Hi OK, what is it you need me to do?
All I did was: Follow the remaster howto. Once I had the root.ext2 file mounted upon my hard disk I downloaded and installed: Portaudio18 Espeak1.28 Speech-dispatcher (I had an cvs snapshot, so I checked out the latest update) Speechd-up-0.4 Unixcw_2.2 (Not necessary just a little quirk of mine, to give audiable cues) I removed all /lib/modules/2.6.22... I moved a kernel tarball that contained 2.6.21.5 source patched with speakup. Into /usr/src and removed the 2.6.22 sources after copying the .config file. I didn't know what I'd get by running "make oldconfig" but it generated a new config after asking me some questions about supporting particular devices, which I thought to be strange. But looking through it, it contains support for more than I'd built in support so I'm hoping that it took as many settings as it could that matched. I obviously run make etc I copied the bzImage and renamed it linux and put it in the required boot directory. I made a directory called /doc and written a README.speakup, I put the speakup user guide and a copy of your README inside /doc. I generated a script which I called software_speakup (see below) and put it in /etc/rc.d/init, in rc3.d I linked to it giving it a value of 99 i.e. S99software_speakup. I edited was it isolinux.cfg, or something like that, the LANGUAGE, TZ and UTC arguments for GB after the image = linux statement. I didn't know if to include it as part of the append line but it works just tagged onto the linux line. I generated a /etc/dialogrc file with the line you suggested. This was probably a waiste of time as we don't have the dialogs to deal with now. All this is very messy and probably broken every rule in the book but it works on my machines. I'd really like to know if it would work on other machines than these AMD via chipsets. As I said looking at the kernel config, it probably would. It doesn't work on my Mac Mini even though it's an Intel Mac. I haven't looked to see if the Mac's partition table etc is built into the kernel yet. Here's the software_speakup: #!/bin/bash # Ensure that alsa volumes are acceptable. amixer set Master 28 on amixer set PCM 28 on amixer set AC97 playback 0 Capture 100 amixer set Capture 12 on amixer set Mic 0 cap amixer set 'Mic Boost (+20dB)' on amixer set CD 28 on amixer set 'PC Speaker' 10 on if [ `cat /proc/speakup/synth_name` = "none" ] then # Attempting to get the system talking by loading additionally installed packages # Firstly, speech dispatcher: /usr/bin/speech-dispatcher # Tell speakup we want to use a software synth echo sftsyn >/proc/speakup/synth_name # Finally speechd-up: /usr/bin/speechd-up fi # An audible cue that this script has been initiated. cw -e -s c -w 15 -f /etc/cw_prompt End of script: I obviously put a file in /etc called cw_prompt. This contains a "can". README.speakup: Written by Georgina Joyce Boot options: speakup: Software synthesiser driven by speakup. Just hit enter at the second tone and espeak will start talking. When the machine is near to completion of its boot process. For other synths, at the second bleep / tone, type "linux <speakup typical string>. Do not call the software synth in this way. Examples: $ linux speakup_synth=ltlk $ linux speakup_synth=dectlk (The speakup user guide is included in the doc directory) brltty The original lfs livecd contains brltty 3.8. brltty can also be started from the second tone at the boot prompt. Examples: $ linux brltty=bm,usb: $ linux brltty=bm,ttys0 (See the original README in the doc directory, also the options.msg files in boot/isolinux directory) Notes: This CD has been remastered by the guide for the lfs-livecd 6.3. The primary aim was that the disk will automatically come up talking via the soundcard. If a hardware synth is used it can be changed once the disk has completed it's boot process. All speakup supported synthesisers are built in as modules. Beware that if you have 2 soundcards, you might think that it is not talking because the boot has configured the other soundcard as card0. At a guess, the on-board card is likely card assigned as card0, unless a hardware synth has been initiated, as I had a machine without a serial port and I wanted to install lfs. I'm not an experienced brltty user, so didn't want to manage partitions with braille. The extra packages installed are put in the lfs-sources directory as well as, a recent checkout of brltty as the lfs-livecd original authors didn't include it on the CD. I've preset the locale etc to British. These settings can be changed manually, if required. On exiting the livecd just press ctrl+alt+del and the system will go into reboot, pausing for you to take the disk out of the tray. Take the disk out of the ejected tray, return the tray and press enter on the keyboard. Bugs / Problems: alsa messages are printed out on the first console. Software synt speakup users will need to use other terminals by pressing alt+F2 or F3 etc. Speakup backspace bleep doesn't work. Enjoy >From your friends at the perfumed-garden: [EMAIL PROTECTED] End of my README.speakup Reading through this I think it has become a little scrambled. But the majority is how it should be. If you want me to send anything electronically or if you want a copy of the disk through the post let me know. Gena Amateur Call: M 0 E B P VOIP / IM: gena1959uk -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alexander E. Patrakov Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2007 2:55 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Development of LFS LiveCD Subject: Re: My livecd speakup project Georgina Joyce wrote: > You know that I would be wasting my time doing that as it is a backwards step > in that I put an older kernel on the disk. This was just a one off. Why wasting??? Since LFS is surely defective (because of linux-2.6.22.x) for blind people that want to use speakup, your unofficial LiveCD has no chioce except being released with an older kernel. And there are patches floating on LKML, so I still hope that it is possible to make linux-2.6.22.x into usable shape later. I take this kernel part, but I need your help in setting up the userspace components and showing me a known working setup. As for the server, I am simply not allowed to make new accounts on ums.usu.ru or anywhere else. However, if you send me patches against the current (or at least recent) LiveCD buildscripts, I will build the CD according to them (even with the old kernel), let you download and try it via a secret URL, and then announce this unofficial CD. P.S. I had a conversation with the brltty maintainer about the GPM problem and will add --disable-gpm to the configure arguments of brltty according to his recommendation. Please tell if this would really help. -- Alexander E. 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