not working yet

[Frank Carmickle]

Bruce.

Give me a call again sometime today and we can talk about a few more
posibilities.  Or just send me a message with your number and I can call
you.

Frank


On Sat, 20 Jan 2001, Bruce Noblick wrote:

> Hi!
> 
> I added the line
> serial 0 9600
> to the syslinux.cfg file like you suggested when I called.  Well, it speaks
> up through the boot prompt.  After entering the line starting with linux,
> there is disk activity and finally a message about an error and a prompt to
> press any key to reboot.  When you press a key, it starts over.  I saw
> various labels in the syslinux.cfg file and just for grins, I tried them
> instead of typing linux.  The behavior was identical to typing linux.  If I
> typed any other string, it said kernel image not found and returned to the
> boot prompt.  I don't know if it is significant but pressing the F6 key
> produced the same resultas typing linux instead of displaying the file that
> was associated with it like the other function keys did.  All of the other
> function keys spoke the contents of the file that were associated with them.
> 
> I hope there is something here that makes sense to someone.
> 
> Thanks again for the help.
> 
> Enjoy!
> Bruce
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Frank Carmickle" <frankiec at braille.uwo.ca>
> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Saturday, January 20, 2001 9:55 AM
> Subject: Re: not working yet
> 
> 
> > Bruce you seem frustraighted.  I will write a message to you off the list
> > and I will personally make sure you get up and running.
> >
> > FC
> >
> > On Sat, 20 Jan 2001, Bruce Noblick wrote:
> >
> > > Hi!
> > >
> > >     I have tried all the suggestions up to this point and still with no
> > > success.  The last thing I have tried is using Speak Freely using the
> > > address and port number I was told should work.  I think the version I
> > > downloaded is 7.1 for windows.  I have been working with this computer
> in
> > > this endeavor for about a month.  I think I will just have to conclude
> that
> > > it just won't work unless I know more about what I am doing.  My next
> plan
> > > is to build a computer to run Linux.  I don't know much about this
> either
> > > but it looks more promising than trying to get it to work onthis one.  I
> > > appreciate all the help that I have found here.  When I do get a
> computer
> > > that looks promising, I will start from the beginning and try it again.
> > > Right now, what I need is something I can do successfully.  I will be
> back
> > > when I know more about what I am doing.  I have gotten some good ideas
> from
> > > people writing about other topics on this list as well.  I thank
> everyone
> > > who has invested time and energy in helping me directly and indirectly.
> > >
> > > Enjoy!
> > > Bruce
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Kaare Dehard" <kaare at home.com>
> > > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> > > Sent: Saturday, January 20, 2001 2:07 AM
> > > Subject: RE: not working yet
> > >
> > >
> > > > sometimes it's a very long while, when I first installed I rebooted a
> > > couple
> > > > of times when using the downloaded root and boot disks. this isn't the
> way
> > > > you can expect it to work after all the install happens though. Also I
> use
> > > a
> > > > transport in dos and linux and when switching over from dos I have to
> shut
> > > > down the synth and turn it on to get a complete initialization before
> > > > speakup will speak to me.
> > > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: speakup-admin at braille.uwo.ca
> > > > [mailto:speakup-admin at braille.uwo.ca]On Behalf Of John Covici
> > > > Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2001 2:33 PM
> > > > To: speakup at speech.braille.uwo.ca
> > > > Subject: Re: not working yet
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > I wonder if your failure to get speech when booting is because of one
> > > > or more of the following:
> > > >
> > > > (1) You booted your DOS system with speech loaded and then tried to
> > > >     run loadlin -- the speakout has a problem with this.
> > > >
> > > > The other possibility which comes to mind is that you are not doing
> > > > the corrrect boot sequence which is to boot the disk, wait till it
> > > > stops going, hit enter and then you hear the disk for a while and then
> > > > it should start talking.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Hope this helps.
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > >          John Covici
> > > >          covici at ccs.covici.com
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