From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from wlym.com (static-45.wlym.com [216.12.222.45]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id AF29110A93 for ; Sun, 29 Jun 2008 20:03:58 -0400 (EDT) Received: from ccs.covici.com (pool-71-171-111-192.clppva.fios.verizon.net [71.171.111.192]) (authenticated bits=128) by wlym.com (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id m5U03uI5004222 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT) for ; Sun, 29 Jun 2008 19:03:58 -0500 Received: from ccs.covici.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ccs.covici.com (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id m5U03qnR009390 for ; Sun, 29 Jun 2008 20:03:55 -0400 Received: (from covici@localhost) by ccs.covici.com (8.14.0/8.13.7/Submit) id m5U03qgx009387; Sun, 29 Jun 2008 20:03:52 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <18536.8936.359644.160322@ccs.covici.com> Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2008 20:03:52 -0400 From: John covici To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: experience with speakup git of today tusing 2.6.25-gentoo-r5 In-Reply-To: <20080629231550.GA9502@linux1> References: <18536.4683.548065.168363@ccs.covici.com> <20080629231550.GA9502@linux1> X-Mailer: VM 7.17 under Emacs 22.0.95.1 X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.10 Precedence: list Reply-To: covici@ccs.covici.com, "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:03:58 -0000 I am pretty sure the system was dead as I have brltty starting during the boot sequence and it never started. The modem issue is more complicated as I was trying to use ttyS0 and kermit worked but bbbs did not, but maybe its related. on Sunday 06/29/2008 William Hubbs(w.d.hubbs@gmail.com) wrote > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Sun, Jun 29, 2008 at 06:52:59PM -0400, John covici wrote: > > OK, so I tried the latest speakup git with kernel 2.6.25 gentoo > > sources and the following happened: > > > > I had speakout module built in and soft and dectalk express as > > modules. Now the first time I booted, I let it talk without pressing > > any keys and it eventually hung somewhere, i.e. lost speech and the > > system was dead or crashed. > > Are you sure it was dead or crashed, or did you just lose speech? The > reason I ask is you might have come across the issue that happens when > we time out too many times waiting for the synth to tell us it can > receive more data -- after it times out so many times we assume that > someone has turned off the synth and put it in an unavailable status. > > > Then I rebooted and for quite a while -- > > unlike my present kernel which is 2.6.24-gentoo-r5 and a speakup git > > of about 2 month ago -- I could get no keyboard access for some time, > > although it did eventually appear. Then the system came up normally, > > except that I had an app which could not initialize a modem > > successfully for some reason, so I went back to the former kernel and > > speakup. The app is called bbbs which I use to control modem events. > > I suppose I could use cron, but this is much more convenient. > > The modem issue sounds like it might be the "floating serial ports" issue > reported in Bugs.txt. > > William > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) > > iEYEARECAAYFAkhoF6YACgkQblQW9DDEZTibaACgjj1u+NOwQfalKBgZLWPJY9t9 > HR8AmgK6NL6TEW/Yb8msqv5oK9/4PS8a > =qqfx > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici covici@ccs.covici.com