Thanks Ed. The next question is should I put the speakup_synth=dectlk at the end of my current append line or should I make a new line? Lilo was never one of my strong points with Linux--I've trashed a number of lilo.conf files in an attempt to install a new kernel. Thanks, Matt At 10:47 PM 11/26/2002, you wrote: >Hi Matt, possibly somebody has already answered this question for you as >I'm reading mail I fetched around 9 tonight and generally the gang on here >are pretty quick answering things. >Two suggestions. >1. Check to see that the append statement in /etc/lilo.conf includes the >necessary declaration foryour particular synthesizer. >It should look something like: >Append="speakup_synth=your_synth's_key_word" >2. If you're getting boot up messages but no speech at the login prompt >check to make sure you have run level 3 in: >/etc/inittab >Good luck and hth. > > At 07:17 PM 11/26/2002 -0500, you wrote: >> Hi, >> >>I just finished installing Red Hat 8 with Speakup during the >>install. That worked great. Maybe I missed something in the >>documentation, but Speakup does not load during bootup now. How do I fix >>this? Do I need to edit Lilo (that's what I am going to do probably) or >>is there something else? >> >>Thanks, >>Matt >> >>_______________________________________________ >>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