fedora

[Janina Sajka]

Glad to hear it all went smoothly, Pawel.

I need to put these instructions in the installation HOWTO which I'm
going to be updating over the next few weeks.

Pawe? Loba writes:
> From: Pawe? Loba <pl at adaptech.net>
> 
> 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.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > Speakup mailing list
> > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca
> > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
> > 
> > 
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Speakup mailing list
> Speakup at braille.uwo.ca
> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup

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Janina Sajka
Email: janina at rednote.net		
Phone: (202) 408-8175

Director, Technology Research and Development
American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)
http://www.afb.org

Chair, Accessibility Work Group
Free Standards Group
http://accessibility.freestandards.org