Hi, Geetha: There's an easier way, provided you can download about 10.3 mB of data. Use anonymous ftp and go to: ftp.linux-speakup.org Once logged in, cd to: pub/speakup/disks/redhat/7.2/RPMS/ Please note the capital letters in the directory path above. You need to download two files. 1.) The kernel-2.4.9 ... appropriate to your cpu, i686, i586, i386, etc; 2.) consoletools-19990829-36.i386.rpm Be sure to download both of these two .rpm files in binary mode. It happens that the kernel and the console tools from Red Hat 7.2 work just fine with Red Hat 7.1, and these are the latest available for you--unless you have a fast Internet connection, which I suspect you don't have. Once you have these two files, you install them as follows: rpm -iv [filename] where [filename] is first the kernel file, and then the consoletools file. HINT: You don't need to type the entire filename. Instead, begin to type it, and then press the TAB key. Your Linux shell will fill out the rest of the filename for you, which is certainly very helpful with these very long filenames. If it beeps, you haven't typed enough to make it unique, so just add some more chars and then do TAB again. After you've successfully installed these files, you have one more step to a talking Linux: Edit your /etc/lilo.conf with information about the new kernel and your speakup parameters. Here's an example--edit this example to match your situation ... In the top section, make sure to have a line like the following: default=litetalk Then create an entry (set aside by blank lines at the beginning and end of the section) something like: image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.9-31 label=litetalk alias = l initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.9-31.img read-only root=/dev/hda1 append="speakup_synth=ltlk" Make sure that your image= and initrd= actually point to the correct filename in /boot. Also, make sure that your label= and default= are the same, "litetalk" in my example above. Save and exit. Run lilo as root: /sbin/lilo When you reboot, you'll hear Speakup chattering away shortly after the OS begins booting. To learn more about this, read our Installation HOWTO for the Speakup Modified Red Hat Distribution at: http://www.linux-speakup.org/ftp/disks/redhat/HOWTO_INSTALL.html We discuss this process, and several other tips you'll find useful. By the way, what speech synth are you using? PS: You can also access the kernel rpm and the consoletools rpm via web browser at: http://www.linux-speakup.org/ftp/disks/redhat/7.2/RPMS/ Again, be sure to download as binary. On Thu, 15 Aug 2002, Geetha Shamanna wrote: > >Remind us what Linux you installed and where you got it, please? > > Redhat 7.1. I installed it from regular Redhat CD's. > > A sighted friend has offered to help me with Speakup installation and the > kernel compilation. I should however have all the relevant files ready to > begin with. > I will be using Speakup with DoubleTalk PC internal synthesizer. Apart from > the file speakup-1.00.tar.gz, Which other files would I require? > > Thanks, > Geetha > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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