From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from tcsnpop1.tcsn.uswest.net ([207.108.112.1]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with smtp (Exim 3.32 #1 (Debian)) id 16PXux-0006Dn-00 for ; Sat, 12 Jan 2002 18:50:31 -0500 Received: (qmail 30892 invoked by uid 50); 12 Jan 2002 23:50:33 -0000 Received: (qmail 30871 invoked by uid 0); 12 Jan 2002 23:50:32 -0000 Received: from tcsndslgw4poola158.tcsn.uswest.net (HELO lightstar) (63.227.85.158) by tcsnpop1.tcsn.uswest.net with SMTP; 12 Jan 2002 23:50:32 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" From: Jason To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: Newbie, Adding Speakup to existing RH7.2 installation Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2002 16:52:20 -0700 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.2] References: <005301c19bc3$46b9e340$0501a8c0@private.network> In-Reply-To: <005301c19bc3$46b9e340$0501a8c0@private.network> MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <02011216522201.23464@lightstar> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.7 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: yeah, speakup's just a kernel source patch, apply it and recompile... no need to worry about partitions getting hosed, and if you do it the right way you can even keep an option in your bootloader for your old (known good) kernel. > Hi Listers, > > I am a low vision user of linux and would like to add speakup to my laptop. > I have been futzing around with linux for about a year, but am still a > newbie. I already have stock Redhat 7.2 installed, along with WinME and > WinXP. If it's not too difficult, I would like to install speakup without > doing a full install of the modified Redhat/Speakup ISO's. I am basically > afraid of hosing my current partitioning. Is there more to it than just > replacing the kernel? I looked through the mailing list archives for clues > and saw mention of ftp://ftp.octothorp.org/pub/redhat-7.2/b1/RedHat/RPMS/. > Are these the modified or stock RPM's? > > Can someone give me some direction and/or point me to any specific doc's > for doing this? > > Thanks. >