Re: installing speakup

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Do you require a custom kernel? It would be easier to download a kernel with speakup already compiled in. You can do that by going to
http://people.debian.org/~shane/speakup/kernell/.

If you are using debian linux, you can do this:

1. Add the following line to your /etc/apt/sources.list file:

deb http://people.debian.org/~shane/speakup/kernel ./

2. At the linux command line, type

apt-get update
apt-get install linux-image-2.6.18-speakup-686

3. Reboot





----- Original Message ----- From: "Daniel Dalton" <daniel.dalton47@xxxxxxxxx> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; "Linux for blind general discussion" <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, November 12, 2007 4:33 AM
Subject: installing speakup


Hi,

Ok I want to install speakup.
I used apt-get source to get my kernel.
I then went to /usr/src/linux-source-2.6.185 I'm not sure exactly what the dir is called but something like that.
I entered that dir with cd.
I then typed:
cp ** /usr/src/linux
I had created the linux dir obviously.
So is what I did ok?
I heard that the kernel must be in /usr/src/linux for it to work. So will mine work?

Now I am trying to get the speakup files. The server seems to be down and I can't get them.
Could someone please send them to me or give me a link to them?
I am looking for speakup-2.0.tar or whatever it is called.

And do I just extract the tar file anywhere and run install or what ever from the speakup dir anywhere? Basically I am asking where does the speakup stuff have to be extracted to?

Do I need to be good with linux to patch a kernel? Is this complicated stuff?

And my last question:
I am using the grub bootloader. Once I have patched the kernel with speakup and installed it what do I do to grub?
And how do I do this?

Sorry about all the questions but I am just not sure on patching kernels and stuff.
All help is greatly appreciated.\

Cheers,
Daniel.

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