red hat 8.0 and the Speakup Modified

[Bear in SFO]

Excuse my ignorance but how does that (having Speakup in the kernel or not) 
affect a sighted user?!

--David

At 07:19 PM 9/28/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>On Sun, 29 Sep 2002, Aaron Howell wrote:
>
> > Yes, at the boot prompt you still need to type
> > text speakup_synth=xxx
>
>So, what you are saying is that the default kernel will have Speakup.
>Won't that be a nuisance for a sighted user?  I guess they can just
>compile a new kernel, but that's an interesting method.  Then again, you
>can't really select the kernel to boot with Redhat.  I think it picks a
>kernel based on your system at startup.  Am I right about this?  Will it
>then key on the speakup_synth parameter and know to use a Speakup kernel?
>Just a bit confused, that's all.  Maybe I'll wait until the load lightens
>on the FTP sites and give it a try myself now that I have cable Internet.
>
>
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