From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail0131.smtp25.com (mail0131.smtp25.com [75.126.84.131]) by befuddled.reisers.ca (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3F2AF1EF08B for ; Thu, 16 May 2013 12:28:32 -0400 (EDT) Received: from ccs.covici.com (d-out-001.smtp25.com [67.228.158.174] (may be forged)) by d-out-001.smtp25.com (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id r4GGSSnB003304 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=FAIL) for ; Thu, 16 May 2013 12:28:28 -0400 Received: from ccs.covici.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ccs.covici.com (8.14.7/8.14.5) with ESMTP id r4GGSRQS000386 for ; Thu, 16 May 2013 12:28:27 -0400 To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: Serial ports with 32-bit vs. 64-bit processors In-reply-to: <5194A1E8.2070300@baechler.net> References: <8F6D9D72964E4D2E90262B7DB242EE9D@mdlynn> <5191FF80.1030802@baechler.net> <51933C1C.9070201@baechler.net> <72708A629D1C40508DEB3147F83238DA@mdlynn> <51939D80.3050903@baechler.net> <18019.1368635999@ccs.covici.com> <5194A1E8.2070300@baechler.net> Comments: In-reply-to Tony Baechler message dated "Thu, 16 May 2013 02:07:52 -0700." X-Mailer: MH-E 8.2; nmh 1.3; GNU Emacs 23.4.1 Date: Thu, 16 May 2013 12:28:27 -0400 Message-ID: <385.1368721707@ccs.covici.com> From: covici@ccs.covici.com X-SpamH-OriginatingIP: 70.109.53.110 X-SpamH-Filter: d-out-001.smtp25.com-r4GGSSnB003304 X-BeenThere: speakup@linux-speakup.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 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: Thu, 16 May 2013 16:28:34 -0000 You can get hardware speech if you are willing to compile your kernel and do a patch which is a temporary workaround for the problem. Tony Baechler wrote: > Ah, that's what I've been wondering about. I've asked various people here > who claim to have working hardware speech, but never got a response. My > question is if they're running 32-bit or not. I can not only confirm that > it won't work on 64-bit systems but if I try to unload speakup_soft and > load speakup_ltlk, it completely locks up the system. Someone else said > they didn't have any problem with serial speech with new kernels and a > 32-bit processor, but I couldn't get it confirmed. Now, my question is > what difference would a 64-bit processor make? Why does it completely > lock up here but seems to work for at least three people on older 32-bit > processors? I'm tempted to install 32-bit Debian Wheezy just to see if it > makes any difference. I can say that it doesn't seem to matter on a > 32-bit live CD here. > > On 5/15/2013 3:45 PM, Adam Myrow wrote: > > Ok, I am using the kernel that ships with Debian 7.0, which is listed > > as 3.2.0-4-686-pae. My Dectalk USB works just as it always has in > > RS232 mode. In other words, serial support isn't broken for me. This > > is the 32-bit version, so maybe that's the difference. > > _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list > > Speakup@linux-speakup.org > > http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > -- > Have a good day, > Tony Baechler > tony@baechler.net > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@linux-speakup.org > http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/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