From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from concerto.rednote.net ([66.92.170.139]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1Dh5Wz-0005fy-00 for ; Sat, 11 Jun 2005 08:56:09 -0400 Received: from concerto.rednote.net (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by concerto.rednote.net (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j5BCu99s032421 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Sat, 11 Jun 2005 08:56:09 -0400 Received: (from janina@localhost) by concerto.rednote.net (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id j5BCu8SG032420 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Sat, 11 Jun 2005 08:56:08 -0400 Date: Sat, 11 Jun 2005 08:56:08 -0400 From: Janina Sajka To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Message-ID: <20050611125608.GA28482@rednote.net> Mail-Followup-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-Operating-System: Linux concerto.rednote.net 2.6.11-1.14_FC3spksmp Organization: Capital Accessibility LLC (http://www.CapitalAccessibility.com) X-PGP-Key: http://www.CapitalAccessibility.com/JaninaSajka_gpg_key.html Subject: Re: avoiding new kernel hijacks 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: Sat, 11 Jun 2005 12:56:10 -0000 Thanks, Jude. I think I'll have to document this in the next edition of the HOWTO. Jude DaShiell writes: > 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 -- Chair, Accessibility Workgroup Free Standards Group (FSG) janina@freestandards.org http://a11y.org Janina Sajka Phone: +1.202.494.7040 Partner, Capital Accessibility LLC http://www.CapitalAccessibility.Com Bringing the Owasys 22C screenless cell phone to the U.S. and Canada. Go to http://www.ScreenlessPhone.Com to learn more.