From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from gscodenh01.cr.usgs.gov ([136.177.7.10]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1DhtjW-0002vD-00 for ; Mon, 13 Jun 2005 14:32:26 -0400 Received: from PUNK ([130.118.172.119]) by gscodenh01.cr.usgs.gov (Lotus Domino Release 6.5.2) with SMTP id 2005061312315378-44873 ; Mon, 13 Jun 2005 12:31:53 -0600 Message-ID: <004801c57046$2d949120$77ac7682@azwaterDOM.wr.usgs.gov> From: "Sean McMahon" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." References: Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2005 11:31:55 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1437 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1441 X-MIMETrack: Itemize by SMTP Server on gscodenh01/SERVER/USGS/DOI(Release 6.5.2|June 01, 2004) at 06/13/2005 12:31:53, Serialize by Router on gscodenh01/SERVER/USGS/DOI(Release 6.5.2|June 01, 2004) at 06/13/2005 12:32:25, Serialize complete at 06/13/2005 12:32:25 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Subject: Re: avoiding new kernel hijacks X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Sean McMahon , "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2005 18:32:26 -0000 I've never had my debian kernel with speakup get replaced by a non-speakup kernel. That is good fyi however. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jude DaShiell" To: Sent: Friday, June 10, 2005 10:42 PM Subject: avoiding new kernel hijacks > Line 3 of /etc/system-config/kernel has a yes in it that makes kernel > hijacks possible, change that to no and you prevent speakup kernel from > being replaced as default in future. The 0 entry is the default kernel in > menu.list or grub.conf and it's what will be used to boot without user > intervention. At least in fc3, you could also include exclude=kernel* in > /etc/yum.conf to prevent kernel updates from being installed too. I'm > sure debian can do this too but haven't researched that so won't write out > of turn. Anyone running fc3 really should visit http://www.fedoranews.com > and have a look at the faq file on repositories. The reason it's called > fedora core in the first place is other packages useable are being > archived on other repositories and can be downloaded if you get the right > contents in a /etc/yum.conf file. That site has a yum.conf file available > for download that includes lots more repositories. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup