From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from shawmail.shawcable.com ([64.59.128.220] helo=bpd2mo2no.prod.shawcable.com) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 193jbk-000492-00 for ; Thu, 10 Apr 2003 17:29:20 -0400 Received: from bpd2mi1no.prod.shawcable.com (bpd2mi1no-qfe3.prod.shawcable.com [10.0.184.120]) by l-daemon (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 (built Feb 21 2002)) with ESMTP id <0HD5003K6CQ922@l-daemon> for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Thu, 10 Apr 2003 15:22:57 -0600 (MDT) Received: from nomad.shawcable.com ([24.70.172.254]) by l-daemon (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 (built Feb 21 2002)) with ESMTP id <0HD500B18CQ8L7@l-daemon> for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Thu, 10 Apr 2003 15:22:57 -0600 (MDT) Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2003 16:23:45 +0200 From: Doug Subject: Speakup/Festival Config Question X-Sender: wearable@mail.shawcable.com To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Message-id: <5.1.0.14.2.20030410160328.02bdf7b0@mail.shawcable.com> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.1 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Owen, I am having a problem in the final steps of getting your speakup mods working with festival. The patches were applied with no errors and the kernel compiled just fine. I created the usrdev device: ls -l /dev/usrdev crwxrwxrwx 1 root root 252, 0 /dev/usrdev The major device number is 252, which is what is hardcoded in speakup_usrdev.h But then I boot I get these messages: Speakup usrdev: Registered as char device major #0 Speakup usrdev: Minor number is 0 Speakup v-1.00 CVS: initialized and later I get the message speakup: initialized device: /dev/synth, node (MAJOR 10, MINOR 25) Note that initially the usrdev is listed as major 0 minor 0. Do you have any idea what might be wrong here? These are my kernel config options: CONFIG_SPEAKUP=y CONFIG_SPEAKUP_USRDEV=y CONFIG_SPEAKUP_DEFAULT="usrdev" CONFIG_SPEAKUP_KEYMAP=y Another issue ... can you please tell me the right commands to start festival as server and start the middleware program? If I run festival I get an interactive session. How do I make it run as server? If I start festival as usual I get the interactive session and festival works. I can do (SayText "festival works") and it speaks fine. If I open another tty and then start the middleware program I get this message: Festival server: localhost, on port: 1214 with mode: fundamental festival_client: connect to server failed failed to open Festival: connection refused Speech Error! Unix sockets and TCP/IP is installed, and I can ping localhost, in case that matters ... Any ideas? I am so close ... but so far ... Why would the usrdev be major #0? -- Doug