Brent Harding wrote: : Oh, I was hoping I could bypass the need for sighted help. That is : because if it doesn't just jump out with an error, things will get : hard to figure out. I don't know how to disable the wave device on : the modem, and the USB is all 1.1 or 1.0, so I doubt my USB headset : will do much as it's a 2.0 device. If there is a chip for sound on : the motherboard with no connectors hooked to it, I hope the Bios : disabled it beyond Linux's reach as 98 never detected it, even after : a reformat. It only found the wave device on the modem and the SB : Live. If I bought a speaker phone, I wonder if the modem would power : it and put speech through it? I have no phone line hooked to the : computer because I have no dialup accounts to use it with anyways. : : : : ----- Original Message ----- : From: "Zachary Kline" <Z_kline at hotmail.com> : To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." : <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Monday, April 02, 2007 11:51 PM : Subject: Re: about the latest ubuntu : : :: Howdy, :: Fortunately or unfortunately, this is the time to call for sighted :: assistance, I believe. It's a shame thhat not all machines work as :: they should--most are supposed to, and in the main most do. :: Apart from that, I'm not sure what other suggestions I might have :: for you. It's a little hard to figure out what's happening. :: Sorry to be unhelpful, :: Zack. :: :: ----- Original Message ----- :: From: "Brent Harding" <bharding at doorpi.net> :: To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." :: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> :: Sent: Monday, April 02, 2007 9:36 PM :: Subject: Re: about the latest ubuntu :: :: ::: What I haven't thought of is the modem. I have no onboard sound ::: connectors, ::: but I got a voice capable modem that has nothing, not even a phone ::: line, hooked up to it. When I got my new machine and gave up 98, it ::: could be working fine and I'd come home after school to have to ::: power-cycle it because it just always suddenly quit responding to ::: anything whenever it felt ::: like it. I hope it isn't just freezing while trying to boot the CD ::: as I know ::: it's not the disk's problem because it works on this machine with ::: the Turtle ::: Beach card, as a live CD. I wish I knew what the error is or if the ::: volume ::: isn't just all the way muted by default? I could probably find a ::: text-based ::: talking disk to reformat the drive free of the old stuff that was ::: still there, but I doubt the CD cares what is on any hard drive. ::: ::: ::: ----- Original Message ----- ::: From: "Lorenzo Taylor" <lorenzo at taylor.homelinux.net> ::: To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." ::: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> ::: Sent: Monday, April 02, 2007 9:54 PM ::: Subject: Re: about the latest ubuntu ::: ::: :::: -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- :::: Hash: SHA1 :::: :::: Sound Blaster Live Value is in fact supported on the live CD. I :::: happen to have one myself. Your problem may be that you have :::: onboard sound that is being automatically chosen by default. Try :::: plugging into your onboard audio for the install. You can always :::: change it later by blacklisting its driver, which I have done, so :::: I can tell you how to do. But for now, your best bet is to use :::: your onboard audio while using the live CD. :::: :::: HTH, :::: Lorenzo :::: - -- :::: I've always found anomalies to be very relaxing. It's a curse. :::: - --Jadzia Dax: Star Trek Deep Space Nine (The Assignment) :::: -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- :::: Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) :::: :::: iD8DBQFGEcHeG9IpekrhBfIRAqwMAJ4hx4AD7iuKUlQ3TAg8WktnppfDbACgn+Pk :::: iDnS1HdRTFAnjpAvFihV4F0= :::: =W8IA :::: -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- :::: :::: _______________________________________________ :::: Speakup mailing list :::: Speakup at braille.uwo.ca :::: http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup :::: ::: ::: ::: _______________________________________________ ::: Speakup mailing list ::: Speakup at braille.uwo.ca ::: http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup ::: :: :: :: _______________________________________________ :: Speakup mailing list :: Speakup at braille.uwo.ca :: http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup :: : : : _______________________________________________ : Speakup mailing list : Speakup at braille.uwo.ca : http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup I have tried the latest Ubuntu, and it does not work with my laptop's soundcard. I have yet to find a Live CD that works in the Averatec 2300 series. Any suggestions? I have tried GRML, Ubuntu, and I know I tried Knoppix, but I thought there was another I tried, but so far, no luck, as I am trying to access a hidden partition on my HD. Glenn
