I guess so, if you are stuck on Debian. If you did a Fedora 2 install, you could eliminate a number of the steps you just listed, and have a speakup talking installation running when all at the end of the install. For that matter, I don't think that I am far the mark when I say that a fresh install of a number of distros that are available on the speakup site will also do just the same for you. Why do more work then you have to! Now, before you other distro lovers jump on me for using Fedora, I am NOT SAYING that fedora is better then the others, I am saying that this is the one that I know. Additionally, Bill and Janina have done a lot of good work in getting both fedora and the installation documentation together for anyone wanting to use it. Steve Dawes Phone: (403) 268-5527 Email: SDawes at calgary.ca NOTICE:: This communication is intended ONLY for the use of the person or entity named above and may contain information that is confidential or legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient named above or a person responsible for delivering messages or communications to the intended recipient, YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that any use, distribution, or copying of this communication or any of the information contained in it is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by telephone and then destroy or delete this communication, or return it to us by mail if requested by us. The City of Calgary thanks you for your attention and cooperation. > -----Original Message----- > From: speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca > [mailto:speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca] On Behalf Of Jeff Jacobson > Sent: 2004 June 16 8:45 AM > To: speakup > Subject: starting over > > > Hi, > > I had no luck with the 2.6.6 kernel. I was able to build it > with the speakup cvs installed, however it would not boot on > my machine. I think there were just too many options in the > "make config" that I was probably not selecting correctly. My > source trees were fairly messed up by the time I finished > trying to install 2.4.17, 2.4.25 and 2.6.6, and the Package > Manager APT was so hosed it wouldn't run or repair. > > So I tried installing from the "Speakup Enabled Boot > Floppies" and though they load, there were no drivers for my > network card and it would not read my Debian iso image CD. > > Here is my current plan of attack, and any suggestions would > be appreciated: > > 1) I'm performing a fresh install over the Internet of Debian > 2.2.20. I'm building a minimal systems this time and will add > X Windows and such later. > > 2) Patch the kernel up to version 2.4.17 and then 2.4.25. > When the kernel is building and running without problems, > move on to step 3. > > 3) Install the speakup cvs. If and when I can get this far, > I'll start installing Apache, Samba, X Windows, etc. > > Does this sound like a reasonable approach? > > Thanks in advance for any suggestions. > > Jeff > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/> speakup >
