If one were to do this, how would you get speakup loaded? At 03:59 PM 9/23/00 -0700, you wrote: >I always suggest to take RedHat kernel as it is and just load modules. >Best, >Vic > >******* ******* ******* >have you thought of visiting Cybertsar's Internet Kingdom? It is still >alive! >Here is the URL: >http://nimbus.ocis.temple.edu/~vtsaran/ >******* ******* ******* >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Brent Harding" <bharding at ufw2.com> >To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> >Sent: Friday, September 22, 2000 8:55 PM >Subject: Re: New user encountering problems > > >> I've liked debian for awhile, but tons of stuff won't compile, because the >> locations of files are a little screwy. Why put stuff in non standard >> places I don't know. How does one configure a redhat kernel when compiling >> anyways? I'm thinking about using it some time, suppose I need the 3c59x >> driver support for networking, can I config it like a normal kernel or >does >> redhat have tools to make this easier? >> At 11:24 PM 9/22/00 -0400, you wrote: >> >Hi >> > It is possible to build a speakup kernel from the Red Hat source >> >RPM. Just skip the patches that can't find their files, they don't apply >> >to the i386. >> > However, the kernel will build, but unless you use a rh supplied >> >config, your modules will have unresolved symbols all over the place. I >> >don't think speakup agrees with some of the patches RH applied to their >> >kernel rpm, for it is not a clean source. They've applied all sorts of >> >stuff that are beta, or even alpha. Not wise, I believe they do it to try >> >to get their distro to support more hardware. >> > Personally, I think slackware is the best, closely followed by >> >debian. >> > >> >On Fri, 22 Sep 2000, Kirk Wood wrote: >> > >> >> I believe this is a kernel problem. Once the kernel starts expanding >(you >> >> get the loading and the dots, then the kernel quickly takes over. My >guess >> >> is that you used the kernell source provided by RedHat. If you did, >then >> >> you should download the kernel (possibly from kernel.org) and apply the >> >> patch compile, etc.) RedHat doesn't provide the complete kernel and as >a >> >> result the built images don't work correct. Sorry I can't give you more >> >> complete details. Just that it is common to discover you can't build a >> >> working kernel with speakup from the RedHat source package. >> >> >> > >> > >> >_______________________________________________ >> >Speakup mailing list >> >Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >> >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >> > >> > >> > >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Speakup mailing list >> Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > >_______________________________________________ >Speakup mailing list >Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > >
