Bruce. Is it posible for you to get on the reflector so that we can ask you some questions. You will need a copy of speakfreely. http://www.speakfreely.org Then connect to lwl.braille.uwo.ca:4074 Then we should be able to discus this with you. A little baffled about your problem but I am sure that one of us can help get you up and running. One of us may need to compile you a custom kernel, posibly with the cvs version of speakup. Drop on by the reflector when you can. FC On Tue, 19 Dec 2000, Bruce Noblick wrote: > Hi again! > > I am using a speakout speech synthesizer. I used rawrite2 to copy the .bin > files to diskette. Just for grins, I tried to look at the diskettes after > copying them and noticed that the boot disk is apparently somewhat readable > in MSDOS but the root disk is not. I attempted to boot from the diskette > and there was no speech. I did not go beyond that point. > > I will use ftp a little later to try to get those files again though they > were a part of what I brought home from work when I used ftp to download all > the files. That is the least I can do especially since I have gotten so > much help with this from so many people here. Thanks much. > > I am resuming this message after downloading those two files as well as > linux-spkout.bin in ftp in binary mode. I tried install.bat and booting > from the diskettes I made using rawrite2 from these files with the same > result as before. There is no change in operation that I can detect. No > speech and lock up with the install.bat and a stop of diskette activity with > no speech when booting from the diskette. I pressed enter and got strange > sounds from the disk drive for a second, guessed that it might be looking > for the root disk, put it in, pressed enter again and got quieter disk > activity for a second or two and no more activity that I could detect. > Again, this is with the newly downloaded images using ftp in binary mode. > > At the risk of repeating myself repetively -- grin -- thanks much. > > > Enjoy! > Bruce > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Frank Carmickle" <frankiec at braille.uwo.ca> > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Monday, December 18, 2000 9:18 PM > Subject: Re: not working yet > > > > Hi Bruce > > > > Back to the download drawing board. Also what synth are you trying to get > > working with this? I would recommend that you boot from a boot disk and > > not from dos. I know it shouldn't be a problem but you never no. > > > > Also you should use ftp under a dos sesion to get the disk images in > > binary form. Since you have the cd's you will just need the boot and root > > disks. > > > > We will certainly hang in there with you until you get it going. > > > > Hope this helped > > FC > > > > > > On Mon, 18 Dec 2000, Bruce Noblick wrote: > > > > > Hi all! > > > > > > I appreciate the time that everyone has spent helping me on this. This > > > machine is a Compaq presario -- I don't know the model number, 600 mhz, > 128 > > > mb ram, 20 gig hard drive, dvd reader, cd writer, built in modem, NIC > card, > > > sound blaster live and pentium 3 processor.. > > > > > > I forgot one other thing I did while someone was here to watch this > weekend. > > > I have the 6 disk set debian distribution and I discovered that my > machine > > > was capable of booting from CD-ROM. I put the first Debian disk in and > > > booted and got prompts for keyboard and hard drive partitioning stuff > like I > > > would have expected so I think the machine is basicly allright. I don't > > > know if any of this helps much. > > > > > > Enjoy! > > > Bruce > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Frank Carmickle" <frankiec at braille.uwo.ca> > > > To: "speakup-info" <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > > > Sent: Monday, December 18, 2000 7:45 AM > > > Subject: Re: not working yet > > > > > > > > > > Hi Bruce. > > > > > > > > What machine is this? This is a kernel configuration problem I do > > > > believe. If you could give me the make of the machine, or, if it is a > > > > self built machine, which processor and chipset that is on the > > > > motherboard? We will get this working. Sorry you have had such > problems. > > > > > > > > FC > > > > > > > > On Mon, 18 Dec 2000, Bruce Noblick wrote: > > > > > > > > > I have tried four things, one of which is suggested here. > > > > > > > > > > 1. Download with ftp in binary mode to my system at work, split and > > > > > transfer the files to diskette, reassemble them at home and run > install > > > from > > > > > MSDOS mode. I had someone to watch the screen. It started > expanding > > > files > > > > > and ran into a CRC error and halted. I think it was trying to do > > > something > > > > > with root.bin. > > > > > 2. I looked more carefully at the options during download with > internet > > > > > explorer. There is a combo box with two choices: document and all > > > files. I > > > > > decided to experiment with the all files choice. I discovered that > most > > > of > > > > > the .bin and .img files had the default set to document. In all > > > subsequent > > > > > steps, I made sure that it was set to all files for these. For .zip > and > > > > > .EXE files, the default setting seemed to work properly. I checked > this > > > > > choice on every subsequent download to make sure that it looked like > a > > > > > binary download would take place. > > > > > 3. I took a suggestion to try downloading zipspeak. I did and it > > > worked. > > > > > I was asked for a login. I did not know where to go from there so I > > > entered > > > > > root and got a command prompt. Ctrl-alt-del shut the system down > > > > > wonderfully but I had to turn it off and on to get back to MSDOS. > > > > > 4. I tried downloading debian again and it did not work.. I did > not > > > have > > > > > anyone available to look at the screen. While I did, I dug around > in > > > the > > > > > BIOS settings and didn't find much of anything worthy of note. > > > > > > > > > > I don't have much of an idea where to go with this from here. I am > > > > > reasonably sure I am downloading properly, I am also reasonably > certain > > > that > > > > > the system will work with linux since zipspeak worked. I am not > sure > > > what > > > > > else to try. Thanks much for all the help up to this point and I > hope > > > soon > > > > > to get to a point with this that I don't have to ask so many > questions. > > > > > > > > > > Enjoy! > > > > > Bruce > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > > From: "Kirk Wood" <cpt.kirk at 1tree.net> > > > > > To: "Bruce Noblick" <bnoblick at columbus.rr.com> > > > > > Sent: Friday, December 15, 2000 6:28 PM > > > > > Subject: Re: not working yet > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Bruce, > > > > > > > > > > > > One catch if you are using the ftp program that comes in windows. > Be > > > sure > > > > > > to set the transfer to bianary with the command "bin". It is > easily > > > > > > overlooked. That and most programs will automatically choose the > > > corect > > > > > > mode. But MS chose to not impliment that feature and it will > download > > > via > > > > > > text mode ruining the bianary files. (Downloading text via bianary > > > doesn't > > > > > > seem to cause any harm though.) > > > > > > > > > > > > ======= > > > > > > Kirk Wood > > > > > > Cpt.Kirk at 1tree.net > > > > > > > > > > > > Cluelessness > > > > > > There are no stupid questions, but there are a lot of > > > > > > inquisitive idiots > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > Speakup mailing list > > > > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Speakup mailing list > > > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Speakup mailing list > > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
