Speakup on Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy

[Alastair Irving]

Hello

I was wondering if there's any plans to create a speakup package for ubuntu
8.04?  I've been trying to compile my own kernel but have discovered that my
laptop requires the linux-restricted-modules, and these are proving
difficult to re-compile.  

In Ubuntu Feisty, it seemed that the kernel-patch-speakup package could be
installed directly without installing a new kernel.  Could someone possibly
explain how this worked?  

Many thanks

Alastair Irving