to be technical, they're not patches. You sort of fool the kernel into using them as modules, or you can compile them in using a 2.5x or 2.6x kernel. ----- Original Message ----- From: "kevin" <kjsisco@xxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Sunday, October 26, 2003 10:43 AM Subject: Re: *****SPAM***** My apology > Alsa, as I am sure you know, stands for Advance Linux Sound Architecture. > It is a set a patches to the kernel. > In the windows world we would say drivers, however in Linux they are > moduals. > So, that is alsa in a nutshell. Have I past your test? > Kevin > email: > kjsisco at rcn.com > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Luke Davis" <ldavis at shellworld.net> > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Sunday, October 26, 2003 2:46 AM > Subject: Re: *****SPAM***** My apology > > > > Kevin > > > > What is ALSA? > > > > If you can answer that, with more than a two line obscurity, I will > > continue to try to figure out what you are going for here. > > > > Luke > > > > On Sat, 25 Oct 2003, kevin wrote: > > > > > Well I am not an expert, I am not however, so ignorant about alsa. I > looked > > > at the code and after a time I came to understand it and therefore did > what > > > I needed to do > > > Kevin > > > email: > > > kjsisco at rcn.com > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Keith Watson" <Kwatson at smed.yi.org> > > > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > > > Sent: Saturday, October 25, 2003 7:18 AM > > > Subject: Re: *****SPAM***** My apology > > > > > > > > > > Shaun and others, > > > > > > > > Guys, he's doing it again. Just ignore the little shit. Guess he > > > > gets his jollies from starting flame wars. Anyway, below is a > > > > post of his that I ran across that should reinforce the fact that > > > > he is a puffed up, ignorant, how did you say it Shaun?, ARSE! Who > > > > should really take his head out of there before he suffocates. > > > > > > > > From: kevin <kjsisco at rcn.com> > > > > Subject: speakup question? > > > > > > > > Hello I have a question about the speakup project. I am verry > > > > familear with the+alsa drivers because I helped with the release > > > > of 9.1, but I am unclear on some+things. Does the screen reader > > > > use it's own internal synthesizer? Does one > > > > +have to be attached? I was not informed on this point. > > > > Kevin > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Keith Watson > > > > kwatson at smed.yi.org > > > > > > > > Among the major impediments to discovery are not the ignorant > > > > but those with illusions of knowledge. - B. Alan Wallace > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > 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 > > > > > > > -- > > Want a free month of internet access on a great ISP? Go here: > > http://www.tacticus.com/net/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 >
