Patching speakup in to Easy peazy?

[Chris Brannon]

Jennifer wrote:
> Hey. I'm new to the list and fairly new to Linux.
> I've never re-compiled a kernel in my life but really want to be able to get
> messages from boot up to shutdown. I want to do this for a version of Ubuntu
> optimized for NetBooks. I currently have no hardware synthesizer,
> is this necessary in order to achieve speech output?

If you don't have a hardware synthesizer, there is no advantage to compiling
Speakup into your kernel.  Just load the modules.
As Greg said, there are packages available for Ubuntu.
When using a software synthesizer, you get speech when all of your other
system services start.

Peace,
-- Chris