-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Actually, if you're using a 2.6.x or later kernel, you don't even need to patch the kernel; you can just build speakup as modules. This is described here: http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/pipermail/speakup/2008-May/046202.html Hth. Greg On Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 11:45:26PM +0000, Michael Whapples wrote: > Hello, > Not using either of those distros I don't know if they have a way you > can create a kernel with speakup and make it a package you install. If > they do then you might want to go that route as hopefully you would use > basically the same config and so might be able to use the modules from > the distro. > > An alternative is to look at those distros which include speakup or > speakup packages (this is why I stick with slackware, although it > doesn't allow installing by software synth). GRML (www.grml.org) is > debian based and has a software synth on the CD. You may want to look at > it. GRML can be run as a live CD (good for system maintainance or just > learning about speakup), or you can install GRML to hard disk, or there > is a script to create a debian installation. > > If you resort to just generic instructions for compiling a kernel with > speakup, there are many docs online about compiling kernels. One I use > (mainly because I use slackware) is the slackware details for creating a > speakup enabled kernel (although fairly generic) > ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware/source/k/README_SPEAKUP_PATCH.TXT > > <ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware/source/k/README_SPEAKUP_PATCH.TXT> > . If you aren't using an existing config which specifies using speakup > then remember when configuring the kernel (make menuconfig) to enable > speakup and the software synth option. Also some distos (I think ubuntu > is one of them) use grub instead of lilo, make sure that you update grub > so it knows about the new kernel if grub is used instead of updating > lilo. > > It really is easier to start with a pre-compiled kernel (particularly if > you aren't used to kernel configuration). > > Michael Whapples - -- web site: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org gpg public key: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org/pubkey.asc skype: gregn1 (authorization required, add me to your contacts list first) - -- Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager at EU.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkkzKIkACgkQ7s9z/XlyUyAMwACfYY90vpEIxGkdRFWImDIlKJom aB4AoMoB/981idlO05vUYSI8MNVxT1xw =FUC7 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
