best way to install rh9?

[William F. Acker WB2FLW +1-303-722-7209]

Hi,

     In /usr/src/<linux_directory>/drivers/char/keyboard.c, find the lines 
that say
static struct kbd_struct * kbd = kbd_table;
static struct tty_struct * tty;
Presently, they're on lines 101 and 102.  Remove the word static and the 
space after it from the beginning of each line.  This is after the 
checkout program attempts to patch the file.  I have no idea what the next 
line does.  That appears to be the one that RH adds.
          HTH.
-- 
          Bill in Denver

 On Thu, 8 May 2003, 
Jacob Schmude wrote:

> Anyhow, what would I have 
> to do to patch keyboard.c? 
> just out of curiosity: what has rh done to keyboard.c that requires it to 
> be patched by hand? I was going to suggest making a patch file, but with 
> CVS, that just might not be an option since it changes so rapidly. Maybe 
> there's a way for a rh-specific patch to be put into cvs and the install or 
> checkout script could decide which one to apply based on a condition, 
> possibly the condition of a build number after the kernel version (rh and 
> mandrake are the only distros I know of that do this). I mean something 
> such as 2.4.20 and 2.4.20-9. Perhaps if the script could determine the 
> difference, it could know to apply the 2.4.20 redhat patch to 2.4.20-9, for 
> example. Would such a thing be possible?
> For now, though, can you send me some instructions on how to hand-patch it, 
> what line numbers, what I need to change, etc?
> At 22:41 5/7/2003 -0600, you wrote:
> 
> >Hi,
> >
> >      I don't know of a program for verifying a kickstart file.  If your IP
> >address is routable, I'd be happy to help you with a telnet installation
> >over the phone.  The Speakup keymaps are available in RH9, although there
> >a little old.  They'll be fine for an initial installation.  I do
> >recommend that you upgrade the kbd package along with the kernel.  Use the
> >clean kernel-source-2.4.20-9.i386.rpm from RH to add the CVS version of
> >Speakup to.  You'll have to hand patch keyboard.c, Janina or I can help
> >with that.
>