Bruce. Give me a call again sometime today and we can talk about a few more posibilities. Or just send me a message with your number and I can call you. Frank On Sat, 20 Jan 2001, Bruce Noblick wrote: > Hi! > > I added the line > serial 0 9600 > to the syslinux.cfg file like you suggested when I called. Well, it speaks > up through the boot prompt. After entering the line starting with linux, > there is disk activity and finally a message about an error and a prompt to > press any key to reboot. When you press a key, it starts over. I saw > various labels in the syslinux.cfg file and just for grins, I tried them > instead of typing linux. The behavior was identical to typing linux. If I > typed any other string, it said kernel image not found and returned to the > boot prompt. I don't know if it is significant but pressing the F6 key > produced the same resultas typing linux instead of displaying the file that > was associated with it like the other function keys did. All of the other > function keys spoke the contents of the file that were associated with them. > > I hope there is something here that makes sense to someone. > > Thanks again for the help. > > Enjoy! > Bruce > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Frank Carmickle" <frankiec at braille.uwo.ca> > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Saturday, January 20, 2001 9:55 AM > Subject: Re: not working yet > > > > Bruce you seem frustraighted. I will write a message to you off the list > > and I will personally make sure you get up and running. > > > > FC > > > > On Sat, 20 Jan 2001, Bruce Noblick wrote: > > > > > Hi! > > > > > > I have tried all the suggestions up to this point and still with no > > > success. The last thing I have tried is using Speak Freely using the > > > address and port number I was told should work. I think the version I > > > downloaded is 7.1 for windows. I have been working with this computer > in > > > this endeavor for about a month. I think I will just have to conclude > that > > > it just won't work unless I know more about what I am doing. My next > plan > > > is to build a computer to run Linux. I don't know much about this > either > > > but it looks more promising than trying to get it to work onthis one. I > > > appreciate all the help that I have found here. When I do get a > computer > > > that looks promising, I will start from the beginning and try it again. > > > Right now, what I need is something I can do successfully. I will be > back > > > when I know more about what I am doing. I have gotten some good ideas > from > > > people writing about other topics on this list as well. I thank > everyone > > > who has invested time and energy in helping me directly and indirectly. > > > > > > Enjoy! > > > Bruce > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Kaare Dehard" <kaare at home.com> > > > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > > > Sent: Saturday, January 20, 2001 2:07 AM > > > Subject: RE: not working yet > > > > > > > > > > sometimes it's a very long while, when I first installed I rebooted a > > > couple > > > > of times when using the downloaded root and boot disks. this isn't the > way > > > > you can expect it to work after all the install happens though. Also I > use > > > a > > > > transport in dos and linux and when switching over from dos I have to > shut > > > > down the synth and turn it on to get a complete initialization before > > > > speakup will speak to me. > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: speakup-admin at braille.uwo.ca > > > > [mailto:speakup-admin at braille.uwo.ca]On Behalf Of John Covici > > > > Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2001 2:33 PM > > > > To: speakup at speech.braille.uwo.ca > > > > Subject: Re: not working yet > > > > > > > > > > > > I wonder if your failure to get speech when booting is because of one > > > > or more of the following: > > > > > > > > (1) You booted your DOS system with speech loaded and then tried to > > > > run loadlin -- the speakout has a problem with this. > > > > > > > > The other possibility which comes to mind is that you are not doing > > > > the corrrect boot sequence which is to boot the disk, wait till it > > > > stops going, hit enter and then you hear the disk for a while and then > > > > it should start talking. > > > > > > > > > > > > Hope this helps. > > > > > > > > -- > > > > John Covici > > > > covici at ccs.covici.com > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > 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 >
