Talking Debian Install Not Talking

[Luke Davis]

Where is the proper keyword (speakup_synth) documented?  Also, how does
one forse the port, avoiding the probe, if necessary, and/or where is that
documented?

Luke


On Thu, 6 Feb 2003, Toby Fisher wrote:

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> > I thus booted the rescue floppy.  At the point where nothing was
> > happening, and I thus assumed I was at the expected "boot:" prompt, I
> > typed "linux dectlk".  As best as I could tell from Debian: the default
> > kernel was "linux".  From the only speakup doc I found that discussed
> > setting the speech output device, all I could determine was that you had
> > to give the kernel a boot parameter, specifying the speech device, and
> > that for the DEC Express, it was "dectlk".  Nothing about specifying a
> > port, or anything of that sort, so I guess there is a probe system.
>
> Ok, yes, you are correct to asume that it can auto-detect, in most cases,
> where the synthesiser is.
>
> However, I think I know what your problem is.
>
> You missed a bit in your typing, what you should have typed at the prompt
> was:
>
> linux speakup_synth=dectlk
>
> Hopefully you should find that that works fine.
>
> Kind regards.
>
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