Since you have the speakup 0.10a archive, look in there for a README.cvs or CVS and read that. It explains a bit more about the checkout process mentioned above. Like mentioned elseware, do *NOT* put the old speakup into the kernel source tree. Use the fresh kernel source before running checkout. On Sun, 23 Sep 2001, Shaun Oliver wrote: > I can. you don't need to get the tar.gz archive. > all you need is the kernel sources from ftp://ftp.kernel.org and then the > checkout script from > ftp://linux-speakup.org . > then you do chmod 755 checkout to make it executeable, > and run it. > after of course you've unpacked the kernel source tree. > > > On Sun, 23 Sep 2001, Tim Burgess wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I tried compiling the 2.4.9 kernel without the patch, so you might have > > answered my question as well. However, I'm confused about the "CVS" > > reference for SpeakUp. I've been out of the SpeakUp loop for a while (I'm > > running 0.09 under kernel 2.2.16 at the moment). The only SpeakUp code I > > can find on the web/FTP site is a tar.gz. The installation documentation > > that I have seems to indicate that all I need to do is unpack the file into > > /usr/src, change to the SpeakUp directory and execute ./install. It did > > occur to me that I might (or might not) need to do the patch as per the 0.09 > > version. > > > > Dazed and confused - can you advise? > > > > P.S. Just to show that I'm still a complete newbie, how do I delete a > > directory containing files and sub-dirs in one go? > > > > Cheers. > > > > Tim > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: speakup-admin at braille.uwo.ca > > [mailto:speakup-admin at braille.uwo.ca]On Behalf Of Frank Carmickle > > Sent: 23 September 2001 12:18 > > To: speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > Subject: Re: kernel compile gone wrong. > > > > > > Shaun > > > > Your errors are with incompatible versions of speakup and a kernel I do > > believe. Looks like you tried building current cvs against 2.4.4. I > > don't see any reason why you would want to build 2.4.4 at this point. I > > suggest that you build 2.4.9ac10. This can be accomplished by getting the > > 2.4.9 source tarball and the ac10 patch which can be found at > > ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/alan/linux-2.4/2.4.9/patch-2.4. > > 9-ac10.gz > > To patch the ac patch make sure the the 2.4.9 source is in /usr/src/linux > > then make a link to this called linux.ac This can be done by 'ln -s linux > > linux.ac' from with in the /usr/src dir. Then from /usr/src do 'patch -p0 > > <patch-2.4.9-ac10' Of course this assumes that you already gunziped > > it. Then use the checkout script to apply cvs of speakup. > > > > On Sun, 23 Sep 2001, Shaun Oliver wrote: > > > > > ok I'm man enough to admit it. I've got a major problem I think. > > > or at least a minor one I can't sort out for some reason. > > > I don't know exactly why, but I seem to have a problem with my kernel > > > compile. I'm trying to compile kernel 2.4.4 for slackware 7.1 and I run > > > into some trouble when it gets to the vt.o part. > > > I've attached a copy of my image.log compressed of course to see if anyone > > > else either has had this problem or knows of a way to figure it out. > > > > -- > > Frank Carmickle > > phone: 412 761-9568 > > email: frankiec at dryrose.com > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 >
