new redhat 8.0 not speaking

[Janina Sajka]

Make sure that what you wrote below for your serial port is really just
a typo. It should be t t y followed by a capital S then the zero.

Your /etc/lilo.conf will look something like the following. Don't mess with the top part:

boot=/dev/hda
map=/boot/map
install=/boot/boot.b
compact
prompt
#The next command sets time out in tenths of a second. So, this setting is 50 seconds
timeout=500
#The next command reads what to display from a file. See below
message = /boot/message
lba32
default=linux
#the following makes your DEC Talk say "boot" at the lilo prompt
serial=0,9600N8

image = /boot/vmlinuz
label=linux
alias = l
initrd=/boot/initrd.img
read-only
root=/dev/hda1
append = "speakup_synth=dectlk hdc=ide-scsi"

There may be more in your file.

The append statement is what starts Speakup. You don't need to specify the port.

Here's how to create a /boot/message file that will beep twice and put "Welcome!" on screen:

echo -e "\a Welcome! \a" >/boot/message

Good luck.


Don Raikes writes:
> From: "Don Raikes" <draikes100 at hotmail.com>
> 
>    Hello,
>     
>    I am a newbie to linux and speakup. I followed the instructions on the
>    speakup website to install redhat 8.0 using speakup. It spoke fine.
>     
>    However, now that I have rebooted, speakup is not launching. I suspect I
>    missed the step to add the extra parameters into the lilo.conf file.
>     
>    Can you give me an example so I can edit the lilo.conf file (with a little
>    sighted help)?
>     
>    System Configuration:
>    redhat 8.0
>    dectalk express on /dev/ttsy0
> Unknown option in config file /home/janina/.links/links.cfg, line 13
> 
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				Janina Sajka, Director
				Technology Research and Development
				Governmental Relations Group
				American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)

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