From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (int-mx1.corp.redhat.com [172.16.52.254]) by listman.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 04D783EACF for ; Wed, 14 Aug 2002 16:12:25 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from mail@localhost) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g7EKCNk16387 for blinux-list@listman.redhat.com; Wed, 14 Aug 2002 16:12:23 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com (mx1.redhat.com [172.16.48.31]) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id g7EKCMq16378 for ; Wed, 14 Aug 2002 16:12:22 -0400 Received: from TekRD.grg.afb.net (w088.z208036108.was-dc.dsl.cnc.net [208.36.108.88]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id g7EJwal06600 for ; Wed, 14 Aug 2002 15:58:36 -0400 Received: from localhost (janina@localhost) by TekRD.grg.afb.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g7EKDIF29219 for ; Wed, 14 Aug 2002 16:13:23 -0400 X-Authentication-Warning: TekRD.grg.afb.net: janina owned process doing -bs Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2002 16:13:18 -0400 (EDT) From: Janina Sajka X-X-Sender: janina@TekRD.grg.afb.net To: blinux-list@redhat.com Subject: Re: Speakup questions In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Loop: blinux-list@redhat.com Sender: blinux-list-admin@redhat.com Errors-To: blinux-list-admin@redhat.com X-BeenThere: blinux-list@redhat.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.1 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: blinux-list@redhat.com List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Linux for blind general discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: 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. -- Janina Sajka, Director Technology Research and Development Governmental Relations Group American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) Email: janina@afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 Chair, Accessibility SIG Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) http://www.openebook.org