OK. Here's what you need to do: 1.) Download a Speakup Modified kernel for FC2 appropriate to your computer architecture (e.g. i686 if you have a Pentium IV, or kernel-smp for i686 if you have a dual processor Pentium IV system, etc). 2.) Install as follows: rpm -iv [kernel.rpm.package.name] Remember that you can use the TAB key to avoid having to type that long file name completely yourself. IMPORTANT: You must use -i to get the behavior you're looking for. The '-i' stands for '--install' and will install the Speakup MOdified kernel as a new, additional kernel on your system. It will NOT overwrite your existing kernel. Both will now be available for you at the grub boot prompt (see more on this below). 3.) Create a new initrd.img file for this new kernel that incorporates the Speakup driver for your hardware speech synthesizer (if you have a hardware speech synth). Follow the instructions (beginning at Step #4) in the installation HOWTO at: http://www.linux-speakup.org/ftp/disks/fedora/HOWTO_INSTALL.html 4.) Your newly installed kernel will e booted by default. If you wish instead to boot from your old kernel, you must indicate this at the grub boot loader prompt. You merely need to press the down-arrow once to move the grub kernel selection from the default, newly installed kernel, to the second older one. But, how do you know when to do this? Grub will not waqit forever. It will time out if you do nothing. And, grub is itself not accessible. In order to know when the grub boot prompt presents itself for your command, follow the advice in our INstallation HOWTO under the section entitled "Grappling ith Grub." Put a Ctrl-G in for each of your two kernel definitions. This should cause your computer to beep twice (once for each kernel title) when it reaches the grub boot loader prompt stage of the boot process. SPECIAL NOTE: You can, of course, extend the amount of time grub will wait for your command. Simply change the time out value in your /boot/grub.conf file. Similarly, you can also change which kernel will boot by default. Murthy T S N writes: > Dear Janina, > I have fc2 at my home. > I am in a plan to make fc2 as speakup enabled. > For that I need to download a speakup enabled kernel. > Now my doubt is whether the old kernel will be there or it will be last > after installation of speakup enabled kernel? > I am using grub as my boot loader. > Hope this info is sufficient. > Thanks. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Janina Sajka Phone: +1.202.494.7040 Partner, Capital Accessibility LLC http://www.CapitalAccessibility.Com Bringing the Owasys 22C screenless cell phone to the U.S. and Canada. Go to http://www.ScreenlessPhone.Com to learn more. Chair, Accessibility Workgroup Free Standards Group (FSG) janina at freestandards.org http://a11y.org
