[Grml] grml_2009.05.iso and swspeak

[Martin McCormick]

I have been trying to install grml_2009.05.iso on a Dell
Enspiron laptop from the 2002 era. This computer does work as it
does have the last edition of oralux on it with speakup. The
speech and Ethernet functions work fine but such things as sound
recording and serial communications do not work so I have been
hoping that a newer distribution would bring more systems to life.
I downloaded grml_2009.05.iso and did the following:

Boot the CDROM and wait for things to settle down. type
swspeak=espeak and hit Enter. Nothing.

I had a sighted person watch and the first thing to hit
the screen is a picture of a keyboard and the boot prompt. If I
then type swspeak=espeak or swspeak=speechd, the screen goes
black and the CDROM drive runs for a few more seconds and then
nothing.

Am I forgetting something, possibly an en cantation over
a frog killed in the first quarter of the Moon or what?

I even downloaded the medium image and tried it with the
same results. Does the medium ISO image contain any software
speech?

I did get a 2-year-old grml live CD to talk, but it
began spelling any time one tried to go in to the installation
routine so so much for that.

Any other suggestions as to what to try or do I have
some part of the procedure wrong?

Many thanks.


Martin McCormick WB5AGZ Stillwater, OK
Systems Engineer
OSU Information Technology Department Telecommunications Services Group

[Michael Prokop]

Post by Martin McCormick
Boot the CDROM and wait for things to settle down. type
swspeak=espeak and hit Enter. Nothing.
I had a sighted person watch and the first thing to hit
the screen is a picture of a keyboard and the boot prompt. If I
then type swspeak=espeak or swspeak=speechd, the screen goes
black and the CDROM drive runs for a few more seconds and then
nothing.

Boot using 'grml swspeak' and then type just 'swspeak' when booting
finished.

Post by Martin McCormick
I even downloaded the medium image and tried it with the
same results. Does the medium ISO image contain any software
speech?

No, grml-medium doesn't provide software speech.

regards,
-mika-
--
http://grml.org/ # Linux for texttool-users and sysadmins
http://wiki.grml.org/ # share your knowledge
http://grml.supersized.org/ # the grml development weblog
#grml @ irc.freenode.org # meet us on irc
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[Hermann]

Post by Michael Prokop

Post by Martin McCormick
Boot the CDROM and wait for things to settle down. type
swspeak=espeak and hit Enter. Nothing.
I had a sighted person watch and the first thing to hit
the screen is a picture of a keyboard and the boot prompt. If I
then type swspeak=espeak or swspeak=speechd, the screen goes
black and the CDROM drive runs for a few more seconds and then
nothing.

Boot using 'grml swspeak' and then type just 'swspeak' when booting
finished.

Perhaps Martin has the same problem than I have with the latest GRML CDs:
They don't start, no matter what I type.
I also have an older machine from 2002.
To Martin: Does the CD start at all? What happens if you simply press
enter when the boot prompt appears?
Hermann

[Hermann]

Post by Michael Prokop

Post by Martin McCormick
Boot the CDROM and wait for things to settle down. type
swspeak=espeak and hit Enter. Nothing.
I had a sighted person watch and the first thing to hit
the screen is a picture of a keyboard and the boot prompt. If I
then type swspeak=espeak or swspeak=speechd, the screen goes
black and the CDROM drive runs for a few more seconds and then
nothing.

Boot using 'grml swspeak' and then type just 'swspeak' when booting
finished.

Perhaps Martin has the same problem than I have with the latest GRML CDs:
They don't start, no matter what I type.
I also have an older machine from 2002.
To Martin: Does the CD start at all? What happens if you simply press
enter when the boot prompt appears?
Hermann

[Hermann]

Post by Michael Prokop

Post by Martin McCormick
Boot the CDROM and wait for things to settle down. type
swspeak=espeak and hit Enter. Nothing.
I had a sighted person watch and the first thing to hit
the screen is a picture of a keyboard and the boot prompt. If I
then type swspeak=espeak or swspeak=speechd, the screen goes
black and the CDROM drive runs for a few more seconds and then
nothing.

Boot using 'grml swspeak' and then type just 'swspeak' when booting
finished.

Perhaps Martin has the same problem than I have with the latest GRML CDs:
They don't start, no matter what I type.
I also have an older machine from 2002.
To Martin: Does the CD start at all? What happens if you simply press
enter when the boot prompt appears?
Hermann

[Michael Whapples]

Hello,
I think possibly the answer has been given, at the boot prompt where a
keyboard is shown enter:
grml swspeak

NOTE: espeak is the default for swspeak so no need for specifying
espeak, although it won't hurt if you really want to add that.

I did an audio walk through for installing grml with software speech.
Although it is for grml 2008.11 the process is the same for using and
installing grml 2009.05 with software speech. You can either find it on
www.blindcooltech.com or my website, here is the direct link
http://www.mwhapples.plus.com/linux/audio/grml_install.ogg.

