-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 If memory serves, slackware 10.0 uses speakup from cvs, and not speakup 1.5. Also, in my previous message on this topic, I specifically mentioned that Ernst should use the checkout script when patching. Greg On Sat, Sep 04, 2004 at 09:50:11AM -0400, Kirk Reiser wrote: > Hello Ernst: Okay, the problem you are having with patching is that > we don't support the older 1.5 version of speakup. It will not as you > found out patch against newer kernels. You see supporting kernels is a > moving target and it is very difficult to stay compatible with new and > old kernels alike. You should go to linux-speakup.org and in the ftp > or download area get the README.cvs and the checkout script. The > current cvs version of speakup is where all newer changes and features > show up and it is mostly just as stable as the older tarball. Even > that though will not compile on older kernels so when upgrading it is > useful to always use the latest kernel or close to it. > > As for the Slackware version of speakup maybe Joe will have something > to say about that. I do not support any of the distributions myself > so really don't know what does or doesn't work. For the most part the > folks that put them together are pretty good about helping with > problems so I'm a bit surprised Joe hasn't stepped forward and said > anything yet. > > The checkout script will, provided you have cvs installed, get the > source and patch it automagically against a freshly unpacked kernel > tree. You will need to or should be in the top level of the kernel > tree when running the script so it can find everything it needs to > patch. > > good luck > Kirk > > -- > > Kirk Reiser The Computer Braille Facility > e-mail: kirk at braille.uwo.ca University of Western Ontario > phone: (519) 661-3061 > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > !DSPAM:4139c829160204782420413! > > - -- Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager at EU.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFBOgOg7s9z/XlyUyARAlWTAJ94/0B7W3RxRi4Op04LKCBRsx9+3gCg2Xy7 4rdi6C7cy6TfrDxUSnYHqdg= =k8wN -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
