You don't say how you tried to load your DEC Talk, but a simply modprobe from a root login will do the trick. The correct method is to create a new /boot/initrd-[version].img as described in the INstallation HOWTO for FC3. There's no reason to avoid the latest kernel on SpeakupModified.Org. If there are unsatisfied dependencies, just install with yum as follows: yum install [kernel.rpm] Yum will satisfy any missing dependencies in the process. Janina Beth Hatch writes: > > Hello all, > > Recently I needed to upgrade from Fedora 3 to Fedora 5 for some school > projects. After installing Fedora 5 on my Linux computer using Brltty, we > then installed the RPM containing the speakup modified kernel for Fedora 5. > Unfortunately, apparently this RPM doesn't seem to have any synthesizers > loaded into it, I didn't realize that the synthesizer wasn't installed until > I tried to specify my Dectalk USB using the Dectalk express key word as I > used to do under Fedora 3. My instructor told me that an unknown device, or > a similar message, came up on the boot loader screen when we tried to > specify the dectalk express or any other synthesizer. I removed the Dectalk > and tried it on another computer using Windows just to make sure that the > synthesizer functioned properly, and the Dectalk USB worked fine. > > The current kernel of my Fedora 5 system is: 2.6.16-1.2080_FC5spk.i586 and > we installed the rpm from > ftp://SpeakupModified.org/fedora/speakupmodified/current/RPMS/. We made > sure to install the same version of the Speakup modified kernel RPM that we > have for the original Fedora 5 installation. If someone could guide me in > the right direction with all of this, it would be most appreciated. I've > consulted the Speakup user's guide and the Fedora install how to, and the > only thing I can see there is that I might have to recompile the kernel with > a new speakup tarball to specify the synthesizer properly. Is this what has > to be done, or is there another way to get this working? > > Thanks, > > Beth > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Janina Sajka Phone: +1.240.715.1272 Partner, Capital Accessibility LLC http://CapitalAccessibility.Com Marketing the Owasys 22C talking screenless cell phone in the U.S. and Canada--Go to http://ScreenlessPhone.Com to learn more. Chair, Accessibility Workgroup Free Standards Group (FSG) janina at freestandards.org http://a11y.org
