Hi, Kirk: Just a brief note to say I had no particular problems with my most recent to compile a custom kernel using the speakup cvs. I did, however, benefit from reading the kernel README. Yes, one might think I would have read it a long time ago, but I hadn't. What prompted me to read it this time is that I've been singularly unsuccessful, recently, in attempting to compile a new kernel retrieved from ftp.kernels.org. You may recall I was on this list some weeks ago asking about header includes, for this very reason. Well, interesting enough, the README suggests leaving /usr/src/linux alone--as is. It recommends putting the new source tree in one's own home directory. I get the strong impression it wants things from /usr/src/linux. Is that crazy? Perhaps, but this time I decided not to wonder why. My process was: 1.) Rename /usr/src/linux; 2.) Put 2.4.9 in /usr/src/linux; 3.) Run the speakup cvs; 4.) Move /usr/src/linux; 5.) Put the former /usr/src/linux back to that name; 6.) Do the compile; Once I got my configuration right, I was able to gen up a 2.4.9 without problems. Regretably, it doesn't work for me--but only because I've recently moved to ext3, and the 2.4.9 compile didn't pick up ext3 support, for some reason. Otherwise, it seemed just fine. I suppose I could run 2.4.9 if I edit fstab back to ext2--but I'm disinclined to do that. So, I'm back in 2.4.7. Guess I'll try to find out how to get ext3 support working under my 2.4.9 kernel. Meanwhile, I thought this experience might be of some minor use. -- Janina Sajka, Director Technology Research and Development Governmental Relations Group American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) Email: janina at afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 Chair, Accessibility SIG Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) http://www.openebook.org Will electronic books surpass print books? Read our white paper, Surpassing Gutenberg, at http://www.afb.org/ebook.asp Download a free sample Digital Talking Book edition of Martin Luther King Jr's inspiring "I Have A Dream" speech at http://www.afb.org/mlkweb.asp Learn how to make accessible software at http://www.afb.org/accessapp.asp
