Speakup & 2.6.12 kernels

Kenny Hitt kenny at hittsjunk.net
Wed Aug 17 22:49:00 EDT 2005


hi.

Speakup 2.0 won't work on a kernel version greater than 2.6.11.  You
will have to use CVS to patch speakup into any 2.6.12 kernel.

         Kenny

On Wed, Aug 17, 2005 at 09:41:18PM -0400, Lorenzo Taylor wrote:
> I am trying to patch a 2.6.12 kernel from Debian with Speakup 2.0, which says
> that it will work with any 2.6.10 or later kernel..  However, I am getting the
> following when I run ./install from the speakup directory:
> 
> Patching version v26
> Creating .orig files [...............] done.
> Patching files [ppppppp1 out of 3 hunks FAILED -- saving rejects to file drivers/Makefile.rej
> pppp9 out of 13 hunks FAILED -- saving rejects to file drivers/char/vt.c.rej
> pppp] done.
> Copying files [ccccc] done.
> 
> I tried using Speakup from CVS with slightly different but very similar results.
> 
> Is it safe to go ahead and try compiling the kernel?  Does Speakup just not work
> with 2.6.12 kernels?  Or is it a Debian thing since I am using the Debian kernel
> sources?
> 
> All help appreciated,
> Lorenzo
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