A question from a newbie...

[Gary M. Drennan]

Hi Kurt,

Thanks for the info. I don't have it on yet since I'm still deciding which
distribution to get, but its good to know what things to watch out for.

I probably wasn't to clear about what I was asking. The Speakup page says
10.0 runs on kernal 2.2.7 and up. Will it work on any lower kernal? I'm
having a bit of a difficulty finding the high numbers.

Thanks,

Gary
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kirk Reiser" <kirk at braille.uwo.ca>
To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2001 11:19 AM
Subject: Re: A question from a newbie...


> Hi Gary:  You have to be careful about version numbers with
> gnu/linux.  Most distributions have version numbers which most folks
> mistake for the version number of the operating system, but that's not
> true.  You can get the kernel version number with the uname -a
> command.  If you are running 2.2.x kernels then wait a bit before
> upgrading.  The 2.4.x kernels are going through some painful changes
> just now.
>
> As far as the keynote goes, I have no specs for them and no synth to
> test with.  If someone wants to send me the spec I'll write a driver,
> but I can't test it.
>
>   Kirk
>
> --
>
> Kirk Reiser The Computer Braille Facility
> e-mail: kirk at braille.uwo.ca University of Western Ontario
> phone: (519) 661-3061
>
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