I am assuming that, via this method, one would not have speech right at boot? ----- Original Message ----- From: "William Hubbs" <williamh@xxxxxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2008 9:59 PM Subject: Re: Gentoo - where's speakup been put? > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hi Gena, > >> Sorry, I'm confused here. I emerged gentoo-sources which gave me the >> kernel source then I created my /etc/portage directory and the required >> package.keywords file. Then emerged speakup. So you are saying that >> the sources are ready for further configuration according to hardware >> and compilation and I can proceed with the install? > > That is correct, see my comment below about speakup. > >> I'll set up the chroot env again and run menuconfig and I'll >> immmediately be able to see if speakup is there. > > No, not in menuconfig. On gentoo, speakup is installed the same way > alsa was before it became part of kernel.org. It is a set of modules, > outside the kernel. > > I need to make one correction on the steps I gave you. Once you are in > the croot, emerge, configure, compile and install your kernel. Make > sure that /usr/src/linux points to the correct kernel tree. Once that > is set up, then emerge speakup. > > Again, in order for all of this to work, you must use at least > gentoo-sources-2.6.25-r1. > > Once you have that set up, you should specify in > /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6 which synthesizer you want to load, > for example: > > speakup_ltlk start=1 > > But, I am about to do another snapshot for gentoo, and when that > happens, you will no longer need the start parameter. > > Let me know if you still have questions. > > William > >> As I've used git and fresh kernel sources previously. I expected to see >> a directory called speakup ready for me to run the installer manually. > >> Thanks. >> >> Gena >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Speakup mailing list >> Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > - -- > William Hubbs > gentoo accessibility team lead > williamh at gentoo.org > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) > > iEYEARECAAYFAkgiXnYACgkQblQW9DDEZTg5SACgnz4rgtBYcWvFztlbws+2hSZx > YNEAn10XBlZZgUDvyPVQCsdH/Y5Q16TE > =G6+d > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
