system with speakup software already installed?

[Michael Whapples]

Hello,
Here is what I have found about GRML when installed. The swspeak option 
only inserts the software speech module and gives a speech message to 
inform you of it, you still need to run swspeak when booting is finished 
(like on the CD). Unlike the CD when installed to HD you get placed at a 
login prompt, log in before running swspeak. In fact when booting 
finished you may not want to run swspeak as that will adjust volumes, 
etc and I preferred to add espeakup to the start up scripts.

Something else which caught me out when using GRML2hd is that it inserts 
a default username and if you don't clear that when installing and just 
type a username then you actually end up with the default plus your 
username (eg. I think the default is grml and I just typed my username 
when installing as mike (without backspacing to remove the default as I 
missed that as I was rushing) and so the username then was grmlmike when 
I had installed).

Hope some of that might clear up why when installed GRML might not speak.

Michael Whapples

On 23/12/42 20:59, Tyler Littlefield wrote:
> <div class="moz-text-flowed" style="font-family: -moz-fixed">hello,
> I have used GRML, my problem is getting grml2.hd working successfully.
> It seems to boot, but never comes up talking.
> I provide swspeak as a boot parameter.
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Whapples" <mwhapples at aim.com>
> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." 
> <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Monday, December 22, 2008 6:46 AM
> Subject: Re: Re: system with speakup software already installed?
>
>
>
>> Hello,
>> I don't know if you sorted it out, but you seem to be having 
>> difficulties of one sort or another which are preventing you getting 
>> speakup. I have found GRML to be very good and by default (on the 
>> full GRML distro) speakup is there, look at the swspeak boot 
>> argument. Another thing is that GRML can use standard debian 
>> packages, unlike ubuntu where mixing ubuntu and debian may cause 
>> problems.
>>
>> Michael Whapples
>>
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