You have to do two things: 1.) Get rid of first boot. To do this you have to boot to single user mode. You may need sighted assistance for this, because you need to issue this command at the right time, while the Grub boot loader is on screen and available for commands. It's a window of about 10 seconds right after bios initialization, and before Linux actually starts. Type: a s This should take you to a command prompt. 2.) To start speakup at the command prompt type: modprobe speakup_[synth.keyword] where [synth.keyword] is the appropriate Speakup designation for your speech synthesizer. For example, if your using DEC Talk Express, this word becomes: modprobe speakup_dectlk 3.) Now, with Speakup talking, you can get rid of first boot with: chkconfig --level 0123456 firstboot off If, also, you want your system only to boot into console mode, and not to graphical mode, edit the file /etc/inittab and find the line that says: id:5:initdefault: and change the 5 to a 3 so that it now says: id:3:initdefault: You can keep starting speakup this way if you want. But, to make it start when you start your system, you need to create an initrd image with speakup in it. This image replaces the one in your /boot directory. Because you have to specify the kernel version, it's easiest to use the [TAB] key to complete your command. So, to make this image and use the [TAB] key to help you specify the command correctly, first: cd /lib/modules Then, type the following, pressing [TAB] where I've indicated it: mkinitrd -v -f /boot/initrd-[TAB] --with=speakup_[synth.keyword] 2.4[TAB] Once this command runs, read up the screen from the bottom a few lines. Make sure it's saying something about speakup. If it is, you're all set. If you get stuck on any of this, just call Bill. Good luck! Pawe? Loba writes: > From: Pawe? Loba <pl at adaptech.net> > > Hi: I just installed fedora on my system. Can you kindly remind me how to > make this thing to talk to me, please? Of course, I used Bill's speakup > enabled images for the installation. > > Thanks, > Pawel. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Janina Sajka Email: janina at rednote.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 Director, Technology Research and Development American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) http://www.afb.org Chair, Accessibility Work Group Free Standards Group http://accessibility.freestandards.org
