What is the URL of the Speakup website? Thank you. -- Earlene Hughes At 09:46 AM 6/16/2004 -0600, you wrote: >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 > > > >_______________________________________________ >Speakup mailing list >Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
