Loading speakup modules strange problem.

Loading speakup modules strange problem.

[Joe Kamphaus]

I am using debian lenny with kernel 2.6.26-1-686 with the speakup modules package for the same.
I am using the software synthesizer with speech-dispatcher and speechd-up.
My system crashes causing keyboard to lock up when I use modprobe to load them from the command line.

The strange thing is... I can open X-Windows and load the modules in xterm or rxvt and exit X-Windows and speakup works great.  I have tried init script to no avail either.  Seems that the only way I can get speakup to work is by loading them from xterm.

What can I do?

Joe Kamphaus of LinuxSpeaks
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Re: Loading speakup modules strange problem.

[Tyler Littlefield]

hello,
I'm not sure what the deal could be, but have you checked the panic, dmesg, 
and syslog logs for any type of output after it locks up?


Thanks,
Tyler Littlefield
http://tysdomain.com

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joe Kamphaus" <joe@joekamphaus.net>
To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2009 9:23 PM
Subject: Loading speakup modules strange problem.


>I am using debian lenny with kernel 2.6.26-1-686 with the speakup modules 
>package for the same.
> I am using the software synthesizer with speech-dispatcher and speechd-up.
> My system crashes causing keyboard to lock up when I use modprobe to load 
> them from the command line.
>
> The strange thing is... I can open X-Windows and load the modules in xterm 
> or rxvt and exit X-Windows and speakup works great.  I have tried init 
> script to no avail either.  Seems that the only way I can get speakup to 
> work is by loading them from xterm.
>
> What can I do?
>
> Joe Kamphaus of LinuxSpeaks
> [http://www.joekamphaus.net] www.joekamphaus.net
> [http://www.joeandwilma.com]
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Re: Loading speakup modules strange problem.

[Kirk Reiser]

If you are talking about loading the speakup software synth module
there is a bug on some machines or architectures which lock up the
machine when the module gets loaded.  We have not been able to locate
and fix the bug yet but we are aware of it.  The work around is to
load the module and then a synth in a script or from a remote
connection.  The problem appears to do with the keyboard in some
manner so that any key touch after loading the speakup_soft module
locks it up tight.  Logging in with ssh for example doesn't do it
however.  On other machines the problem doesn't exist at all.  Go
figure!

   Kirk

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