Glad to hear it all went smoothly, Pawel. I need to put these instructions in the installation HOWTO which I'm going to be updating over the next few weeks. Pawe? Loba writes: > From: Pawe? Loba <pl at adaptech.net> > > Thanks a million Janina. It looks that I'm up and running. Got lucky > with this grub boot loader and issued a s right on time, rest was easy, > just to follow your instructions. > > Appreciate it. > Pawel. > > On Fri, 19 Dec 2003, Janina Sajka wrote: > > > 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 > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
