redhat linux 9 and speakup

Janina Sajka janina at rednote.net
Thu Apr 17 11:25:27 EDT 2003


Hmmm. And I thought you meant you were going to roll up your sleeves and go to work.

OK. You're new here. That's fine, but you should consider reading through the archives and learning a bit before wondering out loud.

You're on the right track in terms of what might work as a solution in the current instance. But, you're wrong to suppose that this is something new around here. Look
at:

http://www.linux-speakup.org/ftp/disks/redhat/HOWTO_INSTALL73.html

for a little history.


Lorenzo Prince writes:
> From: Lorenzo Prince <lorenzo at princenet.sytes.net>
> 
> Those of us who have only one box and are trying to upgrade to RH9.  I
> just happen to be one of the lucky ones as of nearly 2 weeks ago who
> actually has a network.
> 
> Lorenzo
> 
> E Pluribus Unix
> 
> Janina Sajka staggered into view and mumbled:
> 
> > Who is "we?"
> >
> >
> > Lorenzo Prince writes:
> > > From: Lorenzo Prince <lorenzo at princenet.sytes.net>
> > >
> > > Hmm.  Interesting question.  How easy would it be to rebuild the RH9 iso
> > > for the first bootable CD to include speakup in the kernel package and
> > > boot image before upgrading?  This may be a way to fix our problem if we
> > > have the time, and if we don't have a second box or a network of some kind
> > > to do it any other way.  Just wondering how easy this method would
> > > actually be to try.
> > >
> > > Lorenzo
> > >
> > > E Pluribus Unix
> > >
> > > Nick Gawronski staggered into view and mumbled:
> > >
> > > > Hi, What if I only have one box, How can I upgrade to redhat 9 with
> > > > speakup?  Will I need to re compile my kernel or what?  bye On Tue, 15 Apr
> > > > 2003, Gregory Nowak wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > On Tue, Apr 15, 2003 at 10:02:35PM -0400, Janina Sajka wrote:
> > > > > > It seems strange, but you do get exactly the same screens that you get with a text installation. Of course, you can't switch \consoles.
> > > > >
> > > > > I never got around to having the time to install and try out redhat, but why would that be strange? For all intents and purpose\s, it's as if you were sitting at the machine, and running speakup.
> > > > >
> > > > > Greg
> > > > >
> > > > >
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				Janina Sajka, Director
				Technology Research and Development
				Governmental Relations Group
				American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)

Email: janina at afb.net		Phone: (202) 408-8175




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