From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from avocet.prod.itd.earthlink.net([207.217.121.50]) (2994 bytes) by braille.uwo.ca via smail with P:esmtp/D:aliases/T:pipe (sender: ) id for ; Mon, 3 Apr 2000 23:48:02 -0400 (EDT) (Smail-3.2.0.102 1998-Aug-2 #2 built 1999-Sep-5) Received: from rkassen (sdn-ar-011mokcitP099.dialsprint.net [158.252.169.59]) by avocet.prod.itd.earthlink.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id UAA06195 for ; Mon, 3 Apr 2000 20:48:05 -0700 (PDT) From: "Ron Kassen" To: Subject: RE: another newbie Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2000 22:44:36 -0500 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) In-Reply-To: X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 Importance: Normal List-Id: Geoff, Thanks for the encouragement. This is my plan, but I have to learn a few things first: 1. How do I tell the kernel that I have a 3com 3c905b 10/100mb ethernet card? 2. I know that alsa will give me the sound support I need and I know that my sound card is supported, but I don't know if I have all the pieces I need to get it up and running. 3. There is a minor issue of Video, but for the moment, linux seems not to care what my video card is. I suppose it would be different if I was doing graphics (not likely unless I think about running x-windows). 4. How do I get the internet configured, and how do I start receiving email? It looks like there are many docs I need to read before I get started, but I am somewhat impatient and want to start experimenting. 5. I have no kernel compilation experience. I downloaded what I think is a kernel source from kerneli.org, but I'm afraid this is a new one for me - I don't have a clue what I am looking at. Do you know of a good kernel compilation document? 6. Where is a good place to find applications. I downloaded mp123 (?) from a site that I can't remember now. Someone mentioned cdcd, where do I find this? Anyway, I won't ramble on like this - any help you could give would be appreciated. P.S. I see your .au email address? Are you from Australia? What part? Thanks a bunch! RK -----Original Message----- From: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca [mailto:speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca]On Behalf Of Geoff Shang Sent: Monday, April 03, 2000 12:55 AM To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: RE: another newbie Hi Ron: If I were you, I'd recompile the kernel to get your hardware supported. Since you are a hardware expert, this shouldn't present any major difficulties. Grab a kernel source from the kernel 2.2 tree at ftp.kernal.org, get the patch from ftp.braille.uwo.ca/pub/linux/speakup/speakup-0.08.tar.gz and go for it. Geoff. _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup@braille.uwo.ca http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup