Well ain't that just a kick in the ass? I would like this opertunity to note all the little bugs that crop up in Linux. What a shame...now if someone would kindly give me the link for the kernal and the email for the person in charge we would not have such problems. Kevin email: kjsisco at rcn.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "William F. Acker WB2FLW +1-303-722-7209" <wacker@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Saturday, November 22, 2003 1:25 AM Subject: Re: Installing fedora from isos on HD? > Hi, > > The boot parameter is only useful when Speakup is built into the > kernel, as it is on the installation disk. The running system uses > modules for Speakup. Therefore, as root, do: > modprobe speakup_ltlk > You can loadd the modules to your initrd file to have Speakup start > automatically on boot. > HTH. > -- > > > Bill in Denver > > On Fri, 21 Nov 2003, Al Puzzuoli wrote: > > > Hi Bill, > > > > Thanks as always for your very prompt response. > > I downloaded the isos last evening from ftp://linux-speakup.org, but > > something is very strange. So far, I am noticing the following problems: > > > > 1. The issue I mensioned earlier about not being able to install from isos > > on the HD. > > 2. it seems like the Speakup kernel is either not being installed, or the > > speakup_synth parameter is not being passed to the kernel. > > I know that at least disk 1 is correct because when I boot it and do text > > speakup_synth=ltlk, the installer comes up talking. > > I am selecting grub as my boot loader, and it looks like the installer is > > configuring grub to pass the speakup_synth=ltlk parameter at boot time; > > However, once the install finishes and the system reboots, I have no speech. > > I have even tried to pass the parameter manually, but I am not as familiar > > with grub so am not sure if I'm doing it correctly. the syntax i have used > > is "a speakup_synth=ltlk". > > I appreciate your offer of assistance via phone and will gladly take you up > > on it if I can't resolve this soon. What times are convenient for you to > > receive calls? > > > > Thanks again, > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 >
