I think he doesn't need Samba yet. That's for file sharing between a linux and NT box. His current problem is a non-networked linux box with no modem access. It just seems that using the sneaker net is an unfortunate choice--though he hasn't said a lot about his environment. He has said his NT workstation accesses the net over a "network" which IO take to be a lan. On Sun, 23 Sep 2001, Gregory Nowak wrote: > He also would need to configure samba, > which is not a task for a newby. > Greg > > > On Sun, Sep 23, 2001 at 10:54:48AM -0400, Janina Sajka wrote: > > I don't understand. A Win NT server on your lan can serve you ip whether > > or not your client machine is linux or Wuindows, or something else. This > > doesn't matter. If you have ethernet in your linux computer, plug it into > > the lan and provide the appropriate data via ifconfig and route. > > On Sun, > > 23 Sep 2001, Tim Burgess wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > I've read the cvs documentation, but I don't have an internet connection > > > active on my Linux box at this time - my access to my ISP is via a networked > > > Windows NT box (OK, I know you guys are gonna hate me now - grin!). This > > > means, I would guess, that the cvs route is now closed to me until I get my > > > Linux dial-up issue sorted. I've crated a new source tree based on 2.4.9 > > > and patched it for ac10, so can I manually patch using the SpeakUp tar ball > > > as I did for 0.09, or is this really a kiss of death? > > > > > > Thanks for the help so far folks, just this last hurdle to go and I should > > > be there with speech on an up-to-date kernel. If I can get this far then I > > > can progress to Internet access from this box using my ISDN card and a Squid > > > proxy. Should be fun! > > > > > > cheers. > > > > > > Tim > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: speakup-admin at braille.uwo.ca > > > [mailto:speakup-admin at braille.uwo.ca]On Behalf Of Steve Holmes > > > Sent: 23 September 2001 14:00 > > > To: speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > > Subject: RE: kernel compile gone wrong. > > > > > > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > 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 > > > > > > > -- > > > > 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 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > -- 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
