hello from a new member

[Michael Whapples]

I knew speakup could be built as modules but didn't realise it could be 
compiled without compiling a kernel as well (I thought it patched a file 
in the kernel source and so the kernel was different). This does 
simplify things alot for people new to Linux.

Michael Whapples

On 23/12/42 20:59, Gregory Nowak wrote:
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> Actually, if you're using a 2.6.x or later kernel, you don't even need
> to patch the kernel; you can just build speakup as modules. This is
> described here:
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> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/pipermail/speakup/2008-May/046202.html
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> Hth.
>
> Greg
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> On Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 11:45:26PM +0000, Michael Whapples wrote:
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>> Hello,
>> Not using either of those distros I don't know if they have a way you
>> can create a kernel with speakup and make it a package you install. If
>> they do then you might want to go that route as hopefully you would use
>> basically the same config and so might be able to use the modules from
>> the distro.
>>
>> An alternative is to look at those distros which include speakup or
>> speakup packages (this is why I stick with slackware, although it
>> doesn't allow installing by software synth). GRML (www.grml.org) is
>> debian based and has a software synth on the CD. You may want to look at
>> it. GRML can be run as a live CD (good for system maintainance or just
>> learning about speakup), or you can install GRML to hard disk, or there
>> is a script to create a debian installation.
>>
>> If you resort to just generic instructions for compiling a kernel with
>> speakup, there are many docs online about compiling kernels. One I use
>> (mainly because I use slackware) is the slackware details for creating a
>> speakup enabled kernel (although fairly generic)
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>> ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware/source/k/README_SPEAKUP_PATCH.TXT
>>
>> <ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware/source/k/README_SPEAKUP_PATCH.TXT>
>> . If you aren't using an existing config which specifies using speakup
>> then remember when configuring the kernel (make menuconfig) to enable
>> speakup and the software synth option. Also some distos (I think ubuntu
>> is one of them) use grub instead of lilo, make sure that you update grub
>> so it knows about the new kernel if grub is used instead of updating
>> lilo.
>>
>> It really is easier to start with a pre-compiled kernel (particularly if
>> you aren't used to kernel configuration).
>>
>> Michael Whapples
>>      
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