debian accessible installation
Kitty Litter
n8kl at insightbb.com
Sat Sep 20 07:33:20 EDT 2008
Obviously it was my audapter speaking. It would be wonderful if the
installer came up with software speech and I'm sure it's possible, all it
would take is someone with enough knowledge and time to do it which ain't me
unfortunately.
I did ask on the list if anyone had successfully booted from the daily build
around Sept. 15 and heard nothing.
So rather than crying in my beer about my broken system I reread the
instructions and tried again.
Here is my isolinux/f8.txt file for Sept. 15, 2008 daily build:
0fSPECIAL BOOT PARAMETERS - INSTALLATION SYSTEM07 09F807
You can use the following boot parameters at the 0fboot:07 prompt,
in combination with the boot method (see <09F307>). These parameters
control how the installer works.
0f
RESULT PARAMETER07
Verbose debugging 0fDEBCONF_DEBUG=507
Debug boot sequence 0fBOOT_DEBUG=2|307
Disable framebuffer 0ffb=false07
Don't start PCMCIA 0fhw-detect/start_pcmcia=false07
Force static network config 0fnetcfg/disable_dhcp=true07
Set keyboard map 0fbootkbd=es07
Use Braille tty 0fbrltty=driver,device,texttable07
Use Speakup (graphical install only) 0fspeakup.synth=driver07
Use high contrast accessibility theme 0ftheme=dark07
Select the kde or xfce desktops 0fdesktop=kde07
For example:
boot: install fb=false
Press F1control and F then 1 for the help index, or ENTER to
More information about the Speakup
mailing list