speakup on fedora?

[Stephen Clower]

Hello,
  This happened when I ran FC with a Braille Lite using the ramdisk image specified in the howto. I never tried recompiling the kernel with the bns module built-in, and I'm now using Slackware on the same machine and haven't had that problem since then.


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On 5/20/2004 at 11:57 AM Janina Sajka wrote:

>Did this happen regardless of when you loaded? In other words, did it
>happen if you started Speakup at boot time via static modules  in the
>kernel or via the initrd? Did it happen when starting Speakup via
>modprobe in the console?
>
>Last question: Fedora version and Synth?
>
>This is troubling and needs to be looked at. If it seems common, I will
>say something in the next rev of the HOWTO which will follow release of
>the Speakup Modified FC 2.
>
>Stephen Clower writes:
>> From: Stephen Clower <steve at steve-audio.net>
>> 
>> Hi Janina,
>>   True, this shouldn't happen, but for some reason disabling kudzu on my
>laptop fixed the almost immediate loss of speech in Speakup.
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>> On 5/20/2004 at 9:27 AM Janina Sajka wrote:
>> 
>> >> >>-----Original Message-----
>> >> >>From: blinux-list-bounces at redhat.com
>> >> >>[mailto:blinux-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Stephen Clower
>> >> >>Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2004 9:14 AM
>> >> >>To: Linux for blind general discussion
>> >> >>Subject: Re: speakup on fedora?
>> >> >>
>> >> >>If you're using a hardware synthesizer on one of your serial ports,
>> >> >>you'll need to disable kudzu if you want Linux to speak from bootup.
>> >
>> >This is not true. At least, it is not true in most instances. In fact, I
>> >have not seenb this problem with my Braille Lite, either.
>> >
>> >Speakup is loaded and begins speaking long before the init scripts
>> >launch kudzu. Therefore, the port is already engaged. Kudzu will not be
>> >able to identify the speech synthesizer, however, and will offer to
>> >treat it as a modem, which you should certainly decline.
>> >
>> >On the other hand, if you are waiting to log into a console before
>> >starting speech--I haven't tested that, and I don't know why you would
>> >do that even.
>> >
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>> 
>> Stephen Clower, that guy from the south.
>> You can reach me by any of the following:
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Stephen Clower, that guy from the south.
You can reach me by any of the following:
E-Mail: steve at steve-audio.net
MSN: steve at steve-audio.net
AIM: AudioRabbit03

You can also check out my little home on the web by visiting http://www.steve-audio.net