I don't understand exactly how the menuconfig works. Do I just arrow to each option, press y/n, then arrow down to the next one and repeat the process? It seems a little confusing. Also, is it necessary for me to go through every setting? My last kernel was speakup.s from the Slackware distro; this probably used default settings. Can't I just accept what make menuconfig gives me and just close the config and save it? One more question: where in this menuconfig may I find the Speakup configuration? That's really all I care about altering. Thanks Robby At 12:15 PM 1/8/2005, you wrote: >yeah. what you could also do is rename your current kernel >/boot/vmlinuz to something like /boot/vmlinuz-2.4 and make the new >kernel vmlinuz-2.6. then you could configure your lilo.conf so you >have two configurations. one for 2.4 and 1 for 2.6. therefore if 2.6 >doesnt work you can always boot 2.4. >so after you run make modules_install do cp arch/i386/boot/bzImage >/boot/vmlinuz-2.6, then edit your lilo.conf and rerun lilo. >On Sat, Jan >08, 2005 at 12:00:49PM -0500, ace wrote: > > Thanks, Alex. Now, what all should be backed up before I install a new > > kernel? Would I be fine if I just back up /boot? > > > > > > At 09:12 AM 1/8/2005, you wrote: > > >Hi. > > >Yes slackware 10.0 is full 2.6 ready. the latest 2.6 kernel (2.6.10 I > > >think) should run fine. > > > > > >The way I usually configure kernels is with make menuconfig. That's a > > >much nicer interface then make config. just go through each catigory > > >and make sure what you need is selected. much easier then answering > > >all those questions from make config. so the steps you follow after > > >patching speakup in (I assume you know how to do this) are: > > >cd /usr/src/linux > > >make mrproper > > >make menuconfig > > >make dep > > >make modules > > >make bzImage > > >make modules_install. > > >On Sat, Jan > > >08, 2005 at 01:58:19AM -0500, ace wrote: > > >> Hello, > > >> > > >> I am running Slackware version 10.0 freshly installed. I have a few > > >> questions. I've installed Linux on a few older computers but did not > > >have > > >> the chance to really mess around with it bc those systems sucked. > > >> > > >> Firstly, I am aware that Slackware 10 comes with kernel 2.4.26. Will it > > >> work with the latest 2.6.X kernel if I download it from kernel.org and > > >> patched it with the latest Speakup sources? > > >> > > >> I have never successfully compiled a kernel before. Last time, it > was on > > >> my friend's box and I severely screwed it. What are the steps one must > > >go > > >> through to compile a kernel? Must I pay attention to each individual > > >> option that the configure script asks? There are over hundreds it seems > > >> and I can barely understand any of them. > > >> > > >> Thanks for any information. > > >> > > >> Robby > > >> > > >> Network Administrator of > > >> irc.talkingirc.com > > >> http://www.talkingirc.com > > >> > > >> > > >> _______________________________________________ > > >> Speakup mailing list > > >> Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > >> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > >-- > > >Look, I'm about to buy me a double barreled sawed off shotgun and show > > >Linus what I think about backspace and delete not working. > > > -- some anonymous .signature > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > > >Speakup mailing list > > >Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > Network Administrator of > > irc.talkingirc.com > > http://www.talkingirc.com > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > >-- > > > Other than the fact Linux has a cool name, could someone explain why I > > > should use Linux over BSD? > > > > No. That's it. The cool name, that is. We worked very hard on > > creating a name that would appeal to the majority of people, and it > > certainly paid off: thousands of people are using linux just to be able > > to say "OS/2? Hah. I've got Linux. What a cool name". 386BSD made the > > mistake of putting a lot of numbers and weird abbreviations into the > > name, and is scaring away a lot of people just because it sounds too > > technical. > -- Linus Torvalds' follow-up to a question about Linux > >_______________________________________________ >Speakup mailing list >Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup Network Administrator of irc.talkingirc.com http://www.talkingirc.com
