Geoff, Thanks for the encouragement. This is my plan, but I have to learn a few things first: 1. How do I tell the kernel that I have a 3com 3c905b 10/100mb ethernet card? 2. I know that alsa will give me the sound support I need and I know that my sound card is supported, but I don't know if I have all the pieces I need to get it up and running. 3. There is a minor issue of Video, but for the moment, linux seems not to care what my video card is. I suppose it would be different if I was doing graphics (not likely unless I think about running x-windows). 4. How do I get the internet configured, and how do I start receiving email? It looks like there are many docs I need to read before I get started, but I am somewhat impatient and want to start experimenting. 5. I have no kernel compilation experience. I downloaded what I think is a kernel source from kerneli.org, but I'm afraid this is a new one for me - I don't have a clue what I am looking at. Do you know of a good kernel compilation document? 6. Where is a good place to find applications. I downloaded mp123 (?) from a site that I can't remember now. Someone mentioned cdcd, where do I find this? Anyway, I won't ramble on like this - any help you could give would be appreciated. P.S. I see your .au email address? Are you from Australia? What part? Thanks a bunch! RK -----Original Message----- From: speakup-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:speakup-admin at braille.uwo.ca]On Behalf Of Geoff Shang Sent: Monday, April 03, 2000 12:55 AM To: speakup at braille.uwo.ca Subject: RE: another newbie Hi Ron: If I were you, I'd recompile the kernel to get your hardware supported. Since you are a hardware expert, this shouldn't present any major difficulties. Grab a kernel source from the kernel 2.2 tree at ftp.kernal.org, get the patch from ftp.braille.uwo.ca/pub/linux/speakup/speakup-0.08.tar.gz and go for it. Geoff. _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup at braille.uwo.ca http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
