Why not just ask Kirk if it could be posted on bumpy's ftp area somewhere for the people that want it? Greg On Mon, Jan 07, 2002 at 08:51:40PM -0500, Janina Sajka wrote: > No problem, Chuck, except that it's 3.7 mB and tar'd and bunzip'd it.s 1.9 > mB. Any suggestions on the transfer? Seems attaching to an email to the > list is a bit excessive. What about directly to you. Can you handle that? > > > > On Mon, 7 Jan 2002, Charles Hallenbeck wrote: > > > > > Actually I do that too in my rc.local file, but I use a clip of > > Linas Torvalds telling me how to pronounce "Linux" as my > > favorite. Care to share that JAWS wav file for us non-windows > > types? > > Chuck > > > > On Sun, 6 Jan 2002, Janina Sajka wrote: > > > > > Or, you can put a play [soundfilename]. > > > > > > My personal favorite is the JAWS setup .wav, but then I have a perverse > > > streak, I guess. > > > > > > On Sun, 6 Jan 2002, Charles Hallenbeck wrote: > > > > > > > Dan, > > > > > > > > Another strategic place to put a control-g beep is in the file > > > > /etc/issue, which contains the login prompt. I put one just in > > > > front of the "W" of "Welcome". If you kill your speech during the > > > > bootup messages, that beep will tell you when it is okay to enter > > > > your login ID. > > > > > > > > Chuck > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sun, 6 Jan 2002, Dan Murphy wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > fHr > > > > > i Janina. > > > > > Well it isn't as critical as it might have been a couple of months ago. > > > > > My wife and I do use the computer for banking and scanning, but now all > > > > > that mission-critical stuff is on her machine. > > > > > I just chalked it up to dumb luck and once I checked that the drive was ok > > > > > and all that, I proceeded to install Linux on the back 10 gigs, leaving > > > > > the front for Windows. The gentleman who may be able to help > > > > > me with re-installation of windows is an ardent Linux user, so he won't be > > > > > stricken at the site of the Lilo prompt. > > > > > > > > > > I think I'm really beginning to enjoy using Linux. I'm even getting used > > > > > to the way Speakup works in Pine. > > > > > I've become fairly competent with Windows over the years, but always that > > > > > thing hangs over me, "if you accidentally or otherwise blow it away, > > > > > you're sunk until you get eyes in there." Such was not the case with > > > > > Linux thanks to the efforts of people like Kirk and others. I know it's > > > > > probably a goofy thing to be insistent about, but it was nice to actually > > > > > install it from the bottom up and have it working. > > > > > Anyway, enough of my ranting, but I just wanted to let you know I'm not > > > > > presicely heart broken over the loss of my Windows partition. BTW, I like > > > > > the idea of a beep in the booting message for Lilo. > > > > > Later > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > Speakup mailing list > > > > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > > > > > > > *<<<=-=>>>*<<<=-=>>>*<<<=-=>>>*<<<=-=>>>* > > > > Visit me at http://www.mhonline.net/~chuckh > > > > The Moon is Waning Crescent (42% of Full) > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Speakup mailing list > > > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > > > > > > > > *<<<=-=>>>*<<<=-=>>>*<<<=-=>>>*<<<=-=>>>* > > Visit me at http://www.mhonline.net/~chuckh > > The Moon is Waning Crescent (36% of Full) > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > -- > > Janina Sajka, Director > Technology Research and Development > Governmental Relations Group > American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) > > Email: janina at afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 > > Chair, Accessibility SIG > Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) > http://www.openebook.org > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
