Your kernel is too old. You need kernel 2.6.26 or later. Debian stable is too crusty, as is Ubuntu 8.04.1. the build directory will show up once you install apt-get install kernel-headers-`uname -r` If this is a custom kernel then you need to build it with kernel_package not by hand. make-kpgk --revision=guff.1 kernel_image kernel_headers then install the 2 packages. If doing the kernel by hand you need to fix the build symbolic link to point to your unpacked kernel source tree; or at least the headers from same. Regards, Kerry. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tyler Littlefield" <tyler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Saturday, December 20, 2008 11:11 AM Subject: Re: system with speakup software already installed? > 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 at gotss.net> > 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 wofully out of date.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 > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
