As I remember the gentoo package of the standard kernel sources (the package name is something like vanilla-sources) didn't won't to patch with speakup from cvs, I guess they must have altered something very slightly for it being a gentoo package. May be something has changed since I used gentoo, the only way you will find out will be to try. From Michael Whapples On Sun, 2007-03-04 at 10:22 -0800, Zachary Kline wrote: > Hi, > Gentoo does provide the standard kernel source. > You'll want to read the Gentoo Kernel Guide, online. I forget the exact > package name at the moment. > Yours, > Zack. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Michael Whapples" <mikster4 at msn.com> > To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2007 10:11 AM > Subject: Re: Features after users guide publication > > > >I don't think you will have any problems running a custom kernel under > > gentoo, if you did the configuration of the kernel yourself, you > > shouldn't have any trouble there (that would be where I would expect > > most users having the trouble). You will need to read the docs for the > > portage system to find out how to tell portage you are doing the kernel > > yourself (although I suppose you can miss this out and just not compile > > and install the kernel sources provided by portage, and just continue > > with your own custom kernel (source from kernel.org and patched with > > speakup)). > > > > Also CVS isn't too much different to subversion (particularly if you are > > only using it as a user, rather than developer). > > > > From > > Michael Whapples > > On Sun, 2007-03-04 at 12:34 -0300, Cleverson wrote: > >> Michahel wrote: > >> "This will probably mean you will need to use the standard > >> kernel source rather than the gentoo kernel source (as I remember even > >> their > >> vanilla kernel source which is meant to be it before any modifications > >> seemed to be slightly different preventing > >> speakup patching from CVS)." > >> > >> I was just wondering if I won't have any problems runing a standard > >> kernel > >> under Gentoo. Is there any other way I could download the current version > >> and patch it manually? Maybe I'll have to learn how CVS works, as up to > >> now > >> I know subversion only. > >> > >> Anyways, thanks for all of infos. > >> > >> Cleverson > >> > >> "Be realistic; ask for the impossible." > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________________ > >> Yahoo! Mail - Sempre a melhor opo para voc! > >> Experimente j e veja as novidades. > >> http://br.yahoo.com/mailbeta/tudonovo/ > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > >
