Well, actually more like four stages that control beeping and other aspects of the U-I. The graphical desktop layer (AKA X Windows) would be the fourth. Sean M McMahon writes: > Sorry about the density didn't realize there were 3 stages of beeping. > > > > > Janina Sajka <janina at rednote.net> > Sent by: speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca > 09/21/2004 09:15 AM > Please respond to "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." > > > To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > cc: > Subject: Re: Using Grub with Speech > > > Don't be dense. > > Of course the beeping comes from your speaker, but the issue is what > triggers the beep and what generates it? > > That which may do so in the bios relates to software in bios. Period. > > That which does so via pcspkr relates tot he Linux kernel. Period. > > That which does so at the boot loader stage relates to the boot loader. > Period. > > Sean M McMahon writes: > > I always thought the beeping came from your pc speaker and was > > determined by your bios. Then again in that fadora howto which uses a > 2.6 > > kernel with a modular speakup, they use a --with pcspkr option. I don't > > > see why you can't pass that option at the end of where you put the > kernel > > line or actually I think that goes on the line after the kernel line. I > > > don't know, the grub documentation never gave an example of a file with > > special kernel peramiters, then initrd lines then lines specifying > > modules. What I do, is set the delay really high If I need to type > > something in, something like ttimeout 30. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > -- > > Janina > Sajka, Chair > Accessibility Workgroup > Free > Standards Group (FSG) > > janina at freestandards.org Phone: +1 202.494.7040 > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 -- Janina Sajka, Chair Accessibility Workgroup Free Standards Group (FSG) janina at freestandards.org Phone: +1 202.494.7040
