patch hunk failed

[Shaun Oliver]

Hi guys.
I've just tryed to install the speakup-0.10a and have come accross a major
problem one of the patch hunks keeps failing and I can't figure out why
this is.
I'm using slackware 7.1 under an umsdos system and it says something about
ppp or something like that but all I know, is that it's the first hunk
that fails. could this be because I don't have the kernel installed
properly?
or, is it becausse I am already using a patched kernel?
thanks in advance, 
Shaun..