Installing Speakup

Vic Beckley vbeckley at wilkshire.net
Sat May 1 17:10:56 EDT 2004


Greg,

I am running Debian 3.0 R2.

At 04:29 PM 5/1/2004, you wrote:
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>Hi Vic.
>
>Unfortunately, it seems like the tools that configure ppp for you
>insist that modems can be only on ttyS0 through ttyS3. The good news
>is that these tools are just scripts that set things up for you, and
>that you can modify that entire setup if you know what to do. So, if
>you can refresh my mind on what distro you are using, I'll see if I
>can tell you what you need to change manually. If you're running
>slackware or debian, I should be able to help. If it's something else,
>then someone else running your distro will need to tell you what
>changes you need to make manually.
>
>Greg
>
>
>On Sat, May 01, 2004 at 04:13:37PM -0400, Vic Beckley wrote:
>> Hi Greg,
>> 
>> I have made some progress.  I have gotten 2.4.26 to compile and have speech on reboot.  I checked the /proc/pci file and the dmesg output and the modem is being detected.  The output is similar to yours, but the address and IRQ are different.  It is on ttyS4.
>> 
>> I ran pppconfig again and allowed it to try to detect my modem.  It still wanted to put it on ttyS1.  I let it and that did not work.  I then manually set it to ttyS4 and when I tried connecting with pon it says this is an unknown device.  What can I check now?
>> 
>> Thanks again for your expert help.
>> 
>> 
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Best Regards from Ohio, U.S.A.
Vic
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