Why not? Would ACB write a letter? I think the Director of Technology Research and Development at AFB will. Charles Crawford writes: > From: Charles Crawford <ccrawford at acb.org> > > Is there someone to write at Redhat about this sillyness? > > -- charlie. > At 10:34 PM 3/26/03 -0500, you wrote: > >As you've sadly discovered, Speakup is not included with Red Hat's current > >beta called Phoebe, nor will it be included in the upcoming release of Red > >Hat 9.0. We are > >hoping and expecting it to be restored to Red Hat in their next release, > >but that doesn't help us now. > > > >The floppy diskette images from Red Hat 8.0 will not work for installing > >9.0 or Phoebe. Bill Acker is working on a solution, but don't expect > >anything for a few weeks. > > > >Meanwhile, if you have two machines available, you might be able to > >install using telnet as follows: > > > >1.) Boot the system on which you want to install using a non-speaking > >boot floppy. You will press enter twice, I think--I will confirm this in a > >forthcoming HOWTO. > > > > Use the following command at the Boot> prompt: > > > > text telnet > > > >2.) Use your second machine's ping command as follows to discover the > >address dhcp gave to your target machine. > > ping -b x.y.z.255 > > > >NOTE: You need to know what domain is providing dhcp in ytour network. For > >example, on my system it's 192.168.10.* > > > >3.) telnet to that address and install as usual. > > > >Of course, this won't take care of everyone. Please be patient. > > > >Bue Vester-Andersen writes: > >> From: Bue Vester-Andersen <listadr1 at dkblind.dk> > >> > >> Hi, > >> > >> It seems like speakup is not going to be included with Phoebe. At least > >it > >> is not in the current beta. I downloaded phoebe in order to try > >gnopernicus, > >> but I need speakup to operate in text mode. Can I just use the boot disk > >> from redhat 8.0? Will there be a special speakup release of Phoebe or > >will > >> speakup eventually be in the plain distribution. > >> > >> Best regards > >> Bue Vester-Andersen > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> 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 > > > >_______________________________________________ > >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, Director Technology Research and Development Governmental Relations Group American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) Email: janina at afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175
