Gentoo Archives: gentoo-accessibility

From: Shane Davidson <gentoo@××××××.net>
To: gentoo-accessibility@l.g.o
Subject: RE: [gentoo-accessibility] speakup won't compile with kernel 3.1.1 and 2.6.36 isn't available.
Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2011 02:31:34
Message-Id: 036901ccaf08$277e75a0$767b60e0$@shaned.net
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-accessibility] speakup won't compile with kernel 3.1.1 and 2.6.36 isn't available. by William Hubbs
1 Hello;
2 So it's gonna require a recompile of the kernel. This is gonna be fun.
3 I'll send Gentoo-user a message noting the resolution of the matter.
4 Thanks for the help.
5 Shane
6 -----Original Message-----
7 From: William Hubbs [mailto:w.d.hubbs@×××××.com] On Behalf Of William Hubbs
8 Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2011 9:29 PM
9 To: gentoo-accessibility@l.g.o
10 Subject: Re: [gentoo-accessibility] speakup won't compile with kernel 3.1.1
11 and 2.6.36 isn't available.
12
13 Hi Shane,
14
15 On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 08:28:09PM -0500, Shane Davidson wrote:
16 > I've been a Gentoo user for awhile, and installed a knew VM, using
17 > the latest available kernel, 3.1.1.
18 >
19 > When speakup attempts to install I get
20 >
21 > * ERROR: app-accessibility/speakup-3.1.6_p201011120508 failed (setup
22 phase):
23
24 This is because speakup is in the staging drivers in the kernel source for
25 newer kernels.
26
27 You should run make menuconfig, then go to device drivers, staging drivers,
28 then you will find speakup there.
29
30 Let me know if you need any more assistance.
31
32 Thanks,
33
34 William