I wrote up some docs on getting the debian wheezy kernel patched to work with hardware synths. There are pre-patched kernels there too. I personally use these pre-patched kernels on literally hundreds of machines I maintain in my job. But I have yet to hear of anyone else using them successfully. On the other hand, I only posted them a couple of weeks ago. Anyway, here is a link to the docs: http://www.iavit.org/~john/debian/ week. On 03/11/14 02:13, Jayson Smith wrote: > Hi, > > Slightly off-thread, as I'm still looking for a good distro to install. > Are the days of hardware synths on serial ports over? My extra computer > has two serial ports, and I have a perfectly good DECtalk Express. I > don't need a GUI, I'm used to the Linux command line. > Thanks, > Jayson > > On 3/10/2014 11:28 PM, Kyle wrote: >> You can try the TalkingArch live CD at >> http://talkingarch.tk/ >> It usually comes up at a decent volume, and will allow you to choose >> which sound card or headset you want at boot time via a voice recording >> and a beep. You can install packages on-the-fly, just like in most other >> systems, so you can install the ftp package for one-time use as soon as >> you get a prompt. You would install it like >> >> pacman -Sy <package> >> >> in this case. There is also the #talkingarch IRC channel on Freenode if >> you need help in realtime. Hope this helps. >> ~Kyle >> http://kyle.tk/ > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at linux-speakup.org > http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -- --- John G. Heim, 608-263-4189, jheim at math.wisc.edu
