-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 04:32:19PM -0500, John G. Heim wrote: > That was it though. They should put that in the documentation. I suppose > the doc writer didn't know what to say. But he could say more or less > what you said. All the info you need to start the installer with speakup is already in the documentation. From the debian installation guide: section 5.2.3 <http://www.debian.org/./releases/stable/i386/ch05s02.html.en#id2762315>: "Support for hardware speech synthesis devices is available only alongside support for graphical installer. You thus need to select the "Graphical install" entry in the boot menu. Hardware speech synthesis devices cannot be automatically detected. You thus need to append the speakup.synth=driver boot parameter to tell speakup which driver it should use. driver should be replaced by the driver code for your device (see driver code list). The textual version of the installer will then be automatically selected, and support for the speech synthesis device will be automatically installed on the target system." section 5.1.6 <http://www.debian.org/./releases/stable/i386/ch05s01.html.en#boot-screen>: "Installer boot menu Install Graphical install Advanced options > Help Press ENTER to boot or TAB to edit a menu entry Depending on the installation method you are using, the "Graphical install" option may not be available. For a normal installation, select either the "Install" or the "Graphical install" entry -- using either the arrow keys on your keyboard or by typing the first (highlighted) letter -- and press Enter to boot the installer." So, using the information in both of these, you'd either press tab, type speakup.synth=..., and press enter, or you'd press down-arrow once, press tab, type speakup.synth=..., and press enter. I'll agree that this probably isn't as obvious as it could be, but the information you need is there. An alternative might be to either refer folks to section 5.1.6 in section 5.2 for booting instructions, or to explicitly explain how to start the installer in section 5.2. The latter option would be repetitive, but would be useful for people who don't notice the boot screen section in the table of contents, or who don't read that section for whatever reason. Greg - -- web site: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org gpg public key: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org/pubkey.asc skype: gregn1 (authorization required, add me to your contacts list first) - -- Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager at EU.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkvOLMMACgkQ7s9z/XlyUyBXQgCePBZjXkctJW20LtGJDDRtobY2 6rIAoJdy21Np0M+Pht6tNvlCUoR7QftH =tE+f -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
