Speakup and VT100 Emulation

[Martin Courcelles]

Well, I've had success with Ubuntu both as a full install and as a virtual 
machine under VmWare, so you have my vote on that.  
Cheers,
MartinC
> Date:        Fri, 08 Aug 2008 12:05:01 -0500
> From:        Martin McCormick <martin at dc.cis.okstate.edu>
> To:        Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at redhat.com>
> ReplyTo:    Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at redhat.com>
> Subject:    Re: Speakup and VT100 Emulation
> 
>     Thank you. I also had trouble getting the oralux
> distribution to install correctly last year when I did it but I was able
> to kick things along by manually formatting the drive and installing an
> ext3 file system on it because the script on the CDROM seemed to get
> confused somewhere along the way.
> 
>     Right now, I am using this laptop but, as soon as I
> don't need it every day, I will start from scratch with maybe Ubuntu and
> see if I end up with a talking laptop that can be upgraded normally
> without  the kind of issues one runs in to when using an obsolete
> distribution which is no longer supported.
> 
> Martin McCormick
> 
> Jude DaShiell writes:
> > Actually slackware 12.1 needs the same kind of help for its installer
> > program for the same reason. Maybe setting terminal type to dumb might
> > work. One problem I had with speakup.s on slackware 12.1 was getting
> it to > install correctly on the hard drive in the first place. I might
> try to get > around this by chroot . in the /kernels/speakup.s directory
> on the > slackware 12.1 cd before I run setup but have no idea if this
> really will > work.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Mon, 16 Jun 2008, Martin McCormick wrote:
> >
> >
> >             I have been using ssh on a speakup-equipped Oralux >
> system to access other UNIX boxes with fairly good results but I >
> ran in to something I haven't been able to solve yet.
> >
> >             The terminal type defined on this system if you type >
> >     echo $TERM is linux and I hadn't had any real problem using the
> >     arrow keys, etc so things seemed normal enough.
> >
> >             Here is what I did that didn't work:
> >
> >             I used ssh to get in to a Linux box that has c-kermit on
> >     board and a serial port. I used that serial port to communicate
> >     with the serial console on a new box that will eventually have
> >     FreeBSD UNIX. When I was using an old P.C. with DOS and >
> DOS-Kermit as the terminal emulator, this would work correctly. >
> >             Under the Linux and speakup console, I am hearing all
> >     the VT100 sequences along with the text that the installer >
> program is printing to the screen. If I read the full screen >     after
> the data stop coming in, it is all there and readable, but >
> listening to it as it comes in is a real chore.
> >
> >             I did tell .bash_profile to set the TERM environment >
> variable to vt100 but this had no effect other than it does now >
> show vt100 instead of Linux as the TERM type.
> >
> >             Are there any other things I might try to end up with a
> >     more sequential output and no escape sequences?
> >
> >             I think the full-screen output from the FreeBSD >
> installer does send the data fairly much as one would read it as >     I
> haven't had any problems with the old DOS system and I don't >     have
> problems with other full-screen applications such as lynx >     but I
> really can't use the installer right now because the data >     are so
> garballed.
> >
> >             Strangely enough, the arrow keys still work but one >
> needs to know for sure where you just went before you enter the >
> wrong information and have to start over.
> >
> >             Thank you.
> >
> >
> >     Martin McCormick WB5AGZ  Stillwater, OK
> >     Systems Engineer
> >     OSU Information Technology Department Network Operations Group >
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