Re: Speakup questions

[Geetha Shamanna <s_geetha@vsnl.com>]

Hi Janina,

Thanks for all your suggestions and detailed instructions. I am constantly
amazed at the amount of assistance offered to new users here.

As you have rightly guessed, a 10MB download is not practical with my
Internet connection. The shortcut you suggest is however an excellent
alternative and should work out just fine for me. I will try it out today
and will inform you of the outcome.

Thanks again.
Geetha
At 04:13 PM 14/08/02 -0400, you wrote:
>
>Geetha:
>
>One more suggestion, and I'm sorry if I overwhelm you with ideas!
>
>If downloading 10 mB is unworkable from your side of the planet, here's 
>yet another very good shortcut to a talking Linux.
>
>Be sure you've installed the kernel source rpm. Look at 
>/usr/src/linux-2.4. if you see files, you've got it. If not, it's on one 
>of your CD ROMs in the RedHat/RPMS directory. Install with a similar rpm 
>command:
>
>rpm -iv kernel-source*
>
>Next, cd to /usr/src and create one more symbolic link which the Speakup 
>patch will look for:
>
>ln -sf linux-2.4 linux
>
>Now, you can cd to linux/configs. In there you'll find the Red Hat kernel 
>configuration for each supported cpu. Find the one for your cpu and copy 
>it to ../.config, so that it is in /usr/src/linux/.config.
>
>Now, after patching the source files with Speakup, you can simply issue 
>this command:
>
>make oldconfig
>
>And you'll only be prompted about Speakup specific things.
>
>This should help insure you don't make a mistake in the dozens of 
>configuration choices and end up with a kernel that won't boot. We know 
>that your installation boots. It's highly advisable to add Speakup before 
>trying out other configuration changes--if any. This way, Speakup is the 
>only change you'll make.
>
>The rest of the process remains the same:
>
>make deps; clean; bzImage; modules; modules_install; install
>
>And, you still need to edit /etc/lilo.conf and rerun lilo as before.
>
>
>
>
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