speakup/install failed

[Rich Caloggero]

Actually, I'd trying to learn as juch about linux as I can, so I'd like to
try and patch and compile the kernel myself. Couple of questions: : we're
running redhat 6.2.1 with kernel 2.2.19. What does the redhat version number
signify? When examining the README in /usr/src/linux and the associated
Changes file in the kernel subdirectory, it mentions a command called
insmod. I don't have it. What is it and where do I get it?
Is there a document I should read to further this process? I think I have a
decent understanding of what I'm doing inprinciple, I just don't know where
things live and their names. Incidentally, what do yu-all do about linux
cryptic commands and speech? I've gotten used to long filenames, and labeled
controls - going back to unpronouncible command names  etc is just kind of
painful.

Thanx in advance.

                    Rich


----- Original Message -----
From: "Janina Sajka" <janina at afb.net>
To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: 16 May, 2001 5:43 PM
Subject: Re: speakup/install failed


Rich:

If you're able to download the iso images at
ftp://speakup.octothorp.org, you'll be ahead of the game. Bill Acker has
patched speakup into the current Redhat install very nicely. You'll get
a fully accessible install--well except for the first prompt where there
is no speech and you have to indicate your synthesizer. But after that
prompt, the install is accessible and the speech is built in. It's by
far the easiest coarse. I heartily recommend it.

On Wed, 16 May 2001, Rich Caloggero wrote:

> I'm trying to install speakup-0.10a on redhat kernel 2.2.19.
> I put the speakup sources under /usr/src and copied the source tree for
> linux-2.2.19 into linux. I entered the speakup source directory at
> /usr/src/speakup-0.10a and typed ./install and got this mess:
> [summary: lots of errors about expected binary operator ]
> ./installPatching version v22
> Creating .orig files [./install: [: ==: binary operator expected
> ./install: [: ==: binary operator expected
> ./install: [: ==: binary operator expected
> ./install: [: ==: binary operator expected
> ./install: [: ==: binary operator expected
> ./install: [: ==: binary operator expected
> ./install: [: ==: binary operator expected
> ./install: [: ==: binary operator expected
> ./install: [: ==: binary operator expected
> ./install: [: ==: binary operator expected
> ./install: [: ==: binary operator expected
> ./install: [: ==: binary operator expected
> ./install: [: ==: binary operator expected
> ./install: [: ==: binary operator expected
> ./install: [: ==: binary operator expected
> ./install: [: ==: binary operator expected
> ./install: [: ==: binary operator expected
> ./install: [: ==: binary operator expected
> ./install: [: ==: binary operator expected
> ./install: [: ==: binary operator expected
> ./install: [: ==: binary operator expected
> ./install: [: ==: binary operator expected
> ./install: [: ==: binary operator expected
> ./install: [: ==: binary operator expected
> ./install: [: ==: binary operator expected
> ] done.
> Patching files [p./install: ${writeloc//^/\/}: bad substitution
> ] done.
> Copying files [c./install: ${writeloc//^/\/}: bad substitution
> ] done.
> speakup-0.10a#
>
> Help.
>
>                     Rich
>
>
>
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Technology Research and Development
Governmental Relations Group
American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)

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