help requested for speakup1.0

[Janina Sajka]

Clarification. You don't install speakup. That's Windows-think.

You patch speakup source into kernel source, then you compile a new 
kernel.

On Fri, 19 Oct 2001, djc wrote:

> I didn't do this work myself Shawn so it's harder for me to exactly answer
> questions but It's kernel2.4.3. When he went to make it just failed and
> claimed it couldn't find directories. He tried a few different things but
> he couldn't get it to install at all. This RedHat is the one I got from
> Bill's fine ftp site.
> 
> 
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> On 10/20/01 at 1:26 AM Shaun Oliver wrote:
> 
> >ok for starters, what exactly wouldn't it do? and what kernel vrelease are
> >u using for this source? 
> >I'm currently using kernel 2.4.4 with a cvs version of speakup 1.00 and it
> >compiled with no problems at all.
> >
> >
> >-- 
> >
> >
> >Shaun
> >
> >I never made a mistake in my life.
> >I thought I did once, but I was wrong.
> >                -- Lucy Van Pelt
> >
> >email: shauno at goanna.net.au
> >icq: 76958435
> >
> >On Fri, 19 Oct 2001, djc wrote:
> >
> >> Last night we tried to install speakup1.0 and following the read me we
> >> couldn't get it to install. I'm running RedHat7.1.  have the older
> >speakup
> >> running fine but I'd like to update it. We moved the tarball ok and we
> >just
> >> couldn't get it to find the directories it needed. My friend was
> >assisting
> >> me and he was using xwindows. I did download the speakup.tar.gz from the
> >> speakup site. Is that the only file I need? I did see a speakup
> >> configuration file but I didn't think I should have downloaded that one
> >so
> >> I didn't. I also would like to know if it's to my advantage to update
> >> RedHat to 7.2. That is going to be an extremely long download and before
> >I
> >> do that I'd appreciate thoughts. My RedHat is running fine but I've
> >always
> >> felt that it's important to keep up to date with changes. Thanks for any
> >> assistance.
> >>  
> >> 		     Msn or mailto:djc2 at pacbell.net
> >> 
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> >> 
> >> 
> >> _______________________________________________
> >> Speakup mailing list
> >> Speakup at braille.uwo.ca
> >> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
> >> 
> >
> >
> >_______________________________________________
> >Speakup mailing list
> >Speakup at braille.uwo.ca
> >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
> 
> 
> 		     Msn or mailto:djc2 at pacbell.net
> 
>      I C Q Number is: 4781694
> 
>      Join Me On Testpattern Radio on Saturday Evenings.
> 
>      http://www.thetestpattern.com for the Schedule and Information.
> 
> 
> 
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