From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from fed1rmmtao101.cox.net (fed1rmmtao101.cox.net [68.230.241.45]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id ED61A10AD5 for ; Tue, 21 Oct 2008 09:58:02 -0400 (EDT) Received: from fed1rmimpo03.cox.net ([70.169.32.75]) by fed1rmmtao101.cox.net (InterMail vM.7.08.02.01 201-2186-121-102-20070209) with ESMTP id <20081021135905.UBWH6175.fed1rmmtao101.cox.net@fed1rmimpo03.cox.net> for ; Tue, 21 Oct 2008 09:59:05 -0400 Received: from lnx2.holmesgrown.com ([72.208.219.132]) by fed1rmimpo03.cox.net with bizsmtp id VRz51a00E2rzSAG04Rz5ev; Tue, 21 Oct 2008 09:59:06 -0400 X-Authority-Analysis: v=1.0 c=1 a=3dQ-S_uLtJh0oVRapm8A:9 a=m2Y-kCRpRIMCeQxtSGydBLbEpNQA:4 a=rPt6xJ-oxjAA:10 X-CM-Score: 0.00 Received: from lnx3.holmesgrown.com ([192.168.1.5] ident=Debian-exim) by lnx2.holmesgrown.com with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1KsHlK-0004fO-Az for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Tue, 21 Oct 2008 06:59:06 -0700 Received: from steve by lnx3.holmesgrown.com with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1KsHlK-0006Tv-Ug for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Tue, 21 Oct 2008 06:59:06 -0700 Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2008 06:59:06 -0700 From: Steve Holmes To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: Kernels in Debian Message-ID: <20081021135906.GA22908@lnx3.holmesgrown.com> Mail-Followup-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca References: <20081020111446.GA23027@lnx3.holmesgrown.com> <48FDA8A2.3000504@baechler.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-action=pgp-signed Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <48FDA8A2.3000504@baechler.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 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: Tue, 21 Oct 2008 13:58:04 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: RIPEMD160 Thanks Tony for that good summary of steps. I also looked around in the /usr/share/doc/kernel-package (I believe it's called) and there was a good write-up there too. Your steps confirmed my observation about where to put the speakup/*.ko modules. I found out the hard way I had to mv them down to the speakup directory. I would have thought the 'make modules_install' would have done this directly. I'll have to read up on modules-assistent. I didn't do anything in that area yesterday and speakup is working for me. I did install the kernel headers; I'll have to take stock of the kernel stuff I did install but I had not untarred the source tree yet. I'm currently satisfied with using modules right now. I may eventually go with a strait kernel with one speakup module included and bypass initrd completely. Personally, I wonder about the usefullness of a initrd on a large desktop of my own. I suppose those are good for smaller systems where decisions have to be made as to which modules to include. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEAREDAAYFAkj94CoACgkQWSjv55S0LfFHvwCfa/CpPrWx7BzBkbBbNVXDyIsI COAAoOQrz4rtNQdQM8H/CMv0EaJpe+VP =m7u6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----