From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from linserver.gregn.net (linserver.gregn.net [IPv6:2001:470:d:6c5::1]) by befuddled.reisers.ca (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6F7661EF6B9 for ; Wed, 15 May 2013 20:41:02 -0400 (EDT) Received: from vbox.gregn.net (unknown [IPv6:2001:470:f156:201:8d1b:41bf:99ee:d9e2]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by linserver.gregn.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id D730F44041 for ; Wed, 15 May 2013 17:40:52 -0700 (MST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; d=gregn.net; s=default; t=1368664853; bh=5X6e+vY4k8zq/gOU9UFd1pablYTxVyXlbmpV+MwjuQE=; h=Date:From:To:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:In-Reply-To; b=gPopKopiC3FFDjrQ4dMth93bWmRm01Sgsxr6u8szLcjwWJLFBR+8whcYYe5eStKSs 22HB6IgseIZQBJG9D+L3rfWUqAIEYe73lVFzeZfXhmSkKsEH+KsUFa08C6LQGN1UI4 GOAd7qFC5m3XX6dH6BTwOF+3s/lP+eKJ+6Ze/iqY= Received: from greg by vbox.gregn.net with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1UcmFY-00064S-2T for speakup@linux-speakup.org; Wed, 15 May 2013 17:40:52 -0700 Date: Wed, 15 May 2013 17:40:52 -0700 From: Gregory Nowak To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: Slack 13.37 and 14.0 Message-ID: <20130516004052.GB20222@gregn.net> References: <8F6D9D72964E4D2E90262B7DB242EE9D@mdlynn> <5191FF80.1030802@baechler.net> <51933C1C.9070201@baechler.net> <72708A629D1C40508DEB3147F83238DA@mdlynn> <51939D80.3050903@baechler.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <51939D80.3050903@baechler.net> X-PGP-Key: http://www.gregn.net/pubkey.asc User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.97.6 at linserver X-Virus-Status: Clean X-BeenThere: speakup@linux-speakup.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 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, 16 May 2013 00:41:03 -0000 Will wheezy work under 2.6.32? My understanding is that the release notes for wheezy tell you to upgrade the kernel first because some of the new packages won't run properly, if at all, on the squeeze kernel. Greg On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 07:36:48AM -0700, Tony Baechler wrote: > No, you're still not understanding. Debian Wheezy has the 3.2 kernel, so > no serial support. That's why I suggested installing Squeeze and > upgrading to Wheezy. That way you can run the 2.6.32 kernel with newer > packages and still have serial support. No, you won't get most boot > messages with software speech because it takes a while for sound drivers > to load. I have both kernels installed here so I can get hardware speech > if my system becomes unbootable. I had no problem finding a motherboard > with a serial port last August. You have to look for server motherboards, > but they're not that hard to find. > -- web site: http://www.gregn..net gpg public key: http://www.gregn..net/pubkey.asc skype: gregn1 (authorization required, add me to your contacts list first) -- Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager@EU.org