slackware 12.1 kernel install question

[Alex Snow]

For gnome on slackware I've  been using Gnome.slackbuild lately with a lot of 
success...They seem to be pretty good about updating packages frequently and the install 
is extremely easy.  I just wish they would modularise their gnome-speech package, since 
the one distributed only has festival support.
On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 12:29:50AM -0700, 
Steve Holmes wrote:
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> Oh, given that, I could probably proceed as I have always done then.
> I thought when reading the update and readme files for Slack 12.1 that
> initrd's had to be used now.  I'd some day like to get used to initrd
> and build one but so far, I've been lazy and just use the setup I
> have.  I too build replacement kernels as  soon as possible after
> upgrades like this because I like to patch in ntfs support and of
> course the latest speakups.  I don't have a dual core processer so I
> don't think I need SMP but that's another area I'm not really familiar
> with; dunno if it would hurt anything to include SMP support or not.
> 
> When I looked, Slack 12.1 seemed to be really current on package
> versions too.  I just have to be careful with my gnome installation
> because that isn't native to slackware as you know and dropline hasn't
> updated in over six months! so if I upgrade slack 12.1 and update the
> X stuff, it might break my gnome setup; not sure there.
> 
> On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 09:24:46AM -0400, Alex Snow wrote:
> > In slack 12.1 like in 12.0 the speakup.s kernel is automagically 
> > installed if you booted with that kernel on the install disk.  There 
> > are some issues when using the install cd since you have to install 
> > packages from the second CD and then grab the kernels from the first 
> > CD (in 12.0 at least, it wouldn't prompt you to reinsert the first 
> > disk, then explode because it couldn't find the kernels 
> > directory--this may be fixed in 12.1).  Other then that, as long as 
> > you specify your synth parameters when the installer is configuring 
> > Lilo everything should come up talking.
> > Slackware 12.1 also doesn't require initrds, the speakup.s kernel has 
> > everything you need compiled in.  I usually replace this with a 
> > patched version of one of the smp-enabled kernels rather quickly after 
> > install, again you don't need an initrd if you use the hugesmp kernel, 
> > or do what I do and take the standard smp kernel and add needed 
> > filesystem drivers into the kernel.
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> > Sun, Aug 17, 2008 at 11:45:40PM -0700, Steve Holmes wrote:
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> > > I haven't tried Slack 12.1 yet but If you got your synth and stuff
> > > working for the initial installation, you should be able to add those
> > > same parameters to the lilo.conf file for the kernel you install from
> > > the kernel choices.  I haven't messed with it yet because I'm chicken
> > > about the initrd stuff but should get down with my laptop and give it
> > > a go soon.
> > > 
> > > On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 08:16:51PM -0400, Jude DaShiell wrote:
> > > > What command or commands need to be done with /kernels/speakup.s/bzImage  
> > > > in order to get slackware 12.1 talking once installation is finished and  
> > > > ready for first boot?  I'm hearing things that are going too fast to  
> > > > understand them when the speakup.s kernel fails to install.
> > > >
> > > >
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> > > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca
> > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
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