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* Re: alsa driver
       [not found]   ` <x7sny3qaaj.fsf@speech.braille.uwo.ca>
@      ` Victor Tsaran
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Victor Tsaran @  UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: SPEAKUP Distribution List

Hi, Kirk!
Actually, I ran snddevices and the fllowing oss modules are loaded:
snd-pcm_oss
snd-mixer_oss
snd-seq_oss

Regards,
Vic




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* Re: alsa driver
   ` alsa driver randy turner
     ` Ryan Mann
     ` Thomas Ward
@    ` Shaun Oliver
  2 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Shaun Oliver @  UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: speakup

randy use this command.
tar yxvf filename.tar.bz2
hth
On Fri, 30 Nov 2001, randy turner wrote:

> 
> \
> hi,
> i have never uncompressed or installed a bz file,
> what program do i need to use to uncompress and install these bz files?
> thanks in advance.
> 
> 
> On Sat, 1 Dec 2001, Shaun Oliver wrote:
> 
> > randy, try
> > using alsa-driver-0.9.0beta7
> > that's the version I'm using now.
> > On Thu, 29 Nov 2001 rturner2@texasisp.com
> > wrote:
> >
> > > hi adam,
> > > i got that working fine,
> > > i would like to ask you and the group
> > > i tried to compile the alsa drivers 0.5.2
> > > with slackware 8.0,
> > > i am getting an error with the sound.o module,
> > > i have installed soundcore,
> > > i compiled the kernal with sound
> > > but still get errors compiling the alsa-driver.
> > > thanks in advance
> > > randy
> > >
> > > On 2001-11-28 speakup@braille.uwo.ca said:
> > >  sp>It depends.  If you use the Speakup boot disk that comes with
> > >  sp>Slackware 8.0, and install its kernel, PPP probably won't work out
> > >  sp>of the box.  This is because whoever compiled it compiled it for
> > >  sp>SMP (symmetric multiprocessing) when all the modules are for
> > >  sp>single-processor machines. This causes a lot of trouble.  There are
> > >  sp>a number of solutions.
> > >  sp>1: Build a new kernel.  The advantage here is you can clean out the
> > >  sp>default modules and install just the ones you need.  You can also
> > >  sp>get rid of other junk and possibly add support for that odd card or
> > >  sp>two. 2: replace the modules with those for 2.2.19 kernels with SMP
> > >  sp>support. They are provided on the Contrib CD.  You would copy the
> > >  sp>modules from the CD over the existing ones for 2.2.19.  The
> > >  sp>advantage of this method is you don't have to rebuild a kernel or
> > >  sp>replace it.
> > >  sp>3: get the modified Speakup boot disk from ftp.linux-speakup.org.
> > >  sp>You would then copy its vmlinuz over your existing one and if you
> > >  sp>use Lilo, rerun it by simply typing "lilo."  The advantage of this
> > >  sp>is that you don't have to replace a whole bunch of files.  I
> > >  sp>suspect that they will have this little issue fixed in the next
> > >  sp>Slackware release.
> > >  sp>I chose initially to install the SMP modules, then I downloaded the
> > >  sp>latest kernel source once I was online and rebuilt.  I think
> > >  sp>rebuilding is a good thing in the long run as you can really cut
> > >  sp>your boot time since the kernel isn't looking for non-existent
> > >  sp>hardware plus, it makes your existing hardware work more reliably.
> > >  sp>Hope this information helps.
> > >  sp>_______________________________________________
> > >  sp>Speakup mailing list
> > >  sp>Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> > >  sp>http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
> > >
> > >
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > Speakup mailing list
> > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
> > >
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Speakup mailing list
> > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
> >
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Speakup mailing list
> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
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^ permalink raw reply	[flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
* Re: alsa driver
   ` alsa driver randy turner
     ` Ryan Mann
@    ` Thomas Ward
     ` Shaun Oliver
  2 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Thomas Ward @  UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: speakup

Hi, for bz files use a program called bunzip and for bz2 use bunzip2.

