fedora

[Paweł Loba]

Thanks a million Janina. It looks that I'm up and running. Got lucky 
with this grub boot loader and issued a s right on time, rest was easy, 
just to follow your instructions.

Appreciate it.
Pawel.
 
On Fri, 19 Dec 2003, Janina Sajka wrote:

> You have to do two things:
> 
> 1.)	 Get rid of first boot. To do this you have to boot to single
> user mode. You may need sighted assistance for this, because you need to
> issue this command at the right time, while the Grub boot loader is on
> screen and available for commands. It's a window of about 10 seconds
> right after bios initialization, and before Linux actually starts. Type:
> 
> a s
> 
> This should take you to a command prompt.
> 
> 2.)	 To start speakup at the command prompt type:
> 
> modprobe speakup_[synth.keyword]
> 
> where [synth.keyword] is the appropriate Speakup designation for your
> speech synthesizer. For example, if your using DEC Talk Express, this
> word becomes:
> 
> modprobe speakup_dectlk
> 
> 3.)	Now, with Speakup talking, you can get rid of first boot with:
> 
> chkconfig --level 0123456 firstboot off
> 
> If, also, you want your system only to boot into console mode, and not
> to graphical mode, edit the file /etc/inittab and find the line that
> says:
> 
> id:5:initdefault:
> 
> and change the 5 to a 3 so that it now says:
> 
> id:3:initdefault:
> 
> You can keep starting speakup this way if you want. But, to make it
> start when you start your system, you need to create an initrd image
> with speakup in it. This image replaces the one in your /boot directory.
> Because you have to specify the kernel version, it's easiest to use the
> [TAB] key to complete your command. So, to make this image and use the
> [TAB] key to help you specify the command correctly, first:
> 
> cd /lib/modules
> 
> Then, type the following, pressing [TAB] where I've indicated it:
> 
> mkinitrd -v -f /boot/initrd-[TAB] --with=speakup_[synth.keyword]
> 2.4[TAB]
> 
> Once this command runs, read up the screen from the bottom a few lines.
> Make sure it's saying something about speakup. If it is, you're all set.
> 
> If you get stuck on any of this, just call Bill.
> 
> Good luck!
> 
> 
> Pawe? Loba writes:
> > From: Pawe? Loba <pl at adaptech.net>
> > 
> > Hi: I just installed fedora on my system. Can you kindly remind me how to 
> > make this thing to talk to me, please? Of course, I used Bill's speakup 
> > enabled images for the installation.
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Pawel.
> > 
> > 
> > 
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> 
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