Is this normal?

Gregory Nowak gnowak1 at uic.edu
Tue Jan 29 22:09:30 EST 2002


One vital thing I just thought of is that during make config, you need to enable the vga text console part of the script in order to recieve any speakup configuration prompts. If you don't answer y to that question, you will not be prompted for speakup.
Greg


On Tue, Jan 29, 2002 at 07:05:47PM -0700, Steve Holmes wrote:
> No, don't need any sound cards or any of that to get speakup to configure.
> I run ./install from within the speakup-1.00 directory and I always place
> the speakup-1.00 directory inside the /usr/src directory.  That always
> seems to patch the stuff in /usr/src/linux with no problems.  Once
> ./install is finished, you might want to dig down into the
> /usr/src/linux/drivers/char directory to see if speakup is there; that
> might give some clues if you are still having troubles.
> 
> On Tue, 29 Jan 2002, Thomas Ward wrote:
> 
> > Hi, I tried the stock and a generic kernel. Generic kernel had no hunks
> > fail, but speakup was not in the config.
> > I am wondering how to add it to my make config since it did not ask.
> > I pretty much did a stripped down  kernel with no sound, no network, etc
> > just to make a boot diskette for install, and there was no option for
> > Speakup.
> > Do I have to select sound or something to get speakup?
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Geoff Shang <gshang at uq.net.au>
> > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> > Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2002 5:02 PM
> > Subject: Re: Is this mormal?
> >
> >
> > > Hi:
> > >
> > > No this is not normal.  The patching process should include speakup in the
> > > make config system.  Did any hunks fail?
> > >
> > > Geoff.
> > >
> > >
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