To extract the alsa drivers do this.

bunzip2 alsa-version.tar.bz2
tar -xf alsa-version.tar

----- Original Message -----
From: "randy turner" <rturner2@texasisp.com>
To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Friday, November 30, 2001 11:39 AM
Subject: alsa driver


>
> \
> hi,
> i have never uncompressed or installed a bz file,
> what program do i need to use to uncompress and install these bz files?
> thanks in advance.
>
>
> On Sat, 1 Dec 2001, Shaun Oliver wrote:
>
> > randy, try
> > using alsa-driver-0.9.0beta7
> > that's the version I'm using now.
> > On Thu, 29 Nov 2001 rturner2@texasisp.com
> > wrote:
> >
> > > hi adam,
> > > i got that working fine,
> > > i would like to ask you and the group
> > > i tried to compile the alsa drivers 0.5.2
> > > with slackware 8.0,
> > > i am getting an error with the sound.o module,
> > > i have installed soundcore,
> > > i compiled the kernal with sound
> > > but still get errors compiling the alsa-driver.
> > > thanks in advance
> > > randy
> > >
> > > On 2001-11-28 speakup@braille.uwo.ca said:
> > >  sp>It depends.  If you use the Speakup boot disk that comes with
> > >  sp>Slackware 8.0, and install its kernel, PPP probably won't work out
> > >  sp>of the box.  This is because whoever compiled it compiled it for
> > >  sp>SMP (symmetric multiprocessing) when all the modules are for
> > >  sp>single-processor machines. This causes a lot of trouble.  There
are
> > >  sp>a number of solutions.
> > >  sp>1: Build a new kernel.  The advantage here is you can clean out
the
> > >  sp>default modules and install just the ones you need.  You can also
> > >  sp>get rid of other junk and possibly add support for that odd card
or
> > >  sp>two. 2: replace the modules with those for 2.2.19 kernels with SMP
> > >  sp>support. They are provided on the Contrib CD.  You would copy the
> > >  sp>modules from the CD over the existing ones for 2.2.19.  The
> > >  sp>advantage of this method is you don't have to rebuild a kernel or
> > >  sp>replace it.
> > >  sp>3: get the modified Speakup boot disk from ftp.linux-speakup.org.
> > >  sp>You would then copy its vmlinuz over your existing one and if you
> > >  sp>use Lilo, rerun it by simply typing "lilo."  The advantage of this
> > >  sp>is that you don't have to replace a whole bunch of files.  I
> > >  sp>suspect that they will have this little issue fixed in the next
> > >  sp>Slackware release.
> > >  sp>I chose initially to install the SMP modules, then I downloaded
the
> > >  sp>latest kernel source once I was online and rebuilt.  I think
> > >  sp>rebuilding is a good thing in the long run as you can really cut
> > >  sp>your boot time since the kernel isn't looking for non-existent
> > >  sp>hardware plus, it makes your existing hardware work more reliably.
> > >  sp>Hope this information helps.
> > >  sp>_______________________________________________
> > >  sp>Speakup mailing list
> > >  sp>Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> > >  sp>http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
> > >
> > >
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > Speakup mailing list
> > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
> > >
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Speakup mailing list
> > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
> >
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Speakup mailing list
> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
>



^ permalink raw reply	[flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
* Re: alsa driver
   ` alsa driver randy turner
@    ` Ryan Mann
       ` randy turner
     ` Thomas Ward
     ` Shaun Oliver
  2 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Ryan Mann @  UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: speakup

Hi.  You need a program called "bunzip2" to uncompress .bz2 files and
"bzip2" to compress them.


On Fri, 30 Nov 2001, randy turner wrote:

