speakup crashing problem

speakup crashing problem

[Amanda Tink]

Hi everyone,

I apologise if this has been covered before, but I've only just joined 
this list, and I haven't found anything helpful on the net so far.

I recently had debian 3.1 and speakup installed on my machine, and speakup 
crashes unrecoverably when I try to use mark and paste.  So I'm wondering 
if this is a known problem and, if so, how have people fixed it?

Thanks for any ideas.

Amanda

Re: speakup crashing problem

[Luke Yelavich]

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On Sun, Apr 01, 2007 at 10:10:43AM EST, Amanda Tink wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> 
> I apologise if this has been covered before, but I've only just joined 
> this list, and I haven't found anything helpful on the net so far.
> 
> I recently had debian 3.1 and speakup installed on my machine, and speakup 
> crashes unrecoverably when I try to use mark and paste.  So I'm wondering 
> if this is a known problem and, if so, how have people fixed it?

There was a version of speakup that had this problem, with a particular 
kernel version. I can't remember what version it was however. If you can 
tell us your kernel version, that may help.

As to fixing it, the best way is to upgrade the kernel and speakup.

hth
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Re: speakup crashing problem

[Amanda Tink]

Luke Yelavich wrote:
> There was a version of speakup that had this problem, with a particular 
> kernel version. I can't remember what version it was however. If you can 
> tell us your kernel version, that may help.

uname -r says:
2.6.8-2-speakup

and uname -v says:
#1 Fri Jun 10 14:17:01 PDT 2005

Does this help? I am very very new to admin stuff.

Amanda

Re: speakup crashing problem

[Nick Gawronski]

Hi, You need to upgrade your kernel from people.debian.org/~shane the
latest version is 2.6.18 and it does not have this problem.  I had this
same problem and fixed it by upgrading kernels.  I would uninstall the
old kernel before installing the new one as that old one is very buggy
compaired to today's kernels.  2.6.18 also supports lots more hardware
or at least has better support then 2.6.8 You can add this lines to your
/etc/apt/sources.list file so you can use apt-get to download and
install the kernel
I am using the cut and paste commands to send you these lines, remember
after adding them run apt-get update to allow apt-get to download the list
of packages.
deb http://people.debian.org/~shane/speakup/kernel/ ./
deb-src http://people.debian.org/~shane/speakup/kernel/ ./
On Sun, 1 Apr
2007, Amanda Tink wrote:

> Luke Yelavich wrote:
> > There was a version of speakup that had this problem, with a particular
> > kernel version. I can't remember what version it was however. If you can
> > tell us your kernel version, that may help.
>
> uname -r says:
> 2.6.8-2-speakup
>
> and uname -v says:
> #1 Fri Jun 10 14:17:01 PDT 2005
>
> Does this help? I am very very new to admin stuff.
>
> Amanda
>
> _______________________________________________
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> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
>

Re: speakup crashing problem

[Jeremy]

Would there happen to be an ISO immage of that version about? I have 
a 3.1 version as well but would like a cd with the newest one to just 
start from rite off the bat. Better than having to download 
everything every time I want to install on a new machine.
I am also kind of new to both linux and this list, so, forgive me if 
I am off topic.
 From what I have read throughout this list, I take it that if you 
download the immages from the debian sight, they do not come with 
speakup, so, what is the better option?
Thanks.

Re: speakup crashing problem

[Nick Gawronski]

Hi, Usually they only make a new iso when a new stable version of debian is 
released.  Debian was going to release the next version etch in December of 
2006 but they fell behind and are having problems with their new debian 
installer from what I have read on the internet using google.  When 
installing from the iso I used linux26 to have the 2.6 kernel instead of the 
2.4 kernel because 2.6 is newer then 2.4 and I wanted the latest kernel 
during installation.  As far as I know you first need to install from the 
iso then upgrade to the newest kernel 2.6.18 which is much better.  This is 
the proper list for these types of questions as most of us use speakup in 
some shape or form so can help out new people.
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From: "Jeremy" <l84ad8r@gmail.com>
To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2007 1:03 AM
Subject: Re: speakup crashing problem


> Would there happen to be an ISO immage of that version about? I have
> a 3.1 version as well but would like a cd with the newest one to just
> start from rite off the bat. Better than having to download
> everything every time I want to install on a new machine.
> I am also kind of new to both linux and this list, so, forgive me if
> I am off topic.
> From what I have read throughout this list, I take it that if you
> download the immages from the debian sight, they do not come with
> speakup, so, what is the better option?
> Thanks.
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Speakup mailing list
> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
> 

Re: speakup crashing problem

[Luke Yelavich]

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On Sun, Apr 01, 2007 at 12:24:16PM EST, Amanda Tink wrote:
> Luke Yelavich wrote:
> > There was a version of speakup that had this problem, with a particular 
> > kernel version. I can't remember what version it was however. If you can 
> > tell us your kernel version, that may help.
> 
> uname -r says:
> 2.6.8-2-speakup
> 
> and uname -v says:
> #1 Fri Jun 10 14:17:01 PDT 2005
> 
> Does this help? I am very very new to admin stuff.

Yes, and that sounds about right.

As Nick said in another message, a kernel upgrade is needed. He has 
pointed out where to go to get the new packages.

Any more questions, don't hesitate to ask.
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