Understanding hardware support

[nick G]

What version of zipspeak?  The new 9.1 or an older one.
Thanks,
Nick
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From: "Alex Snow" <alex_snow at gmx.net>
To: <norlingdeborah at fhda.edu>; "Speakup is a screen review system for
Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2004 4:30 PM
Subject: Re: Understanding hardware support


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> a vax? sweet. Very cool machines. I recently got ahold of one but I
> haven't got it completely networked yet.
> On Tue, Apr 27, 2004 at
> 09:38:04AM -0700, Debee Norling wrote:
> > Well the more I read, it seems the less I know.
> >
> > I've been trying to figure out how to get Zipspeak to support at least
one
> > of my PCMCIA cards.  I have both wired and wi-fi network cards that I'd
> > especially like to be using. (We run a neighborhood access point and
also
> > run our own SMTP server on a VAX with a home network already in place.)
> >
> > I am grateful to everyone who kindly offered to help me privately, but
I've
> > learned so much from reading this list's archive, I'd rather ask general
> > questions now so the answers are public.  In no way am I trying to snub
> > anyone who offered to help off-list.
> >
> > I'm really confused because I don't understand exactly how and where
> > hardware support is implemented. Some docs tell me to recompile my
kernel.
> > Some docs say I need kernel patches. Some docs suggest I replace my
kernel
> > with another one on the distro's CD. Some docs tell me to enable
> > auto-loading of modules. Some docs tell me to add modules.  Some docs
tell
> > me to simply edit some cryptic file. Some docs tell me hardware will be
> > automatically detected.  This all sounds contradictory.
> >
> > I need to be pointed in the direction of a how-to that gives
clarification
> > about how to troubleshoot whether hardware is supported/detected and
what to
> > do, and the order to do it in, when it isn't. I also have the additional
> > complication of Speakup, which I assume means I can't just replace my
> > kernel.
> >
> > I'm not expecting device manager or plug-in-play; getting my hardware
> > working is part of the fun. But I'm surprised that so much of what I
read is
> > inconsistent.
> >
> > And guys, if I ever get this figured out, I'll write up something
> > unambiguous to explain it to the clueless!!!
> >
> > --Debee
> >
> >
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> - -- 
> So in the future, one 'client' at a time or you'll be spending CPU time
with
> lots of little 'child processes'.
> -- Kevin M. Bealer, commenting on the private life of a Linux nerd
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