>
> \
> hi,
> i have never uncompressed or installed a bz file,
> what program do i need to use to uncompress and install these bz files?
> thanks in advance.
>
>
> On Sat, 1 Dec 2001, Shaun Oliver wrote:
>
> > randy, try
> > using alsa-driver-0.9.0beta7
> > that's the version I'm using now.
> > On Thu, 29 Nov 2001 rturner2@texasisp.com
> > wrote:
> >
> > > hi adam,
> > > i got that working fine,
> > > i would like to ask you and the group
> > > i tried to compile the alsa drivers 0.5.2
> > > with slackware 8.0,
> > > i am getting an error with the sound.o module,
> > > i have installed soundcore,
> > > i compiled the kernal with sound
> > > but still get errors compiling the alsa-driver.
> > > thanks in advance
> > > randy
> > >
> > > On 2001-11-28 speakup@braille.uwo.ca said:
> > >  sp>It depends.  If you use the Speakup boot disk that comes with
> > >  sp>Slackware 8.0, and install its kernel, PPP probably won't work out
> > >  sp>of the box.  This is because whoever compiled it compiled it for
> > >  sp>SMP (symmetric multiprocessing) when all the modules are for
> > >  sp>single-processor machines. This causes a lot of trouble.  There are
> > >  sp>a number of solutions.
> > >  sp>1: Build a new kernel.  The advantage here is you can clean out the
> > >  sp>default modules and install just the ones you need.  You can also
> > >  sp>get rid of other junk and possibly add support for that odd card or
> > >  sp>two. 2: replace the modules with those for 2.2.19 kernels with SMP
> > >  sp>support. They are provided on the Contrib CD.  You would copy the
> > >  sp>modules from the CD over the existing ones for 2.2.19.  The
> > >  sp>advantage of this method is you don't have to rebuild a kernel or
> > >  sp>replace it.
> > >  sp>3: get the modified Speakup boot disk from ftp.linux-speakup.org.
> > >  sp>You would then copy its vmlinuz over your existing one and if you
> > >  sp>use Lilo, rerun it by simply typing "lilo."  The advantage of this
> > >  sp>is that you don't have to replace a whole bunch of files.  I
> > >  sp>suspect that they will have this little issue fixed in the next
> > >  sp>Slackware release.
> > >  sp>I chose initially to install the SMP modules, then I downloaded the
> > >  sp>latest kernel source once I was online and rebuilt.  I think
> > >  sp>rebuilding is a good thing in the long run as you can really cut
> > >  sp>your boot time since the kernel isn't looking for non-existent
> > >  sp>hardware plus, it makes your existing hardware work more reliably.
> > >  sp>Hope this information helps.
> > >  sp>_______________________________________________
> > >  sp>Speakup mailing list
> > >  sp>Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> > >  sp>http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
> > >
> > >
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > Speakup mailing list
> > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
> > >
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Speakup mailing list
> > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
> >
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Speakup mailing list
> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
>



^ permalink raw reply	[flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
* Re: alsa driver
     ` Ryan Mann
@      ` randy turner
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: randy turner @  UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: speakup


hi ryan,

i just found out
that slackware now has that program.
thanks
randy

On Fri, 30 Nov 2001, Ryan Mann wrote:

>
> Hi.  You need a program called "bunzip2" to uncompress .bz2 files and
> "bzip2" to compress them.
>
>
> On Fri, 30 Nov 2001, randy turner wrote:
>
> >
> > \
> > hi,
> > i have never uncompressed or installed a bz file,
> > what program do i need to use to uncompress and install these bz files?
> > thanks in advance.
> >
> >
> > On Sat, 1 Dec 2001, Shaun Oliver wrote:
> >
> > > randy, try
> > > using alsa-driver-0.9.0beta7
> > > that's the version I'm using now.
> > > On Thu, 29 Nov 2001 rturner2@texasisp.com
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > hi adam,
> > > > i got that working fine,
> > > > i would like to ask you and the group
> > > > i tried to compile the alsa drivers 0.5.2
> > > > with slackware 8.0,
> > > > i am getting an error with the sound.o module,
> > > > i have installed soundcore,
> > > > i compiled the kernal with sound
> > > > but still get errors compiling the alsa-driver.
> > > > thanks in advance
> > > > randy
> > > >
> > > > On 2001-11-28 speakup@braille.uwo.ca said:
> > > >  sp>It depends.  If you use the Speakup boot disk that comes with
> > > >  sp>Slackware 8.0, and install its kernel, PPP probably won't work out
> > > >  sp>of the box.  This is because whoever compiled it compiled it for
> > > >  sp>SMP (symmetric multiprocessing) when all the modules are for
> > > >  sp>single-processor machines. This causes a lot of trouble.  There are
> > > >  sp>a number of solutions.
> > > >  sp>1: Build a new kernel.  The advantage here is you can clean out the
> > > >  sp>default modules and install just the ones you need.  You can also
> > > >  sp>get rid of other junk and possibly add support for that odd card or
> > > >  sp>two. 2: replace the modules with those for 2.2.19 kernels with SMP
> > > >  sp>support. They are provided on the Contrib CD.  You would copy the
> > > >  sp>modules from the CD over the existing ones for 2.2.19.  The
> > > >  sp>advantage of this method is you don't have to rebuild a kernel or
> > > >  sp>replace it.
> > > >  sp>3: get the modified Speakup boot disk from ftp.linux-speakup.org.
> > > >  sp>You would then copy its vmlinuz over your existing one and if you
> > > >  sp>use Lilo, rerun it by simply typing "lilo."  The advantage of this
> > > >  sp>is that you don't have to replace a whole bunch of files.  I
> > > >  sp>suspect that they will have this little issue fixed in the next
> > > >  sp>Slackware release.
> > > >  sp>I chose initially to install the SMP modules, then I downloaded the
> > > >  sp>latest kernel source once I was online and rebuilt.  I think
> > > >  sp>rebuilding is a good thing in the long run as you can really cut
> > > >  sp>your boot time since the kernel isn't looking for non-existent
> > > >  sp>hardware plus, it makes your existing hardware work more reliably.
> > > >  sp>Hope this information helps.
> > > >  sp>_______________________________________________
> > > >  sp>Speakup mailing list
> > > >  sp>Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> > > >  sp>http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > _______________________________________________
> > > > Speakup mailing list
> > > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > Speakup mailing list
> > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
> > >
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Speakup mailing list
> > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
> >
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Speakup mailing list
> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
>



