From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from smtp1.oregonstate.edu (smtp1.oregonstate.edu [128.193.15.35]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 42C9110B7D for ; Mon, 15 Dec 2008 22:36:57 -0500 (EST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp1.oregonstate.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id A05013C275 for ; Mon, 15 Dec 2008 19:36:56 -0800 (PST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at oregonstate.edu Received: from smtp1.oregonstate.edu ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.oregonstate.edu [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id hEu8JXk9QgeY for ; Mon, 15 Dec 2008 19:36:56 -0800 (PST) Received: from ZKDESKTOP (069-064-234-003.pdx.net [69.64.234.3]) by smtp1.oregonstate.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 25C403C20E for ; Mon, 15 Dec 2008 19:36:56 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <8EE5E5DEC7C14304A337E957050EB8D0@ZKDESKTOP> From: "Zachary Kline" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." References: <49467BEF.80604@aim.com> Subject: Re: speakup and hald conflict in Slackware 12.2 Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2008 19:36:54 -0800 Organization: Oregon State University MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=response Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.5512 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.5579 X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 081215-1, 12/15/2008), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 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: Tue, 16 Dec 2008 03:36:57 -0000 Hi, For what it's worth, this problem isn't specific to Slackware. Today, on Debian Lenny Rc 1, I ran into the same issue. I installed Gnome and found that along with the other dependencies it pulled in Hal. Low and behold, rebooting my machine gave me sluggish performance. I, too, am using a Dectalk USB in serial mode, with VirtualBox, for what that's worth. Best, Zack. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Adam Myrow" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Sent: Monday, December 15, 2008 6:49 PM Subject: Re: speakup and hald conflict in Slackware 12.2 >I tested with Espeak as my software synthesizer, and espeakup driving it. >There were no problems with hald. I then went back to the Dectalk, and the >problem came back. Further, stopping hald after the fact didn't help. Even >going into single-user mode didn't make Speakup respond normally. Only >after disabling the startup script and rebooting did Speakup return to >normal. Thus, I wonder if the problem is that hald is doing something on >the serial port that the Dectalk isn't liking? I don't have any other >serial synthesizers to test with. > > Also, I noticed that speakupconf doesn't work correctly. The command > "speakupconf save" gives an error "cp: omitting directory `.'" Running > speakupconf load, returns "cat: write error: Invalid argument." > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > >