From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from smtp107.sbc.mail.mud.yahoo.com (smtp107.sbc.mail.mud.yahoo.com [68.142.198.206]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca (Postfix) with SMTP id 5A6D010B35 for ; Sun, 31 May 2009 20:08:42 -0400 (EDT) Received: (qmail 31841 invoked from network); 1 Jun 2009 00:08:41 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO localhost) (myrowa@74.250.30.23 with plain) by smtp107.sbc.mail.mud.yahoo.com with SMTP; 1 Jun 2009 00:08:41 -0000 X-YMail-OSG: EpHQDkYVM1nqxAysGZqF2GaIbf_dYbdhDRfy5x6ONtbzKmKGesiUgDj0zcjOvkys_JZynqFtg1MdZ6f3mw77tKLPFWN._sMVbw4n0a72N4sUVhTwmAoimlAxACqeLPWqACPMJiSeqKPDhSPnX6.X2gUzhWhpAyr02.WIQkguMrTYWbPI55rcPgpkayK9lg_cnFDKdbm8Jiaz3uS9EU_hiGB9dO4dDITgv6BwrhDTgiJWMCaWNgMrvTwgpf5idz6Boniq0Fbd1rJOEQ-- X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 Date: Sun, 31 May 2009 19:08:39 -0500 (CDT) From: Adam Myrow To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: speakup 3.0.4 is out In-Reply-To: <20090531200737.GB5899@grml> Message-ID: References: <20090531153756.GA23888@linux1> <4A22A7FE.3060702@onlinehome.de> <20090531162158.GA24242@linux1> <20090531200737.GB5899@grml> 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: 2.1.12 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, 01 Jun 2009 00:08:42 -0000 I found a nasty bug right off with speakupconf. It still doesn't work quite right, at least with the Dectalk USB in RS232 mode. All you have to do to see it in action is do "speakupconf save" followed by "speakupconf load." After that, no uppercase characters will be echoed. That is, you will get silence when typing any uppercase character, or going over it in review mode. Also, the bug involving slowness with the Dectalk still exists. To reproduce it, simply echo something to the serial port that the Dectalk is on. You will get an I/O error, and the shell will hang until you hit control-c. Also, the Dectalk will now respond very slowly, taking about 5 seconds to speak after any keystroke. I originally noticed this because of the HAL daemon, (hald.) Apparently, it opens serial ports during its initial startup. I had to disable it in order to avoid this bug. So, for me, this new Speakup didn't fix anything.