question for the list.

question for the list.

[Maurice A. Mines]

Hi it's Maurice.

I am taking a class in Linux, and my prof insists upon using ManDrake Linux.

A question: Is it accessible using Speakup?

P.S. I currently have RedHat 7.2.

Re: question for the list.

[Raul A. Gallegos]

The answer depends on what you are allowed to do.  If you are allowed to
patch speakup into the kernel then you can use speakup on any
distribution provided you have a supported synthesizer.  Patching the
kernel is easy now-a-days.  All you do is make sure you have cvs
installed on the box and download the checkout script from speakup ftp
site.  Run that from the src tree /usr/src/linux.  This will patch
speakup into the kernel and then you have to compile the kernel.

Good luck.

Maurice A. Mines said the following on Sun, Jan 27, 2002 at 11:49:54PM +0000:
> 
> Hi it's Maurice.
> 
> I am taking a class in Linux, and my prof insists upon using ManDrake Linux.
> 
> A question: Is it accessible using Speakup?
> 
> P.S. I currently have RedHat 7.2.
> 
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Speakup mailing list
> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup

-- 
If you are good, you will be assigned all the work.  If you are real
good, you will get out of it.
Raul A. Gallegos - http://www.asmodean.net

Re: question for the list.

[Thomas Ward]

Hi, which version of Mandrake will you be using?I've had some better success
with 8.0, but 8.1 has been dificult to get going.
It also depends on if the prof will let you use a modified kernel. You will
have to get the kernel sources from kernel.org, and then patch it with
speakup, and then  compile it.
Otherwise at this point Emacspeak 15 with viavoice might be the best choice.
I am trying to work on a speakup distribution of Mandrake, but so far
haven't gotten much done.

----- Original Message -----
From: Maurice A. Mines <mmines@mines-family.net>
To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2002 6:49 PM
Subject: question for the list.


>
> Hi it's Maurice.
>
> I am taking a class in Linux, and my prof insists upon using ManDrake
Linux.
>
> A question: Is it accessible using Speakup?
>
> P.S. I currently have RedHat 7.2.
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Speakup mailing list
> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup

Re: question for the list.

[Geoff Shang]

On Sun, 27 Jan 2002, Raul A. Gallegos wrote:

> Patching the
> kernel is easy now-a-days.  All you do is make sure you have cvs
> installed on the box and download the checkout script from speakup ftp
> site.

I wouldn't encourage this approach as a blanket method for enabling speakup
support.  CVS is fine *if* (1) you know what you're doing and (2) you are
sure of the state of CVS.  CVS is where all development takes place.  sure
it will have the latest features, but it will also have the latest bugs.
This is particularly important when you consider that it runs in the
kernel.  A broken speakup may cause the kernel to not compile or not run
properly when booted.

In other words, CVS is not for everybody.  I recommend getting the tarballs
for general kernel patching and only use CVS when you know its safe to do
so or if you're prepared for it to die in a screaming heep.

Geoff.