-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: RIPEMD160 Hey, Any chance this method could enable you to configure the BIOS? That would be really trippy if one could. That would surely solve a big accessibility problem for a bunch of us. On Wed, Oct 19, 2005 at 09:18:22AM -0500, John G. Heim wrote: > This probably won't really help you much because it's expensive and it's > not really a solution but I just thought I'd mention that there is a tool > that is really helpful in debugging boot problems. It's a PC Weasel. > > You put this card in your machine replacing the video card. The operating > system recognizes it as a video card except that instead of video output it > has a serial port. So you can connect a null-modem cable to it and another > machine running a terminal emulator and get the boot messages. I use it a > lot when I have a machine that won't boot or when I'm trying to make a > bootable CD. It costs like $300 though. > > It really works well with speakup because it doesn't interfere with speakup > in any way. The operating system isn't aware that there is anything > different about the VGA card other than that it is an unrecognized type of > card. So it treats it like a generic VGA card. If you have some kind of > problem, you can plug in the null-modem cable and get whatever is on the > screen, whether it be boot messages or a login prompt or whatever. > > > PS: I think I have a problem similar to yours. I installed the speakup > modified 2.6.12 kernel on a machine that had a unmodified 2.6.8 kernel. It > won't boot unless my external doubletalk LE is connected and turned on. > And when it does boot, I get no speech. There is nothing wrong with my > synth. And speakup appears to know it's there since if it's turned off, it > won't boot at all. It's exam week so I haven't had time to check out what's > really happening yet. I was running debian sarge so I am not sure that > you'll have any luck if you go back to sarge. > > Oh, one thing I'd suggest... Make sure your disk partitions aren't full. > Check especially / and /boot. > > > > At 05:08 PM 10/18/2005, Scott wrote: > >Folks, I have a question regarding a Debian install. > >First seeing as I have little hope of correcting the problems with my > >current Sid install as I can't get speech from Speakup, I am > >considering reinstalling Sarge. > >What I was wondering is how possible would it be to simply install > >over the current Sid installation. My thinking is that I can keep a > >number of apps that were previously working with Sarge before > >upgrading to Sid and most if not everything would be replaced when I > >install Sarge. I know this is probably an insane approach, but I of > >course would rather figure out why Speakup hangs while probing for > >the DoubleTalk external. I do not have another synth to connect so I > >have to use this one. It was working fine before I upgraded to the > >latest version of Sid and even replacing Lilo with Grub did not > >correct the problem. It also seems to matter little what kernel I'm > >running as I even grabbed a 2.6.13 and brewed a new kernel. > >Sure am lost on this one, but before I do get into this install, I > >thought I'd ask a few questions and maybe avoid loads of setting up > >again. > >I know wishfull thinking. > > > >Scott > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Speakup mailing list > >Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > -- > John G. Heim > jheim at math.wisc.edu > 3-4189 > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > - -- HolmesGrown Solutions The best solutions for the best price! http://ld.net/?holmesgrown -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFDXPftWSjv55S0LfERAzU9AJ9a/LmB667p/qy5sq8ixD2JarNd2ACgkEn1 OvNhSuZXrJuR4i5Ld2jfJMw= =Ay+5 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
