What version of zipspeak? The new 9.1 or an older one. Thanks, Nick ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alex Snow" <alex_snow@xxxxxxx> To: <norlingdeborah at fhda.edu>; "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2004 4:30 PM Subject: Re: Understanding hardware support > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > a vax? sweet. Very cool machines. I recently got ahold of one but I > haven't got it completely networked yet. > On Tue, Apr 27, 2004 at > 09:38:04AM -0700, Debee Norling wrote: > > Well the more I read, it seems the less I know. > > > > I've been trying to figure out how to get Zipspeak to support at least one > > of my PCMCIA cards. I have both wired and wi-fi network cards that I'd > > especially like to be using. (We run a neighborhood access point and also > > run our own SMTP server on a VAX with a home network already in place.) > > > > I am grateful to everyone who kindly offered to help me privately, but I've > > learned so much from reading this list's archive, I'd rather ask general > > questions now so the answers are public. In no way am I trying to snub > > anyone who offered to help off-list. > > > > I'm really confused because I don't understand exactly how and where > > hardware support is implemented. Some docs tell me to recompile my kernel. > > Some docs say I need kernel patches. Some docs suggest I replace my kernel > > with another one on the distro's CD. Some docs tell me to enable > > auto-loading of modules. Some docs tell me to add modules. Some docs tell > > me to simply edit some cryptic file. Some docs tell me hardware will be > > automatically detected. This all sounds contradictory. > > > > I need to be pointed in the direction of a how-to that gives clarification > > about how to troubleshoot whether hardware is supported/detected and what to > > do, and the order to do it in, when it isn't. I also have the additional > > complication of Speakup, which I assume means I can't just replace my > > kernel. > > > > I'm not expecting device manager or plug-in-play; getting my hardware > > working is part of the fun. But I'm surprised that so much of what I read is > > inconsistent. > > > > And guys, if I ever get this figured out, I'll write up something > > unambiguous to explain it to the clueless!!! > > > > --Debee > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > - -- > So in the future, one 'client' at a time or you'll be spending CPU time with > lots of little 'child processes'. > -- Kevin M. Bealer, commenting on the private life of a Linux nerd > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFAjsLg9XVrM3ri110RAu/nAJ42mVDIS4MgBZrl33UxP6zV6BvlLwCdETPV > vLo9y+sedIXnyQGMM+8QgBA= > =WGgd > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