Also I discovered that with grml2usb you can create a bootable USB drive
which will have all the swspeak and such like boot options by default,
and then you don't need to enter anything at the boot prompt for that
USB device. However it does require a machine capable of booting from USB.

Michael Whapples

Post by Martin McCormick
I have been trying to install grml_2009.05.iso on a Dell
Enspiron laptop from the 2002 era. This computer does work as it
does have the last edition of oralux on it with speakup. The
speech and Ethernet functions work fine but such things as sound
recording and serial communications do not work so I have been
hoping that a newer distribution would bring more systems to life.
Boot the CDROM and wait for things to settle down. type
swspeak=espeak and hit Enter. Nothing.
I had a sighted person watch and the first thing to hit
the screen is a picture of a keyboard and the boot prompt. If I
then type swspeak=espeak or swspeak=speechd, the screen goes
black and the CDROM drive runs for a few more seconds and then
nothing.
Am I forgetting something, possibly an en cantation over
a frog killed in the first quarter of the Moon or what?
I even downloaded the medium image and tried it with the
same results. Does the medium ISO image contain any software
speech?
I did get a 2-year-old grml live CD to talk, but it
began spelling any time one tried to go in to the installation
routine so so much for that.
Any other suggestions as to what to try or do I have
some part of the procedure wrong?
Many thanks.
Martin McCormick WB5AGZ Stillwater, OK
Systems Engineer
OSU Information Technology Department Telecommunications Services Group

[Martin McCormick]

I have been trying to install grml_2009.05.iso on a Dell
Enspiron laptop from the 2002 era. This computer does work as it
does have the last edition of oralux on it with speakup. The
speech and Ethernet functions work fine but such things as sound
recording and serial communications do not work so I have been
hoping that a newer distribution would bring more systems to life.
I downloaded grml_2009.05.iso and did the following:

Boot the CDROM and wait for things to settle down. type
swspeak=espeak and hit Enter. Nothing.

I had a sighted person watch and the first thing to hit
the screen is a picture of a keyboard and the boot prompt. If I
then type swspeak=espeak or swspeak=speechd, the screen goes
black and the CDROM drive runs for a few more seconds and then
nothing.

Am I forgetting something, possibly an en cantation over
a frog killed in the first quarter of the Moon or what?

I even downloaded the medium image and tried it with the
same results. Does the medium ISO image contain any software
speech?

I did get a 2-year-old grml live CD to talk, but it
began spelling any time one tried to go in to the installation
routine so so much for that.

Any other suggestions as to what to try or do I have
some part of the procedure wrong?

Many thanks.


Martin McCormick WB5AGZ Stillwater, OK
Systems Engineer
OSU Information Technology Department Telecommunications Services Group

[Michael Prokop]

Post by Martin McCormick
Boot the CDROM and wait for things to settle down. type
swspeak=espeak and hit Enter. Nothing.
I had a sighted person watch and the first thing to hit
the screen is a picture of a keyboard and the boot prompt. If I
then type swspeak=espeak or swspeak=speechd, the screen goes
black and the CDROM drive runs for a few more seconds and then
nothing.

Boot using 'grml swspeak' and then type just 'swspeak' when booting
finished.

Post by Martin McCormick
I even downloaded the medium image and tried it with the
same results. Does the medium ISO image contain any software
speech?

No, grml-medium doesn't provide software speech.

regards,
-mika-
--
http://grml.org/ # Linux for texttool-users and sysadmins
http://wiki.grml.org/ # share your knowledge
http://grml.supersized.org/ # the grml development weblog
#grml @ irc.freenode.org # meet us on irc
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[Michael Whapples]

Hello,
I think possibly the answer has been given, at the boot prompt where a
keyboard is shown enter:
grml swspeak

NOTE: espeak is the default for swspeak so no need for specifying
espeak, although it won't hurt if you really want to add that.

I did an audio walk through for installing grml with software speech.
Although it is for grml 2008.11 the process is the same for using and
installing grml 2009.05 with software speech. You can either find it on
www.blindcooltech.com or my website, here is the direct link
http://www.mwhapples.plus.com/linux/audio/grml_install.ogg.

Also I discovered that with grml2usb you can create a bootable USB drive
which will have all the swspeak and such like boot options by default,
and then you don't need to enter anything at the boot prompt for that
USB device. However it does require a machine capable of booting from USB.

