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Subject: Re: Blind people and cygwin

Re: Blind people and cygwin

From: Peter Herngaard <pethern_at_email.dk>
Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2007 03:22:28 +0200

Please stop posting questions to the list under a misleading subject?
Read the docs and replies to your queries before reposting the same
repettetive questions.
If you can't obey the rules hopefully the moderator will kick you off the
list.
Thanks in advance.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Hope Hein" <hmhein_at_verizon.net>
To: <rockbox_at_cool.haxx.se>
Sent: Saturday, August 25, 2007 2:11 AM
Subject: Re: Blind people and cygwin


> Hi bluechip!
> If you have a Rock box voice pacage for the Ipod 30 gig I would be
> grateful if you could send it to me. We have been trying for two weeks to
> load everything from Rockbox.org. We have followed the instructions.
> Everything seems to be there the voice is in the lang file. It will not
> work. For some reason some of the Rock Box members have been rude to me
> and said the we did not follow the instructions. I am not tech savvy and
> become frustrated when something does not work. I do not have time to keep
> fooling around with this. If I can not get it working I guess I will give
> it to my kids.
>
> Thank you for your assistance.
> Hope
>
> -----Original Message-----
> .From: "Bluechip"<csbluechip_at_gmail.com>
> .Sent: 8/24/07 3:40:28 PM
> .To: "Peter Herngaard"<pethern_at_gmail.com>, "Rockbox"<rockbox_at_cool.haxx.se>
> .Subject: Re: Blind people and cygwin
> .
> .It will need updating, and although it's more a "chore" than a
> ."techinical task", I still have the "one-click-install" rockabox
> .devkit which would solve the problem for blind people.
> .
> .The main criticism of it, was that it only included exactly that
> .which was necessary to compile Rockbox, and so would go out of date
> .as rockbox required more files nad didn't contain such things as gdb
> .which the hard-core techie wanted.
> .
> .Of course, the other upside was that it was a 10MB install, not a
> .250MB install.
> .
> .If anyone wants it, just ask, probably beter to do so to my personal
> .email account and put something BIG AND OBVIOUS in the subject line
> .in case my spam filter decides to get picky.
> .
> .Picked up on the thread late, hope I didn;t miss the point.
> .
> .BlueChip
> .
> .At 20:15 24/08/2007, you wrote:
> .>Perhaps blind people want to install only the rockbox related
> .>packages in which case you are stuck in the partially inaccessible
> .>setup screen.
> .>
> .>
> .>
> .>
> .>
> .>
> .>
> .>----- Original Message ----- From: "Daniel Dalton"
> <daniel.dalton47_at_gmail.com>
> .>To: "Rockbox" <rockbox_at_cool.haxx.se>
> .>Sent: Friday, August 24, 2007 12:00 AM
> .>Subject: Re: Blind people and cygwin
> .>
> .>
> .>>I replied on another list but I will reply again.
> .>>1. Follow the instructions on the rockbox site.
> .>>2. When you get to the package selection screen find the line all
> .>>default and left click the d. Now it should say all install.
> .>>3. Click next.
> .>>Now follow the instructions as normal.
> .>>Do this for the rockbox package selection screen as well.
> .>>Finally this will download maybe over 1 gb so make sure you have a
> .>>big download limit.
> .>>
> .>>--
> .>>Daniel Dalton
> .
>
>
Received on 2007-08-25

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