know: > > 1. It's a 64-bit image only. I will produce a 32-bit image if there is enough > demand. It runs on x86_64 hardware. I tested it with 1 GB of memory, but it > should require less. The concept, idea and package lists were borrowed from > the Devuan minimal live CD. This image adds many more packages and is based on > plain vanilla Debian testing. It uses standard sysvinit. I have no plans to > switch to systemd. I tried systemd on the other images and ran into lots of > problems, including being much less responsive and not letting people login on > some hardware. > > 2. It includes brltty but it might not start automatically. If Braille doesn't > work, try starting it manually. The version is from Debian stable to avoid the > systemd dependency. > > 3. It has a lot of non-free firmware and wireless tools, so hopefully your > wifi should be detected. It automatically tries DHCP. It includes the standard > openssh server which generates new host keys at every boot for better > security. I haven't tested ssh login yet. > > 4. The boot menus still need a lot of work. It does boot, but there is no > audible feedback. Just press Enter to start the boot process. This will be > fixed soon. > > 5. It uses my 4.10.7 Speakup kernel, so hardware speech should work without > issues. You probably have to rmmod speakup_soft and modprobe your synth module > by hand. It uses standard syslinux, so there might be a way to do this at the > boot prompt. I'm not sure. Here are sample commands, as root: > > rmmod speakup_soft ; modprobe speakup_ltlk > > The login user is "bats" with no password. You can't currently login as root, > but sudo works as expected. If you don't have networking, try running setnet > or setnet.sh and follow the prompts. It can be installed to a hard drive, but > I highly recommend against it and I will offer no support for hard drive > installations. Almost all packages are from Debian testing. You should be able > to add and remove packages as normal. There is no security support. There are > almost certainly security issues. It should run from USB, virtual machines > like KVM and burning the .iso to a standard CD. You may run > "refractainstaller" if you want to try installing, but again, this is highly > discouraged. It's meant as a live and rescue CD, not an installable distro. It > includes several games and utilities, but if you know of more which should be > included, please shout. > > Other than hardware, wireless and Braille testing, the biggest thing I need > now is a list of missing packages. I tried to include everything obvious, but > I'm sure your favorite tool isn't there. I have about 200 MB left to work > with, so please send suggestions. You can email me privately or post here. I'm > working on a mailing list for discussion. The list just needs to be > configured. Also, I'm looking for at least one co-maintainer to release > updates periodically with the latest packages. Please let me know if you're > interested. > > Here is the download link for the .iso and SHA256 checksum: > > http://iavit.org/~bats/ > > Thanks to iavit.org for hosting. It's called bats64 with the snapshot date. > Again, let me know if it doesn't work for you or if you run into problems. > Thanks for your feedback! > > To email me privately about this CD image or for support options, please write > to bats at batsupport dot com. > > _______________________________________________ > 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