hello, I'm only having one problem with this. I have the modules directory for /lib/modules/$(uname -r) but there are no kernel headers, and the "build" directory doesn't exist. uname-r returns 2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-686 how would I generate the "build" directory under /lib/modules/$(uname -r)? Thanks, Tyler Littlefield email: tyler at tysdomain.com web: tysdomain-com Visit for quality software and web design. skype: st8amnd2005 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kerry Hoath" <kerry@xxxxxxxxx> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Friday, December 19, 2008 6:07 PM Subject: Re: system with speakup software already installed? > There is viubuntu; not sure if it has speakup or just gnome and orca. > > I have tried to summarize what I did here as all this seems to be in > pieces scattered across the speakup archives. > I might try updating the install documents for speakup as they are wofully > out of date. > > Corrections, shortcuts, better ways to integrate this with > module-assistant or welcome. > > You want a distribution with 2.6.26 or later kernel, and the headers > installed the below assumes Ubuntu Intrepid. > I got this working yesterday it was not difficult in a nutshell I did the > following: > > This was an install to an eeepc 701 for anyone who cares. > > Got someone to install ubuntu 8.10 for me and checked the ssh server > option off the server cd. > > finished up the install and rebooted off the flash disk in the eeepc. > > sudo su once logged in via ssh (or ssh in as root if you like) > apt-get install build-essential kernel-headers-`uname -r` > > apt-get install git git-core > apt-get install espeak libespeak-dev > > now test your audio setup because alsa needs to work properly before you > mess with software speech. > There's no point configuring speakup and espeakup and espeak if the > underlying frameworks are broken. > I installed an mp3 player, > apt-get install mpg321 > and played an mp3 to insure mixer was correctly set. > espeak "testing speech this should work" > > If your box talks you're in good shape. > > cd /usr/src > git-clone git://hubbs.homedns.org/speakup.git > > cd speakup/src > make modules > make modules_install > > cd /lib/modules/`uname -r`/extra/speakup > cp * .. > depmod -a > > not sure if that is necessary or not as the modules did not seem to be > seen without moving them up a level. > > cd /usr/src/speakup/contrib > tar xjf espeakup-0.4.tar.bz2 > cd espeakup-0.4 > make > make install > > modprobe speakup_soft > > espeakupd > > now hit enter on your console and you should have speech. > > > any ways to script this into initrd images, fire this up on boot etc; I > will flesh this out into a mini-howto. > Regards, Kerry. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tyler Littlefield" <tyler at tysdomain.com> > To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." > <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Saturday, December 20, 2008 9:35 AM > Subject: system with speakup software already installed? > > >> Hello list, >> I'm looking for a system that already has speakup installed (I've never >> had much luck with the software speech). >> I'm going to try to get it installed on my laptop though at some point >> (really soon), and was wondering if there is a distro with speakup >> already set up and installed for software speech. >> >> >> Thanks, >> Tyler Littlefield >> email: tyler at tysdomain.com >> web: tysdomain-com >> Visit for quality software and web design. >> skype: st8amnd2005 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Speakup mailing list >> Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >> > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