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* alsa driver
   slackware 8.0 and ppp Shaun Oliver
@  ` randy turner
     ` Ryan Mann
                     ` (2 more replies)
  0 siblings, 3 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: randy turner @  UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: speakup

\
hi,
i have never uncompressed or installed a bz file,
what program do i need to use to uncompress and install these bz files?
thanks in advance.


On Sat, 1 Dec 2001, Shaun Oliver wrote:

> randy, try
> using alsa-driver-0.9.0beta7
> that's the version I'm using now.
> On Thu, 29 Nov 2001 rturner2@texasisp.com
> wrote:
>
> > hi adam,
> > i got that working fine,
> > i would like to ask you and the group
> > i tried to compile the alsa drivers 0.5.2
> > with slackware 8.0,
> > i am getting an error with the sound.o module,
> > i have installed soundcore,
> > i compiled the kernal with sound
> > but still get errors compiling the alsa-driver.
> > thanks in advance
> > randy
> >
> > On 2001-11-28 speakup@braille.uwo.ca said:
> >  sp>It depends.  If you use the Speakup boot disk that comes with
> >  sp>Slackware 8.0, and install its kernel, PPP probably won't work out
> >  sp>of the box.  This is because whoever compiled it compiled it for
> >  sp>SMP (symmetric multiprocessing) when all the modules are for
> >  sp>single-processor machines. This causes a lot of trouble.  There are
> >  sp>a number of solutions.
> >  sp>1: Build a new kernel.  The advantage here is you can clean out the
> >  sp>default modules and install just the ones you need.  You can also
> >  sp>get rid of other junk and possibly add support for that odd card or
> >  sp>two. 2: replace the modules with those for 2.2.19 kernels with SMP
> >  sp>support. They are provided on the Contrib CD.  You would copy the
> >  sp>modules from the CD over the existing ones for 2.2.19.  The
> >  sp>advantage of this method is you don't have to rebuild a kernel or
> >  sp>replace it.
> >  sp>3: get the modified Speakup boot disk from ftp.linux-speakup.org.
> >  sp>You would then copy its vmlinuz over your existing one and if you
> >  sp>use Lilo, rerun it by simply typing "lilo."  The advantage of this
> >  sp>is that you don't have to replace a whole bunch of files.  I
> >  sp>suspect that they will have this little issue fixed in the next
> >  sp>Slackware release.
> >  sp>I chose initially to install the SMP modules, then I downloaded the
> >  sp>latest kernel source once I was online and rebuilt.  I think
> >  sp>rebuilding is a good thing in the long run as you can really cut
> >  sp>your boot time since the kernel isn't looking for non-existent
> >  sp>hardware plus, it makes your existing hardware work more reliably.
> >  sp>Hope this information helps.
> >  sp>_______________________________________________
> >  sp>Speakup mailing list
> >  sp>Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> >  sp>http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Speakup mailing list
> > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
> >
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Speakup mailing list
> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
>



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