No, speakup is in the debian repository. I use a stock kernel and just install the modules. Works great. I haven't cooked a kernel in a few years.
Keith On Aug 29, 2010, at 10:14 AM, Ryan Mann wrote: > Did you have to recompile the kernel to install Speakup? For some reason, I > thought that Speakup wasn't available as Debian packages. > > On Aug 29, 2010, at 8:52 AM, Keith Watson wrote: > >> Actually I just googled debian vmware and appliance. I can't remember the >> name of the image, but that should get you something. After getting the >> image and booting it I had to ssh to it from my MAC terminal and update it >> to sid, then install speakup. It was fairly painless. >> >> I suppose that if there is enough interest I could put together a generic >> version of my image with speakup installed and make it available to the >> public. >> >> Keith >> On Aug 29, 2010, at 2:01 AM, Scott Granados wrote: >> >>> Do you have a pointer to a good image? >>> >>> On Aug 28, 2010, at 6:29 PM, Keith Watson wrote: >>> >>>> All well and good to have these tools available on the MAC. The only >>>> problem is that VO access to the terminal is cumbersome at best. My >>>> solution to this is to run a Debian VM and use speakup. Much better access >>>> to it's term there, and if I need to do anything on my MAC i just ssh over >>>> and take care of it that way. >>>> >>>> Just my 2 cents. >>>> >>>> Keith >>>> >>>> >>>> On Aug 28, 2010, at 3:15 PM, Scott Granados wrote: >>>> >>>>> Yes, you have telnet, ssh, ftp and all the standard clients you'd expect. >>>>> I'm sure you could enable daemons to accept connections as well although >>>>> consider the security implications of doing that please.:) >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Aug 28, 2010, at 5:58 AM, Karen Lewellen wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> excuse my nose here, but in theory would that let you say tellnet to a >>>>>> site or service that itself is shell associated? >>>>>> sorry if I am over guessing what one might do with that sort of bash. >>>>>> still I would think you could run programs that way? >>>>>> Karen >>>>>> >>>>>> On Sat, 28 Aug 2010, Dave Taylor wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> I don't know anything about this side of using a Mac at all. Is there a >>>>>>> good >>>>>>> place to learn about it, right from scratch? I'll probably hardly need >>>>>>> it, >>>>>>> but would certainly like to know just in case. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Cheers >>>>>>> Dave >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>>>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>>>>>> [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Josh Kennedy >>>>>>> Sent: Friday, August 27, 2010 10:36 PM >>>>>>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>>>>>> Subject: the unix shell and mac terminal >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Hi >>>>>>> Over the past few weeks I have been running vinux 3.0 lucid in a virtual >>>>>>> machine and have been playing with it. And then recently I went into the >>>>>>> terminal on my mac in snow leopard and typed some commands and >>>>>>> surprisingly >>>>>>> I find that most of the commands I can perform in vinux I can also do >>>>>>> with >>>>>>> the terminal or the mac's unix shell. It's really cool. The only >>>>>>> difference >>>>>>> I can see in the mac is that it uses the darwin kernel while vinux uses >>>>>>> the >>>>>>> linux kernel. Oh and guys if you go into a terminal in your mac and >>>>>>> type: >>>>>>> man ls >>>>>>> you can even read the unix man pages there. The only thing that doesn't >>>>>>> work >>>>>>> is apt-get command. I'm not sure if dpkg works or not, I haven't tried >>>>>>> it. >>>>>>> I'll try right now. Well guys dpkg also does not work. The mac's shell >>>>>>> reminds me very much of vinux 3.0 lucid though. >>>>>>> If you type >>>>>>> uname -a >>>>>>> it will tell you the kernel version among other things. >>>>>>> If you type: >>>>>>> man ls >>>>>>> it will bring up the man page for the ls list directory command. to >>>>>>> quit the >>>>>>> man pages just press the letter q,. To close terminal hit command q. >>>>>>> You can >>>>>>> even hit tab and it will autocomplete commands for you. I imagine the >>>>>>> unix >>>>>>> shell is very powerful, even on the mac. And I'm glad mac uses the bash >>>>>>> shell. Vinux uses it too. I doubt voxin would work on the mac since >>>>>>> voxin I >>>>>>> think is compiled for the linux kernel and not the darwin version10 >>>>>>> kernel. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Josh Kennedy >>>>>>> jkenn...@gmail.com >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>>> Groups >>>>>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > Ryan Mann > rmann0...@gmail.com > Follow me on Facebook. > http://m.facebook.com/profile.php?r170f8385&refid=7 > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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