Need help installing Speakup in a 2.6.6 Kernel

[ameer armaly]

This is it:
cvs -d:pserver:anonymous at linux-speakup.org:/usr/src/CVS login


On Sun, 16 May 2004, Jayson Smith wrote:

> Hi,
> Don't know if this is going out to the list or just you, but at least the
> first CVS command you gave isn't working for me.  I think it was
> cvs -d:pserver:anon ymous at linux-speakup.org:/usr/src/CVS login
> I get an unknown command ymous at linux-speakup.org error or some such.  Then
> it goes and lists all the valid commands.  I've never used CVS before so I
> have absolutely no idea what's going on.
> Thanks in advance for any help.
> Jayson
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "ameer armaly" <ameer at charter.net>
> To: "Jayson Smith" <ratguy at bellsouth.net>; "Speakup is a screen review
> system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Saturday, May 15, 2004 10:49 PM
> Subject: Re: Need help installing Speakup in a 2.6.6 Kernel
>
>
> > This is because yyou're not using the cvs speakup. to get cvs speakup, do
> > this:
> > cd to speakup-1.5
> > rm -rf the speakup directory (note the "speakup" directory, not
> > speakup-1.5)
> > then do :
> > cvs -d:pserver:anon ymous at linux-speakup.org:/usr/src/CVS login
> > type please as the password
> > then, do :
> > cvs -d:pserver:anonymous at linux-speakup.org:/usr/src/CVS co speakup
> > after that's done, make sure you've symlinked /usr/src/linux-2.6.6 with
> > /usr/src/linux by:
> > ln -sf /usr/src/linux-2.6.6 /usr/src/linux
> > then, run
> > speakup/checkout
> > hit enter for cvsroot, and type please as the password, and it'll patch (
> > if it doesn't do it the first time, make sure to try it a few times).
> >
> >
> >
> > Ameer
> >
> >
> > On Sat, 15 May 2004, Jayson Smith wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > > Well I finally got a Linux box up and running.  And now a few weeks
> later,
> > > brave old me wants to take a stab at a kernel compile.  But not without
> a
> > > backup config. so I can run away screeming if needed!  And actually, I'm
> now
> > > running a 2.6.6 kernel, but with no Speakup.  Why?  Well...  When I run
> the
> > > install script in the speakup-1.5 directory here's what I get
> > > Patching version v26
> > > Creating .orig files [cat:
> > > /usr/src/linux/drivers/char/speakup/patchlist-v26: No such file or
> directory
> > > ] done.
> > > Patching files [ppatch: install: extra operand
> > > patch: Try `patch --help' for more information.
> > > ] done.
> > > Copying files [ccp: copying multiple files, but last argument
> > > `speakup-announcement-1.5' is not a directory
> > > Try `cp --help' for more information.
> > > ] done.
> > >
> > > I looked and saw a speakup directory in the kernel sources so went ahead
> and
> > > made the kernel.  But I wasn't asked anything about Speakup and sure
> enough,
> > > when it came reboot time, it didn't come up talking although it did at
> least
> > > come up!  Any thoughts?
> > > Thanks.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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