From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from jscomputer.pbsw.jscomputer.org(pm11-31.erie.net[208.1.141.47]) (2922 bytes) by braille.uwo.ca via smail with P:esmtp/D:aliases/T:pipe (sender: ) id for ; Thu, 11 May 2000 17:47:25 -0400 (EDT) (Smail-3.2.0.102 1998-Aug-2 #2 built 1999-Sep-5) Received: (from jacobs@localhost) by jscomputer.pbsw.jscomputer.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) id e4AM1bs09058; Wed, 10 May 2000 18:01:37 -0400 X-Authentication-Warning: jscomputer.pbsw.jscomputer.org: jacobs set sender to Jacob Schmude using -f From: "Jacob Schmude MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <14617.56382.880538.550077@jscomputer.pbsw.jscomputer.org> Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 18:01:34 -0400 (EDT) To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Error while trying to patch speakup to linux In-Reply-To: <000701bfbb98$d19fd800$160846a6@redbaron> References: <000701bfbb98$d19fd800$160846a6@redbaron> X-Mailer: VM 6.75 under Emacs 20.6.2 Reply-To: jacobs@ncinter.net List-Id: Speakup doesn't work with 2.3 kernels yet, 2.2 are the highest it will operate with. When you apply this patch, be sure to type the command exactly as displayed, and make sure you are in the /usr/src directory. David Robinson writes: > I have never patched or compiled the kernel before and I did read the installation docs before running the patch prgram. In the installation documenation it says first to patch speakup by typing patch -p0 > David > > > > > > > > >

I have never patched or compiled the kernel > before and I did read the installation docs before running the patch > prgram. In the installation documenation it says first to patch speakup by > typing patch -p0 <speakup-0.08-patch. After I typed in that line it > gave me an error saying the -p is invalid and also said can't find file to > patch at input line 4. And then t asks me to enter a file to patch and I > typed in speakup-0.08-patch and it gave me a hunk #1 ailed at 8961 and I aborted > after that. I'm using Mandrake-linux 7.0 kernel 2.3.14 on a p133, 96mb of > ram , 3.2bg hard drive 1mb of video ram and a soundblaster 16.

David