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Hi Michael, |
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Installing from another o/s is how I originally installed gentoo. That |
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should work fine. There is no installer program for gentoo, so if you |
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are using debian, for example, you are running your debian o/s until you |
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reboot at the end and go into gentoo. |
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For modern kernels, (newer than 2.6.26), you do not patch the kernel to |
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install speakup. Right after you configure and install the gentoo |
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kernel, add the following steps while in the croot: |
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emerge speakup |
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Then, you have to edit /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6 and put the |
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name of the speakup module you want to load in there on a blank line, |
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such as: |
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speakup_ltlk |
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If you are not comfortable with installing from another o/s, you can use |
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our 2007.0 minimal cd. That is the latest cd we have right now that |
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has speakup included. |
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If you do have a second pc and can ssh into the box, it is possible to |
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do an install with our current minimal cd as follows: |
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When you get to the boot prompt, type the following: |
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gentoo dosshd passwd=something |
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That will boot the cd, start sshd and set the root password. |
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Now, figure out the ip address and ssh to that box from the other |
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machine and do the install that way, also do not forget to emerge |
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speakup and set the module while you are in the croot after installing |
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the kernel. |
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Let me know if you have any more questions. |
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On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 03:17:51AM -0700, Gaijin wrote: |
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> Hello all, |
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> I'm unfortunately running Debian Lenny, and all their software |
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> is up to two years behind where accessibility and hardware support is |
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> concerned. I'm trying to find a good method for installing Gentoo, but |
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> am having problems finding documentation on whether Gentoo supports |
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> either SpeakUP or Jupiter screen readers, or if the Live! CD has Orca |
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> available. I've downloaded and burned the minimal installation disk and |
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> am still looking for the non-torrent Live CD image, so haven't burned |
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> that one yet. I have found the "Install from another OS" documentation, |
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> but am not sure if my screen reader (SpeakUP) will continue to run |
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> during the installation. I'm also wondering if when I compile the |
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> kernel, how I may have to compile either SpeakUP, or patch the kernel |
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> with the Jupiter screen reader. Is there a howto anyone can direct me |
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> to, or is SpeakUP already supported in one of the kernels on the |
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> installation disk(s)? TIA for any help, |
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> Michael |
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William Hubbs |
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gentoo accessibility team lead |
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williamh@g.o |
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