If it is a floppy you are installing from, try flopy=thinkpad. I'm assuming that is the hangup. Read the debian installation manual section concerning bootfloppies for the correct syntax. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alex Snow" <alex_snow@xxxxxxx> To: "Speakup list" <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2005 12:55 PM Subject: ibm laptops > Hi all. > Has anyone successfully installed speakup on an ibm thinkpad? I've tried > slackware, debian, and tomsrtbt on my thinkpad 380ed and another older > thinkpad of unknown model (the date on the botom says 1996). Whenever I > try booting I get no speach. I've even tried giving the speakup_ser > option for ports 0 and 1 but nothing. I'm using an artic transport as > the synth. > > -- > Some people have told me they don't think a fat penguin really embodies the > grace of Linux, which just tells me they have never seen a angry penguin > charging at them in excess of 100mph. They'd be a lot more careful about what > they say if they had. > -- Linus Torvalds, announcing Linux v2.0 > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
