just to add to that, be sure to give yourself permissions 666 as root. or else the cd player won't work when you are logged in as a normal user. the command to do this is, as root, type "chmod 666 /dev/cdrom" correct me if I'm wrong guys? I had to do it not that long ago. shaun.. FEAR: Fear attracts the fearful, the strong, the weak, the innocent, the corrupt . FEAR: Fear is my alli. On Mon, 20 Aug 2001, Shaun Oliver wrote: > ok. the way to use workbone with speakup is to use the numbers row not the > numeric keypad. > It will still serv the same purpose. > > > shaun.. > > FEAR: Fear attracts the fearful, the strong, the weak, the innocent, the > corrupt > . FEAR: Fear is my alli. > > On Sun, 19 Aug 2001, Adam Myrow wrote: > > > I read that Speakup could be configured in such a way that it wouldn't > > talk on certain virtual consoles. Is this true? How would it be done? > > Also, would this free up the numeric keypad for other applications? Is > > there a better way to free up the numeric keypad? > > > > The main reason I'm interested in this is that Slackware Linux comes with > > a CD player called workbone that uses the numeric keypad, but I can't > > figure out a way to use it with Speakup running. Any ideas are welcome. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 >