Hello Thanks for building these. A few questions below. On Tue, Apr 22, Tony Baechler wrote: > Hi all, > > I have just compiled the 2.6.24-6 Debian kernel and created unofficial > Debian packages. I used the kernel-package utility so these should be > close to the official Debian versions but with Speakup included. I > built all synths as modules except the DEC-talk Express and the Speakup > core which are actually built into the kernel. I'm making them Is this a problem for switching synths? > available for download if anyone wants them. I have never compiled > kernels this way before but I think I did everything right. The only > error I had was that they are not signed with gpg. I would appreciate > it if anyone wants to test the kernel image. If this is helpful, I will > try to build new kernels as security fixes are made available. On the > build system, it took a very long time so this is not something worth > the effort if no one finds the packages useful. The manual package > seems to be empty but there was only man page in section 9 on my system > so I didn't worry about it. You can download the kernel source if you > wish but it is the same as that from the official Debian archives except > for the Speakup patches. I did a git clone of the Speakup repo just > before building so all should be current. The last commit to the log > was on April 14. As always, I take no responsibility for any damage > these packages might cause to your system, whether real or imagined. > You use these at your own risk, but I plan to use them on my system. > > The following url is not an apt repository. It is simply a directory > with packages to download. Their names should be obvious but you can > look at the .changes file if you need clarification. Please try to use > the nyud.net url if possible to save me bandwidth, but if that doesn't > work, you can use the second link. Comments on the usefulness of these > packages are welcome. I would like to know if I did something wrong, > but they looked right from the size and descriptions. Also, mirrors > would be helpful and future help building new kernels would be > appreciated if this is a useful service. I have been building my own debs of kernels and would like to help where I can. I also have a place to host the packages. > > http://baechler.net.nyud.net/debian/ > http://baechler.net/debian/ if the above doesn't work > > Note that I'm fully aware that 2.6.24 is not the latest kernel version. > However, it is the latest currently available in Debian unstable and is > dated 18 April. Check a Debian mirror if you wish. I was surprised > that 2.6.24.5 and 2.6.25 aren't yet available. It looks as though you are correct that 2.6.24.4 is what we have. --Frank
