OK, then, I guess it does pay to look through more of the options. *sigh* now it's not finding my SB Live! I get two fatal errors at boot-time about OSS, but I thought I could disregard these bc I installed ALSA. I didn't have OSS compiled into the kernel. I also get a message about how there was no state or something found and that I need to unmute settings in Alsamixer. When I type alsamixer, I get: function snd_ctl_open failed, default. no such device At 06:47 PM 1/9/2005, you wrote: >that's probably because you didn't enable pc speaker support. I >remember hearding of a lot of people having problems with this...and >they moved it to some weird catigory like input devices or something. >On >Sun, Jan 09, 2005 at 06:29:22PM -0500, ace wrote: > > Hello, > > > > Thanks to everyone who replied to me regarding my kernel compilation > > questions. The only section of make menuconfig I really edited was the > > Speakup section. Gladly, bc they were all turned off by > > default. Everything compiled perfectly; I am now on Linux 2.6.10. > > > > I've noticed something odd, though. On 2.4.26, I'd hear a beep from > the PC > > speaker whenever the system wanted to get my attention--when I pressed > > backspace at the beginning of the prompt or when I got a broadcast > > message--with 2.6.10, I no longer hear beeps. This isn't a problem, it's > > just something I was used to in the 2.4.X kernels. > > > > Also, is there any documentation on adjusting Speakup speech > parameters? I > > don't care much for the defaults and would like to change it. I figured > > some of it out on my own, but don't know how to save it so the changes > take > > effect next time the system is booted. > > > > Thanks, > > Robby > > > > Network Administrator of > > irc.talkingirc.com > > http://www.talkingirc.com > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > >-- >Waving away a cloud of smoke, I look up, and am blinded by a bright, white >light. It's God. No, not Richard Stallman, or Linus Torvalds, but God. In >a booming voice, He says: "THIS IS A SIGN. USE LINUX, THE FREE UNIX SYSTEM >FOR THE 386. > -- Matt Welsh > >_______________________________________________ >Speakup mailing list >Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup Network Administrator of irc.talkingirc.com http://www.talkingirc.com