From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from gate.ufw2.com([216.163.19.158]) (3876 bytes) by braille.uwo.ca via smail with P:esmtp/D:aliases/T:pipe (sender: ) id for ; Sat, 23 Sep 2000 18:16:20 -0400 (EDT) (Smail-3.2.0.102 1998-Aug-2 #2 built 1999-Sep-5) Received: from [216.163.21.20] by gate.ufw2.com for speakup@braille.uwo.ca id RAA13948; Sat Sep 23 17:16:24 2000 Received: from hardb ([216.163.21.59]) by mail.ufw2.com (Build 101 8.9.3/NT-8.9.3) with SMTP id RAA01393 for ; Sat, 23 Sep 2000 17:16:26 -0500 Message-Id: <3.0.6.32.20000923172501.007a4c60@mail.ufw2.com> X-Sender: bharding@mail.ufw2.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.6 (32) Date: Sat, 23 Sep 2000 17:25:01 -0500 Subject: Re: New user encountering problems In-Reply-To: <000201c025bd$c5f9c120$37059ed8@wang> References: <3.0.6.32.20000922225521.007db9a0@mail.ufw2.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca From: Brent Harding List-Id: If one were to do this, how would you get speakup loaded? At 03:59 PM 9/23/00 -0700, you wrote: >I always suggest to take RedHat kernel as it is and just load modules. >Best, >Vic > >******* ******* ******* >have you thought of visiting Cybertsar's Internet Kingdom? It is still >alive! >Here is the URL: >http://nimbus.ocis.temple.edu/~vtsaran/ >******* ******* ******* >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Brent Harding" >To: >Sent: Friday, September 22, 2000 8:55 PM >Subject: Re: New user encountering problems > > >> I've liked debian for awhile, but tons of stuff won't compile, because the >> locations of files are a little screwy. Why put stuff in non standard >> places I don't know. How does one configure a redhat kernel when compiling >> anyways? I'm thinking about using it some time, suppose I need the 3c59x >> driver support for networking, can I config it like a normal kernel or >does >> redhat have tools to make this easier? >> At 11:24 PM 9/22/00 -0400, you wrote: >> >Hi >> > It is possible to build a speakup kernel from the Red Hat source >> >RPM. Just skip the patches that can't find their files, they don't apply >> >to the i386. >> > However, the kernel will build, but unless you use a rh supplied >> >config, your modules will have unresolved symbols all over the place. I >> >don't think speakup agrees with some of the patches RH applied to their >> >kernel rpm, for it is not a clean source. They've applied all sorts of >> >stuff that are beta, or even alpha. Not wise, I believe they do it to try >> >to get their distro to support more hardware. >> > Personally, I think slackware is the best, closely followed by >> >debian. >> > >> >On Fri, 22 Sep 2000, Kirk Wood wrote: >> > >> >> I believe this is a kernel problem. Once the kernel starts expanding >(you >> >> get the loading and the dots, then the kernel quickly takes over. My >guess >> >> is that you used the kernell source provided by RedHat. If you did, >then >> >> you should download the kernel (possibly from kernel.org) and apply the >> >> patch compile, etc.) RedHat doesn't provide the complete kernel and as >a >> >> result the built images don't work correct. Sorry I can't give you more >> >> complete details. Just that it is common to discover you can't build a >> >> working kernel with speakup from the RedHat source package. >> >> >> > >> > >> >_______________________________________________ >> >Speakup mailing list >> >Speakup@braille.uwo.ca >> >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >> > >> > >> > >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Speakup mailing list >> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca >> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > >_______________________________________________ >Speakup mailing list >Speakup@braille.uwo.ca >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > >