Hi Janina, True, this shouldn't happen, but for some reason disabling kudzu on my laptop fixed the almost immediate loss of speech in Speakup. *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 5/20/2004 at 9:27 AM Janina Sajka wrote: >> >>-----Original Message----- >> >>From: blinux-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx >> >>[mailto:blinux-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Stephen Clower >> >>Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2004 9:14 AM >> >>To: Linux for blind general discussion >> >>Subject: Re: speakup on fedora? >> >> >> >>If you're using a hardware synthesizer on one of your serial ports, >> >>you'll need to disable kudzu if you want Linux to speak from bootup. > >This is not true. At least, it is not true in most instances. In fact, I >have not seenb this problem with my Braille Lite, either. > >Speakup is loaded and begins speaking long before the init scripts >launch kudzu. Therefore, the port is already engaged. Kudzu will not be >able to identify the speech synthesizer, however, and will offer to >treat it as a modem, which you should certainly decline. > >On the other hand, if you are waiting to log into a console before >starting speech--I haven't tested that, and I don't know why you would >do that even. > > >_______________________________________________ > >Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx >https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list Stephen Clower, that guy from the south. You can reach me by any of the following: E-Mail: steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx MSN: steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx AIM: AudioRabbit03 You can also check out my little home on the web by visiting http://www.steve-audio.net _______________________________________________ Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list