help with install of debian and speakup!?

[Tyler Littlefield]

I have a question, if I leave my comp up for a while, it will sorta just 
lock up the synth, I can still type in commands, but it just won't speak 
them to synth. any ideas?
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Charles Hallenbeck" <chuckh at hhs48.com>
To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Monday, January 16, 2006 2:30 AM
Subject: Re: help with install of debian and speakup!?


> There is a problem with the speakup26 kernel, in that the mark/cut/paste
> feature crashes the system when you press cut. I recommend starting with
> the 2.4.27 kernel, then upgrading to one of the 2.6.12 kernels available
> on Shane's file space.
> On Sun, Jan 15, 2006 at 06:34:05PM -0700, Gregory Nowak wrote:
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>> Actually, I'd recommend using the speakup26 target instead of the
>> speakup target, so you'll start off with a 2.6 kernel.
>>
>> Greg
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Jan 15, 2006 at 07:41:14PM -0500, Charles Hallenbeck wrote:
>> > The linux utilities are called "fromdos" and "todos" but they are in a
>> > package called sysutils which you have to get with apt-get also.
>> >
>> > You know what I would do if I were you? I would start over again with a
>> > fresh install of Debian making sure I could get speech right out of the
>> > Debian box from the get-go.
>> >
>> > What CD did you use? Is it the speakup modified net-install disk
>> > everyone else uses? What hardware synth do you have to put on your
>> > Debian box?
>> >
>> > You can install Debian using speech and without sighted assistance, by
>> > starting like this once your installation disk reaches the boot prompt:
>> >
>> > speakup speakup_synth=ltlk
>> >
>> > where ltlk stands for the litetalk, or some other abbreviation if that
>> > is what you have. Then carefully follow the instructions, and be sure 
>> > to
>> > pick "network install" instead of "install from CD" when the question
>> > arises.
>> >
>> > It's no big deal to start over. Look at what you've already learned
>> > doing what you have done. Next time will be a snap.
>> >
>> > -- 
>> > The Moon is Waning Gibbous (98% of Full)
>> > But you can still get downloads from http://www.mhcable.com/~chuckh
>> >
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>>
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>
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