From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from ns1.sunset.net ([205.161.255.5] helo=onyx.sunset.net) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1DJ4z9-0000HG-00 for ; Wed, 06 Apr 2005 03:29:59 -0400 Received: from sunset.net (208-53-84-216.chico.ca.digitalpath.net [208.53.84.216]) by onyx.sunset.net (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j367QYWi002280 for ; Wed, 6 Apr 2005 00:26:34 -0700 Received: (from rreid@localhost) by sunset.net (8.13.3/8.12.8/Submit) id j367Uind024048 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Wed, 6 Apr 2005 00:30:44 -0700 Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2005 00:30:44 -0700 From: "Ralph W. Reid" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Message-ID: <20050406073044.GB23425@sunset.net> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Subject: Re: Slackware upgrade woes X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: "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: Wed, 06 Apr 2005 07:30:00 -0000 Did you change the reference in /etc/lilo.conf to point to the new kernel (2.4.29)? Did you install the speakup.s kernel from the kernels directory? Am I way off track because it is too late/early here for my brain to function properly? Hopefully something in these questions proves helpful, and have a nice day :) . On Tue, Apr 05, 2005 at 10:53:01AM -0400, Chuck Hallenbeck wrote: > I have been sitting on this SW 10.1 distro for a few weeks, and > yesterday decided to upgrade my SW 10.0 distribution to the new release. > I chose to do it like Adam described, following the procedure Patrick > recommends in the file "upgrade.txt" on disk 1, and everything seemed to > go okay, except for the kernel. My old kernel (2.4.26) remained in > place, although the 2.4.29 source tree was put in place. Before > rebooting I copied the speakup.s kernel to /boot, but not replacing the > original yet, and made a new entry in /etc/lilo.conf, then ran lilo. > > Well, speakup.s (2.4.29) more or less worked, but my sound drivers were > not working, and my networking did not work. > > So being a big boy and all, I patched the 2.4.29 source tree from my > checkout script, fixed a couple of things, then compiled and installed > the new kernel. Still no sound, but now networking works. I have mail, > my firewall is intact, web access is okay, but my sblive is not > detected. > > Being superstitious, I used "removepkg" to drop all the alsa packages, > then installpkg to reinstall them again, still nothing. > > Grrrrr... > > I have three choices I am willing to make, and will be obsessing over > them for a few hours. > > 1. Do a clean install of SW 10.1, which will be a pain in the OS to say > the least. > > 2. Wave bye bye to Slackware and give Debian a whirl. I have Shane's > installation disk ready to go here. > > 3. See if I can get on board with Gentoo, which seems to be getting > noticed lately. > > Meanwhile, patching 2.4.29 with the current speakup from CVS gives me a > crippled mark/cut/paste feature. Marking works fine, but cutting locks > up my system tighter than a drum. Not good. I cannot live without > mark/cut/paste any more. > > Bummer. > > Chuck > > > -- > The Moon is Waning Crescent (13% of Full) > "Things are in the saddle, and they ride mankind." Ralph Waldo Emerson > Visit my download site at http://www.mhcable.com/~chuckh > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Ralph. N6BNO. Wisdom comes from central processing, not from I/O. rreid@sunset.net http://personalweb.sunset.net/~rreid ...passing through The City of Internet at the speed of light! CIRCLE AREA = _pi * r ^ 2