-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 a vax? sweet. Very cool machines. I recently got ahold of one but I haven't got it completely networked yet. On Tue, Apr 27, 2004 at 09:38:04AM -0700, Debee Norling wrote: > Well the more I read, it seems the less I know. > > I've been trying to figure out how to get Zipspeak to support at least one > of my PCMCIA cards. I have both wired and wi-fi network cards that I'd > especially like to be using. (We run a neighborhood access point and also > run our own SMTP server on a VAX with a home network already in place.) > > I am grateful to everyone who kindly offered to help me privately, but I've > learned so much from reading this list's archive, I'd rather ask general > questions now so the answers are public. In no way am I trying to snub > anyone who offered to help off-list. > > I'm really confused because I don't understand exactly how and where > hardware support is implemented. Some docs tell me to recompile my kernel. > Some docs say I need kernel patches. Some docs suggest I replace my kernel > with another one on the distro's CD. Some docs tell me to enable > auto-loading of modules. Some docs tell me to add modules. Some docs tell > me to simply edit some cryptic file. Some docs tell me hardware will be > automatically detected. This all sounds contradictory. > > I need to be pointed in the direction of a how-to that gives clarification > about how to troubleshoot whether hardware is supported/detected and what to > do, and the order to do it in, when it isn't. I also have the additional > complication of Speakup, which I assume means I can't just replace my > kernel. > > I'm not expecting device manager or plug-in-play; getting my hardware > working is part of the fun. But I'm surprised that so much of what I read is > inconsistent. > > And guys, if I ever get this figured out, I'll write up something > unambiguous to explain it to the clueless!!! > > --Debee > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup - -- So in the future, one 'client' at a time or you'll be spending CPU time with lots of little 'child processes'. -- Kevin M. Bealer, commenting on the private life of a Linux nerd -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAjsLg9XVrM3ri110RAu/nAJ42mVDIS4MgBZrl33UxP6zV6BvlLwCdETPV vLo9y+sedIXnyQGMM+8QgBA= =WGgd -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
