From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mail.surferie.net ([63.175.116.33]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19Dqn5-0003oI-00 for ; Thu, 08 May 2003 15:10:51 -0400 Received: from beavis.surferie.net [205.162.139.53] by mail.surferie.net with ESMTP (SMTPD32-6.06) id AAAF4BC4004C; Thu, 08 May 2003 15:06:23 -0400 Message-Id: <5.2.0.9.0.20030508145734.00c38e70@mail.surferie.net> X-Sender: jacobs@mail.surferie.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.2.0.9 Date: Thu, 08 May 2003 15:10:18 -0400 To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca From: Jacob Schmude Subject: Re: best way to install rh9? In-Reply-To: References: <5.2.0.9.0.20030507230358.00c216f8@mail.surferie.net> <5.2.0.9.0.20030507230358.00c216f8@mail.surferie.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-5F6E4C88; boundary="=======14356042=======" Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: --=======14356042======= Content-Type: text/plain; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-5F6E4C88; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Hi I'll probably wind up going with a kickstart file--if I get it wrong the first time I'll just have to get it right--grin. Anyhow, what would I have to do to patch keyboard.c? It's gonna take a bit to get the 3 iso images, so it'll be a little while before I install it. just out of curiosity: what has rh done to keyboard.c that requires it to be patched by hand? I was going to suggest making a patch file, but with CVS, that just might not be an option since it changes so rapidly. Maybe there's a way for a rh-specific patch to be put into cvs and the install or checkout script could decide which one to apply based on a condition, possibly the condition of a build number after the kernel version (rh and mandrake are the only distros I know of that do this). I mean something such as 2.4.20 and 2.4.20-9. Perhaps if the script could determine the difference, it could know to apply the 2.4.20 redhat patch to 2.4.20-9, for example. Would such a thing be possible? For now, though, can you send me some instructions on how to hand-patch it, what line numbers, what I need to change, etc? At 22:41 5/7/2003 -0600, you wrote: >Hi, > > I don't know of a program for verifying a kickstart file. If your IP >address is routable, I'd be happy to help you with a telnet installation >over the phone. The Speakup keymaps are available in RH9, although there >a little old. They'll be fine for an initial installation. I do >recommend that you upgrade the kbd package along with the kernel. Use the >clean kernel-source-2.4.20-9.i386.rpm from RH to add the CVS version of >Speakup to. You'll have to hand patch keyboard.c, Janina or I can help >with that. --=======14356042=======--