Ubuntu modules for speakup, and other questions for Luke-Themuso

[Luke Yelavich]

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On Tue, May 01, 2007 at 09:34:02AM EST, Keith Hinton wrote:
> Luke,
> I have a couple of questions regarding Ubuntu. They all concern the kernel, 
> and speakup support.
> First question is, this.
> What kernel is latest Ubuntu Feisty using?

2.6.20

> Does the Gnome terminal support the make menuconfig interface through Orca, 
> or is there another way?

Never tried it, as I never need to rebuild my kernels.

> Could you perhaps use a regular ssh session and configure the kernel that 
> way?

Yes

> Can you compile it on the LiveCD directly, or must it be done on the 
> hard-drive?

Hard disk. Do you really think your RAM has enough space for an unpacked 
kernel source?

> Next question is,
> Can Speakup be recompiled directly into the kernel? (Compileing all the 
> speakup related options under device drivers as [*] not [<M]? 

Not with the Ubuntu kernels unfortunately. It has been set up such that 
speakup can only be built as modules. If you wanted speakup directly 
into the kernel, you would have to use a vanilla source from kernel.org.
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