From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mta1.math.wisc.edu (mta1.math.wisc.edu [144.92.166.194]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5DE5DC1A0BE for ; Mon, 13 Feb 2012 17:24:50 -0500 (EST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at mta1.math.wisc.edu Received: from mta1.math.wisc.edu ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mta1.math.wisc.edu [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id wVAIZh3-K8ME for ; Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:24:50 -0600 (CST) Received: from mta1.math.wisc.edu (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by mta1.math.wisc.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4F3303E0051 for ; Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:24:49 -0600 (CST) Received: from ulam.math.wisc.edu (ulam.math.wisc.edu [144.92.166.245]) by mta1.math.wisc.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP for ; Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:24:49 -0600 (CST) Received: from vv507j (vv507j.math.wisc.edu [144.92.166.19]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-MD5 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by ulam.math.wisc.edu (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 496B32BDAE for ; Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:24:49 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: From: "John Heim" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." References: <475B4523EF334135A018D4E9EC3CD3ED@randy3> Subject: Re: still more on bug Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:24:47 -0600 Organization: University of Wisconsin-Madison 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 6.00.2900.5931 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.6157 X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 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: Mon, 13 Feb 2012 22:24:50 -0000 Is there any reason why a fix hasn't been implemented? Not to criticize the speakup developers -- they've done a great job. But I'd think that since the bug has been around for a while it would be fixed by now. If its a matter of finding time to do it, I'm willing to do what I can. I suspect that the code that checks if the serial port needs to be freed is wrong. The code prints a message saying speakup is trying to "steal" the serial ports. And then it checks if ttyS0 is free and if not, calls __release_region, and then it checks again if the port is free. But since the check fails no matter what and since it doesn't seem to matter that it fails, most likely, the check itself is bogus. In other words, this is probably a speakup bug rather than a kernel bug. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kitty Litter" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2012 3:20 PM Subject: Re: still more on bug > Thats exactly what you were supposed to do, probably has implications that > I don't realize but it beats not being able to use serial synth. > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > >