not working yet

Bruce Noblick bnoblick at columbus.rr.com
Tue Jan 23 21:05:12 EST 2001 

Hi!

I am sorry it took me so long to get this information.  I could not just
figure out a way to capture this in a file so I had to physically navigate
all the items under the device manager tab under settings, control panel,
system.  Here is the information about my computer that may help in
determining the problem.  It may not be of general interest so if not, it
will provide a cure for insomnia.

disk drives
2 items
4 of 17

generic ide disk type01
not removable
drive letters c:,d:
dma

generic nec floppy disk
removable
drive letters a:

floppy disk controllers
1 item
6 of 17

standard floppy disk controller
irq 06
dma 02
i/o range 03f0 - 03f5

hard disk controllers
7 of 17
3 items

primary ide controller (dual fifo)
i/o range 01f0 - 01f7
i/o range 03f6 - 03f6
irq 14
i/o range 1460 - 1467

secondary ide controller
(dual fifo)
i/o range 0170 - 0177
i/o range 0376 - 0376
irq 15
i/o range 1468 - 146f

via bus master pci ide controller
this is a mystery to me but it includes all of the items in the primary and
secondary ide controllers

I plan to gather the entire list of all items in the system in case any of
it is necessary.

Enjoy!
Bruce

----- Original Message -----
From: "Frank Carmickle" <frankiec at braille.uwo.ca>
To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Sunday, January 21, 2001 1:26 PM
Subject: Re: not working yet


> 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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