From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from yw-out-2324.google.com ([74.125.46.29]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1Jtvtl-0007pE-00 for ; Wed, 07 May 2008 22:30:21 -0400 Received: by yw-out-2324.google.com with SMTP id 9so391924ywe.29 for ; Wed, 07 May 2008 19:30:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.150.79.32 with SMTP id c32mr2844720ybb.154.1210213808037; Wed, 07 May 2008 19:30:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: from dictat0r ( [75.93.188.67]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 6sm5193862ywc.8.2008.05.07.19.30.06 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Wed, 07 May 2008 19:30:07 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <216C6AD4A6D543238B00F9E8E16CA803@dictat0r> From: "Robert Spangler" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." References: <1210084505.13982.21.camel@violet.perfumed-garden.local><20080507004445.GA30204@linux1><1210143262.4484.12.camel@violet.perfumed-garden.local><20080507124628.GA3102@linux1><1210168036.9293.16.camel@violet.perfumed-garden.local> <20080508015918.GA5181@linux1> Subject: Re: Gentoo - where's speakup been put? Date: Wed, 7 May 2008 22:29:52 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.5512 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.5512 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, 08 May 2008 02:30:22 -0000 I am assuming that, via this method, one would not have speech right at boot? ----- Original Message ----- From: "William Hubbs" To: Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2008 9:59 PM Subject: Re: Gentoo - where's speakup been put? > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hi Gena, > >> Sorry, I'm confused here. I emerged gentoo-sources which gave me the >> kernel source then I created my /etc/portage directory and the required >> package.keywords file. Then emerged speakup. So you are saying that >> the sources are ready for further configuration according to hardware >> and compilation and I can proceed with the install? > > That is correct, see my comment below about speakup. > >> I'll set up the chroot env again and run menuconfig and I'll >> immmediately be able to see if speakup is there. > > No, not in menuconfig. On gentoo, speakup is installed the same way > alsa was before it became part of kernel.org. It is a set of modules, > outside the kernel. > > I need to make one correction on the steps I gave you. Once you are in > the croot, emerge, configure, compile and install your kernel. Make > sure that /usr/src/linux points to the correct kernel tree. Once that > is set up, then emerge speakup. > > Again, in order for all of this to work, you must use at least > gentoo-sources-2.6.25-r1. > > Once you have that set up, you should specify in > /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6 which synthesizer you want to load, > for example: > > speakup_ltlk start=1 > > But, I am about to do another snapshot for gentoo, and when that > happens, you will no longer need the start parameter. > > Let me know if you still have questions. > > William > >> As I've used git and fresh kernel sources previously. I expected to see >> a directory called speakup ready for me to run the installer manually. > >> Thanks. >> >> Gena >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Speakup mailing list >> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca >> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > - -- > William Hubbs > gentoo accessibility team lead > williamh@gentoo.org > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) > > iEYEARECAAYFAkgiXnYACgkQblQW9DDEZTg5SACgnz4rgtBYcWvFztlbws+2hSZx > YNEAn10XBlZZgUDvyPVQCsdH/Y5Q16TE > =G6+d > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup