My advice would be to grab the latest 2.6.21 kernel from www.kernel.org, patch Speakup into it, configure it, compile, and install. Don't try anything 2.6.22 yet as it is still broken. Here are the commands (or something close to what they would be) for doing this: wget ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/linux-2.6.21.5.tar.bz2 This will grab the kernel for you. Switch to root and cp the file to /usr/src. Then tar xfv linux-2.6.21.5.tar.bz2 to untar it. Get the checkout script from ftp.linux-speakup.org. Place it in /usr/src and make it executable: chmod +x checkout make a symlink to the kernel source: ln -s linux-2.6.21.5 linux then run checkout. Hit enter then give it the password of please After a very long time, the patch should succeed. Switch to the kernel directory cd linux and read the README file. Compiling the kernel can be done with the following general command set: make mrproper make menuconfig # Menu driven program for selecting everything to put in kernel make make modules_install cp -v arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/bzImage cp -v System.map /boot/System.map Remember to update lilo.conf and run the lilo command. Good luck Robby ----- Original Message ----- From: "Zachary Kline" <Z_kline@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Monday, June 25, 2007 10:21 PM Subject: Slackware: kernel confusion > Hiya, > I know this might be a rather elementary question for Linux people to > answer. However, I've become aware through reading the LFS book that the > kernel headers are a rather important thing. Slackware ships with > 2.4.33.3. I'm pretty sure that the kernel headers are 2.4.33.3 as well. > All that being said, I'd like to get Speakup support with a more recent > kernel. I know I can probably download, compile, etc. something like > 2.6.20 or 2.6.21. I know also that Slackware provides 2.6.17 in Extra. > My question is: does that 2.6.17 version already have Speakup included? > If not, should I download its source code from a Slackware package site > and patch it in myself? And what about those pesky headers? > Sorry for the barrage of questions. I'm confedent once I figure out what > exactly is happening I'll be good to go. > Thanks, > Zack. > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > __________ NOD32 2353 (20070625) Information __________ > > This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. > http://www.eset.com > >
