For Red Hat 9, and the more up to date Fedora Core 1.0, you need to create an initial ram disk image that includes Speakup like so: mkinitrd -v -f /boot/initrd-[version].img --with=[speakup.module] [version] where [version] is the kernel version (use uname -r) and [speakup.module] is the module you're currently using modprobe to load. I have also found it useful to play a sound via a line like the following at the end of /etc/rc.local: play /boot/boot.wav Of course, I need to find a sound I like and copy it to /boot/boot.wav for this to work. PS: I also have a /boot/login.wav and a /boot/logout.wav that are played by .bash_profile and .bash_logout respectively. Roy Nickelson writes: > hi, > how do you know when the computer is booted with linux. With windows I get a > nice startup sound and jaws starts talking. With linux I just have to wait > until the hard drive stops. Unfortunantely with the drive I have this isn't > a good solution because it is too quiet. > i have a line in my lilo.conf file that says > speakup_dectlk > > this is on the same line that starts with append = and has some other stuff > that I don't remember. I am using redhat 9. > Roy > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
