speakup/install failed

[Janina Sajka]

Let us know how you make out. Don't be a stranger.

On Fri, 18 May 2001 mo.valli at bt.com wrote:

> Many thanks for the info. I'll give this a try.
>
> regards
>
> Mo.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Janina Sajka [mailto:janina at afb.net]
> Sent: 17 May 2001 23:06
> To: speakup
> Subject: RE: speakup/install failed
>
>
> Yes, absolutely. And, you can have your Express talk you through the
> install. It's been speech enabled except for the very first prompt where
> you need to tell speakup what synth you're using.
>
>
> Here's how to get this part right:
>
> Monitor your floppy as it starts booting just after the little system
> beep which indicates the end of the bios part of the boot process. After
> a very short time spinning, the floppy will pause. This is your prompt
> to enter:
>
> 	text speakup_synth=dectlk
>
> Notice that synth is spelled s y n t h and notice that dectlk is the
> speakup keyword that signifies the Dec-Talk Express. There are other
> keywords for other synths.
>
> Enjoy!
>
> On Thu, 17 May 2001 mo.valli at bt.com wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am unable to boot from CD, and thus would need to use a boot disk. Will
> my
> > external Dec express work if I was to use the boot.img that is located on
> > redhat disk 1?
> >
> > Thanks in advance
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Mo.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Janina Sajka [mailto:janina at afb.net]
> > Sent: 16 May 2001 22:43
> > To: speakup
> > Subject: Re: speakup/install failed
> >
> >
> > Rich:
> >
> > If you're able to download the iso images at
> > ftp://speakup.octothorp.org, you'll be ahead of the game. Bill Acker has
> > patched speakup into the current Redhat install very nicely. You'll get
> > a fully accessible install--well except for the first prompt where there
> > is no speech and you have to indicate your synthesizer. But after that
> > prompt, the install is accessible and the speech is built in. It's by
> > far the easiest coarse. I heartily recommend it.
> >
> > On Wed, 16 May 2001, Rich Caloggero wrote:
> >
> > > I'm trying to install speakup-0.10a on redhat kernel 2.2.19.
> > > I put the speakup sources under /usr/src and copied the source tree for
> > > linux-2.2.19 into linux. I entered the speakup source directory at
> > > /usr/src/speakup-0.10a and typed ./install and got this mess:
> > > [summary: lots of errors about expected binary operator ]
> > > ./installPatching version v22
> > > Creating .orig files [./install: [: ==: binary operator expected
> > > ./install: [: ==: binary operator expected
> > > ./install: [: ==: binary operator expected
> > > ./install: [: ==: binary operator expected
> > > ./install: [: ==: binary operator expected
> > > ./install: [: ==: binary operator expected
> > > ./install: [: ==: binary operator expected
> > > ./install: [: ==: binary operator expected
> > > ./install: [: ==: binary operator expected
> > > ./install: [: ==: binary operator expected
> > > ./install: [: ==: binary operator expected
> > > ./install: [: ==: binary operator expected
> > > ./install: [: ==: binary operator expected
> > > ./install: [: ==: binary operator expected
> > > ./install: [: ==: binary operator expected
> > > ./install: [: ==: binary operator expected
> > > ./install: [: ==: binary operator expected
> > > ./install: [: ==: binary operator expected
> > > ./install: [: ==: binary operator expected
> > > ./install: [: ==: binary operator expected
> > > ./install: [: ==: binary operator expected
> > > ./install: [: ==: binary operator expected
> > > ./install: [: ==: binary operator expected
> > > ./install: [: ==: binary operator expected
> > > ./install: [: ==: binary operator expected
> > > ] done.
> > > Patching files [p./install: ${writeloc//^/\/}: bad substitution
> > > ] done.
> > > Copying files [c./install: ${writeloc//^/\/}: bad substitution
> > > ] done.
> > > speakup-0.10a#
> > >
> > > Help.
> > >
> > >                     Rich
> > >
> > >
> > >
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> > >
> >
> >
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