gnopernicus on debian running 2.6.8?

["hank smith" <hanksmith4 earthlink net>]

hello I just installed debian on my laptop dule boot with windows xp
I got gnome installed xwindows and gnopernicus but it don't speak
has any one else ran in to this?
how did you resolve it?
II am finding gnopernicus thus far a pain in the ars to get running
have tried it with fc4 and debian with no luck
any help is greatly appreciated