"Mario Lang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes > Before I do anything speakup related with d-i, the release-critical > bugs on kernel-image-2.4.20-speakup need to be fixed. According > to those reports, the precompiled package does not work at all. This > is not really acceptable as a base for further d-i work...
I got a Sid system somewhat running and tried this kernel on it. With sighted assistance I was able to see that there is a kernel panic and read the message. I can do it again and write the exact error for you if you'd like. It was that the root filesystem couldn't be mounted and to append the correct root mount point on the command line. Lilo already does this, but I tried explicitly appending it myself anyway. Same panic message. Other kernels do boot fine. I don't know what's causing it, but here are a few possible suggestions. I'm by no means a speakup expert in the least though, you may want to ask on the speakup mailing list. What version of speakup are you using? There is a new version 1.5 you can download. There are also many changes in the latest cvs version. Two notables are much better cursor tracking, and the synthesiser drivers are now modularized. I'm not sure if it fixes your problem, but they say it was a major code rewrite so it's very possible. Kirk says there are still some bugs. From what I've seen personally and heard on the list there don't seem to be any big problems though. I used it myself on slackware 9.0. Later, Justin
