Successful Debian install...Now what?

Zachary Kline Z_kline at hotmail.com
Wed May 30 10:51:27 EDT 2007


Hello,
    No.  The system installed a standard 2.6.18 Etch kernel.
    I didn't see an option to install the GRML kernel in the config file.
    As for getting software speech working, I can probably do that...I just 
need Speakup first.
Thanks,
Zack.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Heim" <jheim at math.wisc.edu>
To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 7:05 AM
Subject: Re: Successful Debian install...Now what?


> The kernel you installed from grml probably already supports software
> speech. After all, grml supports software speech. That means the next step
> is probably to install the rest of the software speech components. There 
> are
> excellent instructions on getting software speech working on the 
> speechd-up
> web site.  See the following page:
>
> http://www.freebsoft.org/doc/speechd-up/speechd-up_1.html
>
> I like that page because it explains how to make sure that each step is
> working before moving on the the next. A lot of authors could learn from
> that.  I believe the guy who wrote that page is on this list. Herman?
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Zachary Kline" <Z_kline at hotmail.com>
> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." 
> <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2007 9:10 PM
> Subject: Re: Successful Debian install...Now what?
>
>
>> Hiya,
>>    I managed the install with GRML-debootstrap.  All that I needed to do
>> was edit the /etc/debootstrap/config file, which was pretty easy with the
>> comments.  Then I ran grml-debootstrap and let it just go.  There were a
>> lot
>> of noninteractive messages, which I ignored.  After it was all over,I
>> actually didn't need software speech, as I was able to SSH into the 
>> system
>> from another machine.  Now that I've got Etch, though, I'd like full
>> access
>> if possible--well, anyway, as full as the lack of a hardware synth will
>> let
>> me.
>> I hope this helps.  If you've got any questions, feel free to ask, and
>> I'll
>> do the best I can to answer.
>> Thanks,
>> Zack.
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Gregory Nowak" <greg at romuald.net.eu.org>
>> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux."
>> <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
>> Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2007 6:23 PM
>> Subject: Re: Successful Debian install...Now what?
>>
>>
>>> Just wondering, how did you end up doing the install?
>>> Greg
>>>
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>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "Zachary Kline" <Z_kline at hotmail.com>
>>> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux."
>>> <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
>>> Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2007 5:26 PM
>>> Subject: Successful Debian install...Now what?
>>>
>>>
>>>> Hiya,
>>>>    I'm not quite sure whether I should worry about rolling my own 
>>>> kernel
>>>> as I used to do with Gentoo, or if I can get the Speakup-modified
>>>> kernels
>>>> from somewhere.  At any rate, though, I've been able to get the system
>>>> up
>>>> and working via SSH--not the most reliable thing in the world, but it's
>>>> better than nothing.
>>>> Any advice for how to get Speakup and friends working with it?  (I know
>>>> I'll need speech-dispatcher and speechd-up, as well as espeak.)
>>>> Thanks much in advance,
>>>> Zack.
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