From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.knology.net ([24.214.63.101]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with smtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1D07cX-0003AZ-00 for ; Sat, 12 Feb 2005 19:28:17 -0500 Received: (qmail 25915 invoked by uid 0); 13 Feb 2005 00:28:12 -0000 Received: from user-24-236-69-150.knology.net (HELO localhost) (24.236.69.150) by smtp1.knology.net with SMTP; 13 Feb 2005 00:28:12 -0000 Received: from kenny by localhost with local (Exim 4.44) id 1D07f9-0002f2-NB for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Sat, 12 Feb 2005 18:30:59 -0600 Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2005 18:30:59 -0600 To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Message-ID: <20050213003059.GA10087@blackbox> Mail-Followup-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6+20040907i From: Kenny Hitt Subject: Re: Setting Dectalk USB to Factory Defaults X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: "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: Sun, 13 Feb 2005 00:28:17 -0000 Hi. If you started Gnopernicus from the "desktop advanced settings accessibility" menu, I suspect your problem is because Gnopernicus tried to initialize a braille display on the serial port. It will do this even if you are already running Gnopernicus with braille disabled. I've tried to file a bug about this, but haven't managed to find a way to file a bug report on the gnome.org site. I've also tried to file a report using bug-buddy with no luck. Try changing the default synth to "none, turning of and back on the DECtalk, and then returing to the DECtalk as the default synth. To change default synths, you echo a string to /proc/speakup/synth_name. For example, the following will switch thedefault synth to "none" and back to the DECtalk. echo none >/proc/speakup/synth_name echo dectlk >/proc/speakup/synth_name Hope this helps. Kenny On Sat, Feb 12, 2005 at 01:58:38PM -0700, Beth Hatch wrote: > Hi all, > > I have a very sick and ornery Dectalk USB which needs to be set back to its > factory defaults. About a month ago, I upgraded the unit to its latest > firmware. It has been functioning just fine until it stopped working while > I was attempting a Speakup Linux install on my Linux machine. I don't know > exactly what happened, but when a sighted colleague started Gnopernicus to > help me fix a configuration problem, the Dectalk started throwing out all > kinds of junk information and now it will no longer work with either my > Windows or Linux machines. To my knowledge, Gnopernicus doesn't even know > how to talk with the Dectalk USB, but somehow I wonder if it's possible that > it may look for something on the serial port thereby causing Dectalk to > spazz out on me..... > > I've tried upgrading the firmware again twice to no avail. The Access > Solutions web site and the dectalk USB documentation don't say anything > about how to go back to factory defaults. > > If anyone knows how to do this, I would greatly appreciate your > assistance!! > > Thanks, > > Beth > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup