Gentoo - where's speakup been put?

[Robert Spangler]

I am assuming that, via this method, one would not have speech right at 
boot?

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From: "William Hubbs" <williamh at gentoo.org>
To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2008 9:59 PM
Subject: Re: Gentoo - where's speakup been put?


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> Hi Gena,
>
>> Sorry, I'm confused here.  I emerged gentoo-sources which gave me the
>> kernel source then I created my /etc/portage directory and the required
>> package.keywords file.  Then emerged speakup.  So you are saying that
>> the sources are ready for further configuration according to hardware
>> and compilation and I can proceed with the install?
>
> That is correct, see my comment below about speakup.
>
>> I'll set up the chroot env again and run menuconfig and I'll
>> immmediately be able to see if speakup is there.
>
> No, not in menuconfig.  On gentoo, speakup is installed the same way
> alsa was before it became part of kernel.org.  It is a set of modules,
> outside the kernel.
>
> I need to make one correction on the steps I gave you.  Once you are in
> the croot, emerge, configure, compile and install your kernel.  Make
> sure that /usr/src/linux points to the correct kernel tree.  Once that
> is set up, then emerge speakup.
>
> Again, in order for all of this to work, you must use at least
> gentoo-sources-2.6.25-r1.
>
> Once you have that set up, you should specify in
> /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6 which synthesizer you want to load,
> for example:
>
> speakup_ltlk start=1
>
> But, I am about to do another snapshot for gentoo, and when that
> happens, you will no longer need the start parameter.
>
> Let me know if you still have questions.
>
> William
>
>> As I've used git and fresh kernel sources previously.  I expected to see
>> a directory called speakup ready for me to run the installer manually.
>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Gena
>>
>>
>>
>>
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> - -- 
> William Hubbs
> gentoo accessibility team lead
> williamh at gentoo.org
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