Slackware 10 dropped serial console support

[hank]

does speak up support echo synth?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ari Moisio" <armoi at sci.fi>
To: "Linux for blind general discussion" <blinux-list at redhat.com>
Sent: Sunday, July 25, 2004 11:45 PM
Subject: Re: Slackware 10 dropped serial console support


> Hi!
>
>  Thanks for the suggestion. Unfortunately Speakup does not help, i have no
> supported synt.
>
> btw:  any volunteer to write 'dummy' synth driver witch only send
> characters to serial port and does not use any handshake or controls? This
> would   allow to use any talking serial terminal as barebone synth during
> install or rescue boot.
>
>
> --
> arimo
>
> On Sun, 25 Jul 2004, Jude DaShiell wrote:
>
> > I never booted slackware that way.  What I did do was put a
> > serial=0,9600,n8 statement in global section of lilo.conf and also moved
> > that speakup line down into the linux boot section then saved lilo.conf,
> > and then ran lilo before rebooting.  That's always worked for me and I
> > have it working in slackware 10.0.
> >
> >
> >
> > On Sun, 25 Jul 2004, Ari Moisio wrote:
> >
> > > HI!
> > >
> > >  Has anybody other noticed this: when booting slackware 10 with bare.i
or
> > > speakup.s console=ttyS...  -parameter does not anymore have any
effect.
> > >
> > >  With older SW 9.1 it worked ok.
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > arimo
> > >
> > >
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