Hello! I've patched speakup with kernels before, compiled it and got it to work. But it is long ago now. The last time I got my own kernel to work was in 2004. when there was a working speakup tarball. /Kristoffer ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kirk Reiser" <kirk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2008 4:09 PM Subject: Re: Installing speakup on Ubuntu 7.10 > The web pages have not been updated to reflect the latest changes to > speakup. I thought we had someone that was going to take on updating > the pages but haven't heard anything from him recently. > > As for instructions they are in the repository which can be accessed > with git clone http://linux-speakup.org/speakup.git. I wouldn't say > it is really ready for prime-time yet though. There are still issues > we are working out which can also be read about in the various files > in the repository. > > /proc/config.gz is not a replacement for make oldconfig just a > starting place. If you don't understand this already then compiling > your own kernel with external patches maybe beyond your capabilities > currently. There are lots of documents in the linux kernel tree so > there's plenty of reading to keep folks busy wanting to do it > themselves. > > Kirk > -- > Kirk Reiser The Computer Braille Facility > e-mail: kirk at braille.uwo.ca University of Western Ontario > phone: (519) 661-3061 > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup