unable to make oldconfig with speakup in 2.6.36-gentoo-r5

[William Hubbs]

Hi John,

on gentoo, for that version of the kernel, I recommend you use the
speakup package.

So, build, compile and install the kernel, without attempting to install
speakup into it. Then, make sure that /usr/src/linux points to the
correct kernel, and emerge speakup. That will install the speakup
modules. You will get a message from portage when you do that that tells
you where to set up the module so that it will autoload when you boot
your system.

Let me know if you have any questions.

Thanks,

William