Michael Whapples

Post by Martin McCormick
I have been trying to install grml_2009.05.iso on a Dell
Enspiron laptop from the 2002 era. This computer does work as it
does have the last edition of oralux on it with speakup. The
speech and Ethernet functions work fine but such things as sound
recording and serial communications do not work so I have been
hoping that a newer distribution would bring more systems to life.
Boot the CDROM and wait for things to settle down. type
swspeak=espeak and hit Enter. Nothing.
I had a sighted person watch and the first thing to hit
the screen is a picture of a keyboard and the boot prompt. If I
then type swspeak=espeak or swspeak=speechd, the screen goes
black and the CDROM drive runs for a few more seconds and then
nothing.
Am I forgetting something, possibly an en cantation over
a frog killed in the first quarter of the Moon or what?
I even downloaded the medium image and tried it with the
same results. Does the medium ISO image contain any software
speech?
I did get a 2-year-old grml live CD to talk, but it
began spelling any time one tried to go in to the installation
routine so so much for that.
Any other suggestions as to what to try or do I have
some part of the procedure wrong?
Many thanks.
Martin McCormick WB5AGZ Stillwater, OK
Systems Engineer
OSU Information Technology Department Telecommunications Services Group

[Martin McCormick]

I have been trying to install grml_2009.05.iso on a Dell
Enspiron laptop from the 2002 era. This computer does work as it
does have the last edition of oralux on it with speakup. The
speech and Ethernet functions work fine but such things as sound
recording and serial communications do not work so I have been
hoping that a newer distribution would bring more systems to life.
I downloaded grml_2009.05.iso and did the following:

Boot the CDROM and wait for things to settle down. type
swspeak=espeak and hit Enter. Nothing.

I had a sighted person watch and the first thing to hit
the screen is a picture of a keyboard and the boot prompt. If I
then type swspeak=espeak or swspeak=speechd, the screen goes
black and the CDROM drive runs for a few more seconds and then
nothing.

Am I forgetting something, possibly an en cantation over
a frog killed in the first quarter of the Moon or what?

I even downloaded the medium image and tried it with the
same results. Does the medium ISO image contain any software
speech?

I did get a 2-year-old grml live CD to talk, but it
began spelling any time one tried to go in to the installation
routine so so much for that.

Any other suggestions as to what to try or do I have
some part of the procedure wrong?

Many thanks.


Martin McCormick WB5AGZ Stillwater, OK
Systems Engineer
OSU Information Technology Department Telecommunications Services Group

[Michael Prokop]

Post by Martin McCormick
Boot the CDROM and wait for things to settle down. type
swspeak=espeak and hit Enter. Nothing.
I had a sighted person watch and the first thing to hit
the screen is a picture of a keyboard and the boot prompt. If I
then type swspeak=espeak or swspeak=speechd, the screen goes
black and the CDROM drive runs for a few more seconds and then
nothing.

Boot using 'grml swspeak' and then type just 'swspeak' when booting
finished.

Post by Martin McCormick
I even downloaded the medium image and tried it with the
same results. Does the medium ISO image contain any software
speech?

No, grml-medium doesn't provide software speech.

regards,
-mika-
--
http://grml.org/ # Linux for texttool-users and sysadmins
http://wiki.grml.org/ # share your knowledge
http://grml.supersized.org/ # the grml development weblog
#grml @ irc.freenode.org # meet us on irc
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[Michael Whapples]

Hello,
I think possibly the answer has been given, at the boot prompt where a
keyboard is shown enter:
grml swspeak

NOTE: espeak is the default for swspeak so no need for specifying
espeak, although it won't hurt if you really want to add that.

I did an audio walk through for installing grml with software speech.
Although it is for grml 2008.11 the process is the same for using and
installing grml 2009.05 with software speech. You can either find it on
www.blindcooltech.com or my website, here is the direct link
http://www.mwhapples.plus.com/linux/audio/grml_install.ogg.

Also I discovered that with grml2usb you can create a bootable USB drive
which will have all the swspeak and such like boot options by default,
and then you don't need to enter anything at the boot prompt for that
USB device. However it does require a machine capable of booting from USB.

Michael Whapples

Post by Martin McCormick
I have been trying to install grml_2009.05.iso on a Dell
Enspiron laptop from the 2002 era. This computer does work as it
does have the last edition of oralux on it with speakup. The
speech and Ethernet functions work fine but such things as sound
recording and serial communications do not work so I have been
hoping that a newer distribution would bring more systems to life.
Boot the CDROM and wait for things to settle down. type
swspeak=espeak and hit Enter. Nothing.
I had a sighted person watch and the first thing to hit
the screen is a picture of a keyboard and the boot prompt. If I
then type swspeak=espeak or swspeak=speechd, the screen goes
black and the CDROM drive runs for a few more seconds and then
nothing.
Am I forgetting something, possibly an en cantation over
a frog killed in the first quarter of the Moon or what?
I even downloaded the medium image and tried it with the
same results. Does the medium ISO image contain any software
speech?
I did get a 2-year-old grml live CD to talk, but it
began spelling any time one tried to go in to the installation
routine so so much for that.
Any other suggestions as to what to try or do I have
some part of the procedure wrong?
Many thanks.
Martin McCormick WB5AGZ Stillwater, OK
Systems Engineer
OSU Information Technology Department Telecommunications Services Group