New kernel problems

Sun Oct 19 18:53:26 EDT 2008

Okay... This has gone from a simple kernel upgrade to a ridiculous fiasco, 
all to get a new kernel running! This really belongs on the Gentoo list, but 
I'm just frustrated and need answers.

Okay, so it seems I didn't have module-init-tools installed. 
Module-init-tools requires, among other things, coreutils. Coreutils comes 
down in a format which Portage doesn't recognize. Upgrade Portage, right? 
Well, not quite that easy. It seems my current Portage is blocking a newer 
version of Bash which the new Portage wants. So, I'm at a standstill, where 
I can't upgrade Portage because of a block with my current Portage, which I 
won't even be using any more by the time the blocked package will be 
installed! Sheesh! Help!
Jayson

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "William Hubbs" <w.d.hubbs at gmail.com>
To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2008 6:13 PM
Subject: Re: New kernel problems

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> Hi Jason,
>
> Correct, the kernel needs to be installed before emerging speakup.
>
> I do not have a special script that I use to install kernels.  If you
> have sys-apps/debianutils installed, it has a script that will do this.
> I do this to compile and install a kernel:
>
> cd /usr/src/linux
> # configure the kernel
> make # this compiles the kernel after configuring it
> make modules_install install
>
> Then you have to edit the /etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6 file and
> put in there a line for the speakup module you want to load.
>
> Once that is done, you should be up and running on your next reboot.
>
> William
>
> On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 05:19:10PM -0400, Jayson Smith wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>>     I'm compiling the kernel now. Let me get this right. I need to also
>> install the kernel, before emerging Speakup?
>> I have a kernel.sh script I used to use to install kernels once compiled.
>> It goes like this:
>>
>> #!/bin/bash
>> cd /usr/src/linux
>> echo Moving the system map
>> mv System.map /boot/System.map-2.6
>> cd arch/i386/boot
>> echo moving the kernel
>> mv bzImage /boot/vmlinuz-2.6
>> cd ~
>> echo Running Lilo
>> lilo
>> echo Done.
>>
>> Does this still work? This was a few years ago. Do I need to do this 
>> before
>> emerging speakup? Also, it's been a while, what's the kernel boot command
>> to get Speakup going again? Is it speakup synth=dectlk? I'm using a 
>> Dectalk
>> Express.
>> Thanks again.
>> Jayson
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "William Hubbs" <w.d.hubbs at gmail.com>
>> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." 
>> <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
>> Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2008 4:52 PM
>> Subject: Re: New kernel problems
>>
>>
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>>> Hi Jason,
>>>
>>> make sure that "symlink" is in your use flags when you emerge the
>>> kernel.  That will make sure that /usr/src/linux points to the new
>>> kernel.
>>>
>>> Then, configure and install the kernel.
>>>
>>> After that, emerge speakup then set up the boot system to load the
>>> module for your synthesizer, then reboot.
>>>
>>> At that point you should have speech.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> William
>>>
>>> On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 04:42:23PM -0400, Jayson Smith wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>>     Okay, so I need to configure and install the new kernel first? Does
>>>> that mean I need to reboot, and will be without console speech?
>>>> Thanks.
>>>> Jayson
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "William Hubbs" 
>>>> <w.d.hubbs at gmail.com>
>>>> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux."
>>>> <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
>>>> Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2008 4:04 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: New kernel problems
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>>> Hi Jason,
>>>>>
>>>>> First off, do not bother with cvs speakup.  All of the work is going 
>>>>> on
>>>>> in a git repository.
>>>>>
>>>>> On gentoo, the first thing you have to do is emerge, compile, 
>>>>> configure
>>>>> and install gentoo-sources-2.6.25 or later.  Make sure that the
>>>>> /usr/src/linux symlink points to the correct kernel.
>>>>>
>>>>> Then, emerge speakup, and set it up to load the module automatically 
>>>>> on
>>>>> boot for your synthesizer and you should be ready to go.
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm not sure about the access violation you got, without seeing what 
>>>>> was
>>>>> going on at the time.
>>>>>
>>>>> If you have any questions, feel free to let me know.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>
>>>>> William
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 03:42:35PM -0400, Jayson Smith wrote:
>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>     Long time off this list. Anyway, I need to upgrade my kernel,
>>>>>> mine's
>>>>>> way out of date. I'm using Gentoo, and downloaded the Gentoo 
>>>>>> 2.6.25-R8
>>>>>> Kernel sources. I can't get Speakup to install into that directory. 
>>>>>> If
>>>>>> I
>>>>>> use the CVS checkout script, a lot of the patching hunks fail. 
>>>>>> There's
>>>>>> a
>>>>>> Portage package for Speakup which is masked, but I grabbed it anyway.
>>>>>> It
>>>>>> compiles, then gives an access violation. So, how do I get Speakup
>>>>>> patched
>>>>>> into this kernel?
>>>>>> Thanks!
>>>>>> Jayson
>>>>>>
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