Then your boot loader is not booting the correct kernel. If using grub check your /boot/grub/menu.lst if using lilo; check your lilo.conf in /etc and also if using symbolic links check that vmlinuz and vmlinuz.old are pointing at the kernels you expect them to point at. Also note that uname works on the *running* kernel not what you might have installed. My previous notes still apply; you need to build the kernel headers package with kernel-package; and install it for the build symlink and headers to show. Without the headers speakup won't build. You also must have the right kernel booted for a Sane compile environment. 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 11:38 AM Subject: Re: system with speakup software already installed? >I have read. and I'm telling you... I have another kernel installed. It's >falling back to 2.4 for some reason, though > tds:/home/tyler# dpkg -l|grep linux-image > ri linux-image-2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-686 2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.4 > Linux 2.6.24 image on PPro/Celeron/PII/PIII/ > ii linux-image-2.6.26-1-686 2.6.26-11 > Linux 2.6.26 image on PPro/Celeron/PII/PIII/ > ii linux-image-686 2.6.26+17 > Linux image on PPro/Celeron/PII/PIII/P4 > > 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 7:36 PM > Subject: Re: system with speakup software already installed? > > >> Read and read carefully: 2.6.26 or later. >> 2.6 patch level 26 >> patch level 26 or later. >> >> your kernel is 2.6.24; see the returned string from uname -r you give: >> 2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-686 >> >> this kernel is 2 patch levels too old. >> >> >> kernels which will not work: 2.6.25, 2.6.24 2.6.23 and earlier. >> >> You can put speakup into an earlier source tree but you'll need to patch >> it and this is not covered here. >> >> You'd need to upgrade to testing or unstable to get a newer kernel. >> >> 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 11:29 AM >> Subject: Re: system with speakup software already installed? >> >> >>> I've got 2.6 kernel, there are two installed. etch is falling back to >>> 2.4 for some stupid reason. >>> >>> >>> 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 7:27 PM >>> Subject: Re: system with speakup software already installed? >>> >>> >>>> 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 at tysdomain.com> >>>> 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 >>>>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 >
