From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from wb2flw.octothorp.org ([63.224.68.2]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19FQhz-0004w7-00 for ; Mon, 12 May 2003 23:44:07 -0400 Received: from wb2flw.octothorp.org (wb2flw.octothorp.org [127.0.0.1]) by wb2flw.octothorp.org (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id h4D3hjFr010659 for ; Tue, 13 May 2003 03:43:45 GMT Received: from localhost (wacker@localhost) by wb2flw.octothorp.org (8.12.8/8.12.8/Submit) with ESMTP id h4D3hiNs010654 for ; Mon, 12 May 2003 21:43:45 -0600 X-Authentication-Warning: wb2flw.octothorp.org: wacker owned process doing -bs Date: Mon, 12 May 2003 21:43:44 -0600 (MDT) From: "William F. Acker WB2FLW +1-303-722-7209" To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: best way to install rh9? In-Reply-To: <5.2.0.9.0.20030508145734.00c38e70@mail.surferie.net> Message-ID: References: <5.2.0.9.0.20030507230358.00c216f8@mail.surferie.net> <5.2.0.9.0.20030507230358.00c216f8@mail.surferie.net> <5.2.0.9.0.20030508145734.00c38e70@mail.surferie.net> 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: 2.0.11 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: Hi, In /usr/src//drivers/char/keyboard.c, find the lines that say static struct kbd_struct * kbd = kbd_table; static struct tty_struct * tty; Presently, they're on lines 101 and 102. Remove the word static and the space after it from the beginning of each line. This is after the checkout program attempts to patch the file. I have no idea what the next line does. That appears to be the one that RH adds. HTH. -- Bill in Denver On Thu, 8 May 2003, Jacob Schmude wrote: > Anyhow, what would I have > to do to patch keyboard.c? > 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. >