Builtin. Hah! I've got Alsa problems in my Fedora. I upgraded Alsa 1.0.3 to 1.0.5 and it still doesn't work. Granted I have a TB card with a CS4630 chipset, but all the same...It should work. Bottom line, They should've stuck with Oss. Thanks, Nick ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gene Collins" <collins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <norlingdeborah at fhda.edu>; "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2004 10:25 AM Subject: Re: Compiling My Kernel -- still having trouble > Hi Debee. You need to use at least 2.4.25 source for the cvs version of > speakup. If you want to use the cvs version, then you should * NOT * > try to install the 1.5 patches first. They are incompatible. If you > want the dectalk isa card support then you should only use the 2.4.25 or > later source with the cvs version of speakup. > > If you want to use some other synthesizer, then you could use the 1.5 > version of Speakup, though with all the new features of the cvs version, > I can't see why you'd want to. Just untar a fresh 2.4.25 or preferable > 26 source tree, run make mrproper, and then run the checkout script. > You might even consider jumping all the way up to the 2.6 kernels, > though you'll have to install the module-init-tools if you want to do > that. It has lots of advantages, including built-in alsa drivers in the > kernel. Hope all this helps. > > Gene > > >I spent most of my weekend trying to compile a Speakup-enabled kernel. The > >good news is I compiled several stock kernels, without speech and without > >errors. I can boot them; they locate and support all my hardware fine. I can > >telnet in to the machine and even mount my USB flash drive. > > > >But I get errors every time I try to patch in Speakup. > > > >I have been careful to completely remove the entire source tree and untar a > >brand-new tree to /usr/src. I create the soft link so linux-2.4.22 points to > >/usr/src/linux. This is Slackware 9.1, kernel version 2.4.22. I've tried > >using the source tree that is part of my distro; also downloaded a new > >2.4.22 tree from kernel.org. > > > >I tried installing Speakup 1.5 and I also tried getting the 2.26 from CVS. I > >tried doing the 1.5 first, then the cvs patches. > > > >If I ignore the patching errors and do make oldconfig, I am prompted for the > >new things, like all the synthesizers, including the Dectalk ISA card. The > >speakup directory is there under /usr/src/linux/drivers/char, and lots of > >source and header files are there as well. But of course, this patched > >kernel doesn't compile. > > > >I've read all the documentation I could find and that was recommended on > >this list, but I'm obviously missing something. > > > >Here's a snip from the patching output: > > > >U speakup/diff-v26/include^linux^speakup.h.copy > >Creating .orig files [..................] done. > >Patching files [pppppppppp1 out of 3 hunks FAILED -- saving rejects to file > >/usr > >/src/linux/drivers/char/Makefile.rej > >ppppppp] done. > >Copying files [ccccc] done. > > > >--Debee > > > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >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
