No, no, that was a response to Brad hardin, sorry, if I misspelled your name. 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@xxxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Saturday, September 23, 2000 3:25 PM Subject: Re: New user encountering problems > 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 > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
