From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from fmailhost04.isp.att.net (fmailhost04.isp.att.net [204.127.217.104]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 10C3D10B56 for ; Mon, 15 Dec 2008 21:49:14 -0500 (EST) Received: from localhost (adsl-226-64-72.mem.bellsouth.net[74.226.64.72]) by isp.att.net (frfwmhc04) with SMTP id <20081216024914H04005fakte>; Tue, 16 Dec 2008 02:49:14 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [74.226.64.72] Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2008 20:49:13 -0600 (CST) From: Adam Myrow To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: speakup and hald conflict in Slackware 12.2 In-Reply-To: <49467BEF.80604@aim.com> Message-ID: References: <49467BEF.80604@aim.com> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (LNX 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; format=flowed; charset=US-ASCII 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 02:49:15 -0000 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."