[raspberry-vi] Re: How far did debian get to being a viable option for raspberry VI?

  • From: Mike Ray <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: raspberry-vi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2013 21:07:51 +0100

I admit I haven't tried Raspbian for a while but I expect so.

If you try it, when Raspbian starts and you are logged in, scroll up and 
down the SpeakUp help screen for a minute or so and it will crash.

Mike

On 15/10/2013 18:07, Georgina Joyce wrote:
> Hello Mike,
>
> Thanks for your explanation. Is that true for the current version?
>
> Gena
> Georgina Joyce
> Applied Psychologist
> Training and Coaching.
> Because individuals of groups matter!
>
>
> On 15 Oct 2013, at 16:47, Mike Ray <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> And within two minutes it will 'kernel oops' with a null-pointer
>> dereference caused by the vchiq mechanism.
>>
>>
>> On 15/10/2013 16:30, Almádi Péter wrote:
>>> Hello Gina,
>>>
>>> The speakup was included, so just you need install speakup/espeakup
>>> package(s), then load the kernel module, and ready to the go!
>>>
>>> ---
>>> Peti
>>>
>>> 2013/10/15, Georgina Joyce <m0ebp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> Is speakup included with raspbian? Do you need to build from source are the
>>>> kernel modules installed from one apt-get command?
>>>>
>>>> Gena
>>>> Gena
>>>>
>>>> Georgina Joyce
>>>> Applied Psychologist
>>>> Training and Coaching.
>>>> Because individuals of groups matter!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 15 Oct 2013, at 01:49, Almádi Péter <dj.peat@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hy,
>>>>>
>>>>> The debian on the rpi (raspbian) is a good option.
>>>>> I just use raspbian, and its excellent.
>>>>> I don't like arch.
>>>>>
>>>>> ---
>>>>> Peti
>>>>>
>>>>> 2013/10/14, Mike Ray <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>>>>>> Gina,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Raspbian is basedon Debian, but I think there is also a version of
>>>>>> Debian closer to the main-stream distro.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I have a massive list of distros that someone posted on facebook. I will
>>>>>> find it.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Mike
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 14/10/2013 21:21, Georgina Joyce wrote:
>>>>>>> Hello Mike and All,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> As subject line. How far did you get with building speakup on the
>>>>>>> raspberry debian?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Gena
>>>>>>> Georgina Joyce
>>>>>>> Applied Psychologist
>>>>>>> Training and Coaching.
>>>>>>> Because individuals of groups matter!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
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