Hi William, I actually downloaded the iso for the networkless install and was able to get it up and happening. Yes, the handbook is very easy to follow. Thanks. Marcel At 06:53 a.m. 5/08/2007, you wrote: >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >Hash: SHA1 > >Hi Marcel, > >yes, unfortunately, speakup is not compatible with kernels newer than >2.6.21, so it has been dropped from gentoo after release 2007.0. > >I've never done a networkless install, but if you go to the link I >supplied below, one of the handbooks there is for doing this and should >point you the right direction. Let me know if you have any questions. > >On Sat, Aug 04, 2007 at 11:30:26AM +1200, Marcel Oats wrote: > > Hi, are you saying that they have dropped speakup from the normal > > distribution? The live cd contains the networkless install, is > that correct? > > Thanks, > > Marcel > > At 10:18 a.m. 4/08/2007, you wrote: > > >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > >Hash: SHA1 > > > > > >Hi Nick, > > > > > >On Fri, Aug 03, 2007 at 05:47:01PM -0400, Nick Gawronski wrote: > > > > Hi, I am currently using debian etch\ but as not all of the packages I > > > > want are included in debian by default like autoconf, automake and > > > > similar packages I need to install them using apt-get. gcc is another > > > > example as it is listed as the build-essential package if you really > > > > want to compile things. What is the latest version of the gentoo > > > > installation CD that does not require X windows and has speakup and > > > > should work with a dectalk express? I would like to at least try it > > > > and see what it is like. > > > > > >Gentoo release 2007.0 has speakup on the live cd. You should be able to > > >get it from here. > > > > > >http://www.gentoo.org/main/en/where.xml > > > > > >Also, there is a link on that page to the installation handbook which > > >will assist you with choosing the correct iso. > > > > > >Let me know if you have any questions. Thanks much. > > > > > >- -- > > >William Hubbs > > >gentoo accessibility team lead > > >williamh at gentoo.org > > >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > >Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) > > > > > >iD8DBQFGs6nPblQW9DDEZTgRAi28AKCBJiil3dEAqGXlUgOpXRSeeL+3iQCfYr3i > > >kMknmAWrbWcL+hVSY7NjvXQ= > > >=c4Fb > > >-----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 > >- -- >William Hubbs >gentoo accessibility team lead >williamh at gentoo.org >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) > >iD8DBQFGtMspblQW9DDEZTgRAvMGAJ9dGcr+7t3vLlvh+LpWyyD7vil2ywCfSPtJ >DrVL1VpCKTYj7+Z6E6+pLDI= >=xb/P >-----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > >_______________________________________________ >Speakup mailing list >Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup