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[Michael Whapples]

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)
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

On 23/12/42 20:59, Aruni Sharma wrote:
> hello listers. this is Aruni from india. I have started using linux
> quite recently. I have been a windows user. I am trying to switch to
> linux. I have tried ubuntu and opensuse 11.1 beta. Could someone guide
> me how to install speakup and use it on these two distros? Please note
> that I use software synths.
> Thanks and regards,
> Aruni.
>
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