From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mta9.adelphia.net ([68.168.78.199]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1IGTBh-0002Rt-00 for ; Thu, 02 Aug 2007 01:25:29 -0400 Received: from linux1.home ([76.186.253.101]) by mta9.adelphia.net (InterMail vM.6.01.05.02 201-2131-123-102-20050715) with ESMTP id <20070802052458.FDRQ28634.mta9.adelphia.net@linux1.home> for ; Thu, 2 Aug 2007 01:24:58 -0400 Received: by linux1.home (Postfix, from userid 1000) id AE71A8073; Thu, 2 Aug 2007 00:07:13 -0500 (CDT) Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2007 00:07:13 -0500 From: William Hubbs To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: apt-get issues in debian etch and gentoo question Message-ID: <20070802050713.GA24235@linux1> Mail-Followup-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca References: <20070801225246.30252.73895@biff.serotek.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-action=pgp-signed Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20070801225246.30252.73895@biff.serotek.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 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: Thu, 02 Aug 2007 05:25:29 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi Nick, On Wed, Aug 01, 2007 at 06:52:46PM -0400, Nick Gawronski wrote: > Hi, I am currently running debian etch and am reading the posts on > gentoo dropping speakup. Gentoo really sounds like a good version as > it is almost compiled entirely from source. Is there any way like in > debian to install gentoo and use a speakup modified 2.6.21.6 kernel > with a dectalk express as that is what I have? Yes, there is a way to install gentoo from within Debian, or any linux distribution actually. Take a look at the following document. http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/altinstall.xml#doc_chap5 You can also run any kernel you like with gentoo. Let me know if you have any questions. Thanks, - -- William Hubbs gentoo accessibility team lead williamh@gentoo.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFGsWaBblQW9DDEZTgRAt2nAJ0eYbkgw2LC0zMjCdpMJMCLPzNZlgCeIr3+ VlBBcmIry9SRjlaxBTtSCjk= =FqOm -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----