hi chuck, that's really good to know, a lot of times you can only get bz2 files. thanks randy On Fri, 30 Nov 2001, Charles Hallenbeck wrote: > Randy - > > The tar program knows how to uncompress bz2 files. It will automatically > call on the bzip2 program if you use the letter 'y' in place of the 'z' > when you use the tar program, like so: > > tar xyvf archive.tar.bz2 > > HTH - > Chuck > > > On Fri, 30 Nov 2001, randy turner wrote: > > > > > > > hi, > > how do i uncompress a bz2 file? > > thanks in advance > > randy > > > > On Sat, 1 Dec 2001, Shaun Oliver wrote: > > > > > randy, try > > > using alsa-driver-0.9.0beta7 > > > that's the version I'm using now. > > > On Thu, 29 Nov 2001 rturner2 at texasisp.com > > > wrote: > > > > > > > hi adam, > > > > i got that working fine, > > > > i would like to ask you and the group > > > > i tried to compile the alsa drivers 0.5.2 > > > > with slackware 8.0, > > > > i am getting an error with the sound.o module, > > > > i have installed soundcore, > > > > i compiled the kernal with sound > > > > but still get errors compiling the alsa-driver. > > > > thanks in advance > > > > randy > > > > > > > > On 2001-11-28 speakup at braille.uwo.ca said: > > > > sp>It depends. If you use the Speakup boot disk that comes with > > > > sp>Slackware 8.0, and install its kernel, PPP probably won't work out > > > > sp>of the box. This is because whoever compiled it compiled it for > > > > sp>SMP (symmetric multiprocessing) when all the modules are for > > > > sp>single-processor machines. This causes a lot of trouble. There are > > > > sp>a number of solutions. > > > > sp>1: Build a new kernel. The advantage here is you can clean out the > > > > sp>default modules and install just the ones you need. You can also > > > > sp>get rid of other junk and possibly add support for that odd card or > > > > sp>two. 2: replace the modules with those for 2.2.19 kernels with SMP > > > > sp>support. They are provided on the Contrib CD. You would copy the > > > > sp>modules from the CD over the existing ones for 2.2.19. The > > > > sp>advantage of this method is you don't have to rebuild a kernel or > > > > sp>replace it. > > > > sp>3: get the modified Speakup boot disk from ftp.linux-speakup.org. > > > > sp>You would then copy its vmlinuz over your existing one and if you > > > > sp>use Lilo, rerun it by simply typing "lilo." The advantage of this > > > > sp>is that you don't have to replace a whole bunch of files. I > > > > sp>suspect that they will have this little issue fixed in the next > > > > sp>Slackware release. > > > > sp>I chose initially to install the SMP modules, then I downloaded the > > > > sp>latest kernel source once I was online and rebuilt. I think > > > > sp>rebuilding is a good thing in the long run as you can really cut > > > > sp>your boot time since the kernel isn't looking for non-existent > > > > sp>hardware plus, it makes your existing hardware work more reliably. > > > > sp>Hope this information helps. > > > > sp>_______________________________________________ > > > > sp>Speakup mailing list > > > > sp>Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > > > sp>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 > > > > Visit me at http://www.mhonline.net/~chuckh > The Moon is Full > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
