<flame> you can't say linux is bad because you don't do the homework. nt's are pre-configured to work out of the box. when you setup linux yourself, you have to do the work.</flame> You could just buy a pre-configured system setup for linux and have them to make the customizations. That may be a happy medium between doing something you don't like and doing something else you don't like. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Glenn@home" <GlennErvin at cableone.net> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>; "Kenny Hitt" <kenny at hittsjunk.net> Sent: Sunday, May 29, 2005 4:40 PM Subject: Re: missing Grub entry > I guess it may not be for me. > I will no longer bother this list if this is the general consensus here. > As much as I am not a fan of NT, due to screen-reader difficulties, I guess > I may have to forget all of this Linux and go with something that I can get > some help with. > Glenn > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kenny Hitt" <kenny at hittsjunk.net> > To: "Glenn at home" <GlennErvin at cableone.net>; "Speakup is a screen review > system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Sunday, May 29, 2005 6:33 PM > Subject: Re: missing Grub entry > > > Hi. > > Things change quickly in the Linux world. Also, it looks like you read > the Fedora HOWTO and just assumed it would work anywhere. Debian ain't > Fedora. Go read the Debian specific docs instead of guessing. > Especially when you continue to guess wrong. > > Since you won't read, ****There is not a 2.6 official Debian kernel with > speakup.*** If you want a 2.6 kernel in Debian, you build it > yourself. > There has never been a text speakup)_synth=synthname for Debian. You're > confusing Debian with Fedora. The answers to your questions are spelled > out clearly in the docs for Debian. > > Btw, I'm being harsh with you cause you keep not bothering to read. > Stop guessing and go read! > > Kenny > > On Sun, May 29, 2005 at 05:31:05PM -0500, Glenn at home wrote: > > I did not build anything. > > I did read the Debian install, but that was some time back on my first > > installation. > > I am wondering now if it was lilo that I needed to configure instead of > > grub > > for Debian to load up speakup on boot-up. > > It used to be: > > text speakup_synth=txprt > > But I don't recall reading if that has changed for lilo, since I put the > > word speakup in place of "text", for the installation CD. > > But I had 2 choices for the kernel during the installation, and one was > > 2.4.27-speakup, and I did not want that, so I took the newer, which was > > 2.6.? (I don't remember the last part but it did not have "-speakup" at > > the > > end), I really did not care, I just wanted 2.6 so I could have audio, > > since > > that was an issue with my last installation. > > * So I guess I will just fdisk and start over, and if I go with lilo > > instead > > of grub, should I be given the option to add a boot line for calling up > > speakup? > > Glenn > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
