From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from dsl092-170-086.wdc1.dsl.speakeasy.net ([66.92.170.86] helo=toccata.rednote.net) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.34 #1 (Debian)) id 16i48D-00036a-00 for ; Mon, 04 Mar 2002 20:52:46 -0500 Received: from localhost (janina@localhost) by toccata.rednote.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g251orc02447 for ; Mon, 4 Mar 2002 20:50:53 -0500 X-Authentication-Warning: toccata.rednote.net: janina owned process doing -bs Date: Mon, 4 Mar 2002 20:50:53 -0500 (EST) From: Janina Sajka X-X-Sender: janina@toccata.rednote.net To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: Installing Speakup separate from Linux. In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.8 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: Anna: I'm not sure who you're responding to, because you didn't retain any of the message you're responding to. Since several of us wrote you, including me, I'm taking the liberty to say that this message below is not correct, from the perspective of my earlier note today. There's no reason to patch a kernel tree and compile a new kernel in order to get speakup into a Red Hat 7.2 installation. Red Hat has something called the Red Hat Package Manager, rpm for short, that will be very familiar to the Pogo people. It's a simple way of swapping a new kernel, one that has speakup in it, into your installation. The difference between the rpm approach and compiling a new kernel is major. Using rpm, the Pogo people can have you up to speed in a matter of minutes. Doing the kernel route is at least an hour for an experienced person, and many many hours for someone doing it for the first time. On Mon, 4 Mar 2002, Anna Schneider wrote: > Okay. I need to read some how to documents before my computer actually > arrives. I didn't unerstand most of that. *grin* The files to do either > of those options are on the Speak Up web site right? I saw a file called > something like speakup.tar.gc or some such that I am assuming is Speakup > without a distribution, or Speakup I can stick on top of a distribution. > > Anna > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -- Janina Sajka, Director Technology Research and Development Governmental Relations Group American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) Email: janina@afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 Chair, Accessibility SIG Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) http://www.openebook.org