From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from bay0-omc3-s21.bay0.hotmail.com ([65.54.246.221]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1HfSNL-0008Jl-00 for ; Sat, 21 Apr 2007 23:04:31 -0400 Received: from hotmail.com ([65.55.152.17]) by bay0-omc3-s21.bay0.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.2668); Sat, 21 Apr 2007 20:04:00 -0700 Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Sat, 21 Apr 2007 20:04:00 -0700 Message-ID: Received: from 71.111.93.108 by BAY141-DAV7.phx.gbl with DAV; Sun, 22 Apr 2007 03:03:56 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [71.111.93.108] X-Originating-Email: [z_kline@hotmail.com] X-Sender: z_kline@hotmail.com From: "Zachary Kline" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." References: <1177179905.23165.10.camel@localhost.localdomain> <000301c78472$cd7fa020$6101a8c0@dell> Subject: Re: Stopping Speakup while using Gnome. Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2007 20:00:49 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.3028 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3028 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 22 Apr 2007 03:04:00.0476 (UTC) FILETIME=[E02D31C0:01C7848A] X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 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, 22 Apr 2007 03:04:31 -0000 Hello, This simply isn't working for me--I've killed Speakup on TTY7, after starting Gnome and Orca, but the speakup keypad review keys still say blank, and preempt Orca's review keys. Could the fact I'm using a software synthesizer have something to do with this? Is this a bug fixed in later Speakup versions? Thanks, Zack. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Adam Myrow" To: "'Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.'" Sent: Saturday, April 21, 2007 5:11 PM Subject: RE: Stopping Speakup while using Gnome. > You have to kill Speakup after you start Gnome. The reason is that when X > starts, it allocates itself a new virtual terminal. The commands to kill > Speakup only effect the virtual console that they are run from. Let's say > you are on tty1, which is the case when you first log in. When X starts, > it > will turn TTY1 into a console for error messages and debugging output. X > will get the first free TTY. Using Slackware as an example, this will be > TTY7 since Slackware allocates 6 TTYs by default at boot time assuming you > are in run level 3. Thus, the command to kill Speakup should be given > once > Gnome is up and running. HTH. > > -----Original Message----- > From: speakup-bounces@braille.uwo.ca > [mailto:speakup-bounces@braille.uwo.ca] > On Behalf Of Darragh > Sent: Saturday, April 21, 2007 1:25 PM > To: speakup > Subject: Stopping Speakup while using Gnome. > > Hello, > > How can I stop speakup listening for key presses when I'm in gnome? > I've tried pressing the ... I think it's the scrole lock. I cant remember > the name of the button. sorry. it's late. it's the third button in from > the > top row on the right. that says you killed speakup. then I press insert > and > enter and it says you turned me off but when I'm in gnome and I'm using > orca > keystrokes speakup starts talking again. I don't want to unlode speakup > from memory as I often go back to a console to continue working on other > things so I would really like to know how to just temporarily stop it. > > Or maybe I do need to completely unlode the module. but, how do I do this > without needing a reboot to get it working again? using modprobe > speakup_apollo doesn't work after using the command rmmod. > now, I may have that rmmod command wrong. It's been some time since I used > it and as I said, it's late and I'm probably not thinking as clarly as > usual. > > Thanks in advance. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >