I suppose, I'll have to force the kernels as other packages depend on them. I did this exact thing when I used rh 6.2 awhile ago. As long as the proper system kernel is there to match the version, I don't need to download new source, cvs in windows is tricky (my modem needs a module too I think). , At 03:22 PM 10/14/01 -0400, you wrote: >Your installation gave you a non-talking kernel because you got your >installation files from a source which does not include speakup in the >files it distributes.This can be fixed, but what you did is certainly not >the way to go about it. The linux kernel on the floppy is vastly stripped >down in order to fit on a floppy. The elements that are stripped out are >not superfluous, as you've now discovered. > >My advice is to bite the bullet, and get a current Redhat installation set >with speakup included and do the install again. To take this approach, use >anonymous ftp to: > >>From kirk@braille.uwo.ca Sun Oct 14 15:13:37 2001 >From: Kirk Reiser <kirk@braille.uwo.ca> > >I am not sure just how far through the process he is but, Bill has >been moving the redhat installation disks and all back over to >linux-speakup.org. You should be able to get at least a portion of >the redhat stuff for 7.2 therefore from >ftp://linux-speakup.org/pub/linux/speakup/disks/redhat/7.2/. > >Another, perhaps not quite as satisfactory but still servicable, approach >to repairing your situation would be to go to the above noted site and >download the relevant kernel rpms -- a much smaller download -- and use >rpm to install talking ikernels. > >Least satisfactory of all would be to compile a new kernel from sources >after patching the kernel source with speakup via cvs. > >If you don't understand the last two approaches, do yourself a favor and >bite the bullet as suggested. > > On Sat, 13 Oct 2001, Brent Harding wrote: > >> I now get an error when booting rh 7.1 that says that it can't write the >> module file needed by depmod. That's probably because my system has the >> boot disk kernel, the D copied a nontalking kernel, so I overwrote it with >> the boot disk one, but it's looking for modules in the wrong place. How do >> I fix this. I'll need modules to get my modem going. Next, how do I get >> linux to shut my system down just like windows does? This machine has one >> of those soft power controls, where my old one had a regular switch. How do >> I fix this so it starts working? >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Blinux-list@redhat.com >> https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list >> > >-- > > Janina Sajka, Director > Technology Research and Development > Governmental Relations Group > American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) > >Email: janina@afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 > >Chair, Accessibility SIG >Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) >http://www.openebook.org > >Will electronic books surpass print books? Read our white paper, >Surpassing Gutenberg, at http://www.afb.org/ebook.asp > >Download a free sample Digital Talking Book edition of Martin Luther >King Jr's inspiring "I Have A Dream" speech at >http://www.afb.org/mlkweb.asp > >Learn how to make accessible software at >http://www.afb.org/accessapp.asp > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Blinux-list@redhat.com >https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > >