Another newbie

[Jack Daniels]

Thanks Gena. The reason for suggesting I compile a kernal without Speakup
was to go through the process, to see whether everything went smoothly.
That way, it would be easier to do it again a second time.  I will  start
reading more, then see where I am. I have saved the earlier info, thanks.

Jack

At 02:29 AM 11/25/01 +0000, you wrote:
>Hi
>
>No I think your original approach is right.  Get a custom installation up
>and going then play about with compiling a kernel.  There's no significant
>difference in compiling a kernel with or without Speakup.  Its just applying
>a patch and then as a result the config process asks you about 14 extra
>questions such as do you want speakup and if so, one by one which synths do
>you want?  Its the compiling process that is time consuming and demanding.
>
>But if any Linux user is honest, they'll admit that its a steep learning
>curve. I'd suggest that you should make your learning in as small pieces as
>possible, that way you'll enjoy it and learn a lot quicker.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: speakup-admin at braille.uwo.ca
>[mailto:speakup-admin at braille.uwo.ca]On Behalf Of Jack Daniels
>Sent: 24 November 2001 23:10
>To: speakup at braille.uwo.ca
>Subject: Re: Another newbie
>
>
>Thanks Janina, I have saved the info, but think I will read up more on
>Linux patching and kernal compiling, and hope learn enough to feel
>confident to compile my first kernal, and  add Speakup so it can be
>selected and booted from the hard disk.  I was looking for a quick and easy
>way to get Speakup talking, and then read more later.
>
>I guess I will need to put in the effort up front, and learn about this
>topic and work it out. It was suggested that I first try compiling a kernal
>to make sure everything works correctly, then try it with Speakup after
>that.
>
>BTW, what happens if Speakup doesn't find a synthesizer connected when it
>tries to load?  I may not have the DEC Express connected each and every
>time.
>
>Thanks for your reply.
>
>Jack
>At 11:01 AM 11/24/01 -0500, you wrote:
>>On Sat, 24 Nov 2001, Jack Daniels wrote:
>>
>>> >> I have a very small PC installed with
>>> >> Redhat 7.1, kernal 2.4.2-12 running on a P133 with no CDROM.
>>> >> What I want to be able to do is to insert a floppy with Speakup and
>any
>>> >> necessary boot files and have Linux  come up talking.  Is this
>possible?
>>
>>It seems to me you could get this working with the standard installation
>>floppy that one would create using boot.img. There are such on the speakup
>>website and they already have speakup built into them. You need two files
>>from the speakup site to test this: the appropriate boot.img and
>>rawrite.exe.
>>
>>1.)	rawrite.exe is a DOS executable for creating floppy disks from
>>image files like boot.img. Shutdown your Windows to MS-DOS before using
>>rawrite for best, most reliable results;
>>
>>2.) Get boot.img via anonymous ftp from:
>>	www.linux-speakup.org/pub/speakup/disks/redhat/7.2
>>
>>Regretably, the rawrite.exe isn't there, and perhaps that's an oversight.
>>Bill, are you listening? If you decide to try my suggestion, perhaps
>>someone can point you to a download location closer to home, but you can
>>certainly get it from redhat.com. It'll be in a dos_utils directory. There
>>should be no problem using 7.2 disks on your 7.1 system, by the way;
>>
>>3.)	You need to be careful about your speech synthesizer while using
>>rawrite. Generally, it's a good idea to kill speech while rawrite is
>>creating your floppy. So, as you hit enter on the last rawrite prompt,
>>which is the third prompt it gives you, be ready to kill your speech
>>immediately;
>>
>>54.)	If nothing went wrong in the rawrite floppy you'll have a bootable
>>floppy that you can try on your linux system. As you boot, monitor the
>>floppy disk for activity. If your system beeps as it begins to load the
>>OS, that will help. There will be a brief amount of floppy disk activity
>>at this point and then the disk stops. You're at a boot> prompt which
>>doesn't talk (though it could, see below); At this point type:
>>
>>	linux -s speakup_synth=dectlk speakup_ser=1
>>
>>I believe that even with the mismatch in installation versions this should
>>still come up talking. If it does, you can certainly look around natively,
>>and you can begin to contemplate getting a native kernel with speakup onto
>>your system. But, that's a topic for another day.
>>
>>Certainly, there will be a good number of things that won't work because
>>of the kernel mismatches. But, you should have enough to get started with.
>>
>>PS: The boot> prompt can be made to speak to any serial device with an
>>appropriate lin in the sysconfig file on the floppy:
>>
>>serial=1,9600N8
>>
>>would be the appropriate lin in this instance, and you could certainly
>>insert this line using a DOS text editor. It goes just above the first
>>"label" statement.
>>
>>
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