Hi, Janina and Bill! On his FTP site Bill also has directories D1 and D2 which are non-iso copy of the Redhat distribution. I downloaded the kernel-2.4.2-2.i686.rpm hoping that this one was also speech-enabled, but I don't think it is. Am I wrong,Bill? Victor ----- Original Message ----- From: "Janina Sajka" <janina@xxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2001 2:47 AM Subject: Re: Speakup-enabled kernels > They're in the .iso images. They're major downloads, of course, since > they're a CD ROM's worth of data. But, that's the same problem from the > Redhat site and its mirrors. Advantage and difference is that Bill Acker's > are speakup enabled. > > On Tue, 19 Jun 2001, Victor Tsaran wrote: > > > But, I could find the boot disks only. Where are the regular kernels then? > > Thanks, > > Victor > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Janina Sajka" <janina at afb.net> > > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > > Cc: "Speakup List" <speakup at speech.braille.uwo.ca> > > Sent: Monday, June 18, 2001 4:51 PM > > Subject: Re: Speakup-enabled kernels > > > > > > > Yes, Victor, we have full distributions which are fully speakup enabled. > > > That means that the kernels are already patched with speakup, and the boot > > > disks are already speakup enabled. All a user need do is to indicate their > > > synth and it's connection point at the first (non speaking) prompt. After > > > that, the install is speakup enabled, with full screen review via the > > > numeric keypad. > > > > > > At least, this is how the Redhat distributions genned by Bill Acker work. > > > Someone else will have to speak up for slackware and debian, as I have no > > > experience there. > > > > > > PS: Pun intended. > > > On Mon, 18 Jun 2001, Victor Tsaran wrote: > > > > > > > Hello, listers! > > > > Yes, I did use Speakup for installation purposes mostly and when the > > machine was in all kinds of troubles. However, today someone mentioned that > > one can download Speakup-enabled kernels. Are these boot kernels that people > > talked about? Does anybody have regular kernels with Speakup already > > compiled in? > > > > Best, > > > > Vic > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > 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 >
