Kirk: Something I read in a recent posting from you has me thinking I should do things differently. So, I'm writing to ask whether I understood you correctly or not. Here's the situation. Sometimes I need to boot my portable Linux system without my hardware synth. The behavior I'm accustomed to from Speakup is that Linux doesn't boot if the synth I've compiled in for Speakup isn't present. So, to meet my occassional need for a synthless boot, I want to gen a kernel without Speakup compiled in. Did I understand you correctly at the new, CVS versioned Speakup ya'all have been testing would still boot even if no synth were present? If this is true, this would be very helpful indeed. If it is true, has anyone noticed any performance hit from this? Thanks in advance. PS: Do I also understand correctly that the new version of Speakup will make it possible for us to switch synths without rebooting? -- Janina Sajka, Director Technology Research and Development Governmental Relations Group American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) janina at afb.net (202) 408-8175 http://www.afb.org/gov.html The invention of the printing press has been named the crowning achievement of the past millennium. Yet, electronic publishing will soon eclipse it. Read our White Paper: "Surpassing Gutenberg" available at: http://www.afb.org/ebook.html Are you developing software? Make it accessible to blind computer users. Read http://www.afb.org/technology/accessapp.html to learn how.
