Re: What does it take to fork the kernel?

[Willem van der Walt <wvdwalt@csir.co.za>]

Hi Bill,
I think it would be far easier to just build the .deb package for speakup 
for each specific kernel and, by settings in the /etc/apt/sources.list, 
make sure that the correct speakup is installed when the kernel is 
upgraded.
If you use software speech, there is IMHO no advantage in building speakup 
into the kernel.
As for the talking at boot, you can controll it by deciding when speech is 
started, and the user can hit the numpad-enter once to shut it up.

Finally, I've been asked to make some changes in default speakup
settings (turn cursor tracking off.
I cannot see why anyone could want that as a default setting in console 
mode.

For startup, on all my machines, I disable the gdm graphical login and 
just sign on using speakup.  I then run startx to start gnome/orca when 
needed.
I am not saying that this approach would work for your Vinux users, but it 
works well for me.
HTH, Willem



On Thu, 18 Feb 2010, Bill Cox wrote:

> Hi.  I'm trying to improve integration of speakup for an upcoming
> Vinux release.  Currently, I install it with module-assistant, which
> has two problems.  First, speakup is loaded as a module, rather than
> compiled into the kernel.  Second, every time Ubuntu ships a new
> kernel, speakup breaks, until the user issues the magic command 'sudo
> m-a a-i -f speakup-source' and reboots.
> 
> I'm considering having a custom kernel, compiled with speakup for
> Vinux.  I have two questions, as a speakup novice.  In particular,
> I've never used speakup when compiled in the kernel, so I'm only
> guessing how it works.  First, is there some way to disable speaking
> by default during boot, and only enable it if the user asks for it?
> The first sound Vinux normally makes is the login window chime.  I
> think it will confuse some users and possibly annoy others if they
> wind up listening to the boot messages, but I want the option to
> listen.  Second, do you know what it takes to maintain the kernel
> packages?  I'm also a novice debian packager.
> 
> Alternatively, I can make it so the user does not have to type the
> command to recompile speakup by detecting that it is not loading and
> then recompiling on boot.
> 
> Finally, I've been asked to make some changes in default speakup
> settings (turn cursor tracking off, and set punctuation to some).  Is
> the recommended way with speakupconf?
> 
> Thanks,
> Bill
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