Hi Add speakup_ser=1 to the kernel command line. This will force speakup to look on ttyS1. My guess is that it's finding that modem and attempting to use it as a synth. Of course, no response from the modem, so no speech. On Sat, 1 Jul 2000, Buddy Brannan wrote: > Hey y'all, > > Well, because somehow I managed to screw up my previous kernel source tree > (patching to 2.2.16 and then Speakup, it didn't go very well, but it's > probably because I forgot I did something--or forgot to do something), I > downloaded a new complete 2.2.16 tarball, untarred it, patched in Speakup > V0.09A (Yes, I used the correct patch file), configured it--I lost my > original old .config, so I started it over--installed it--rebooted--and no > speech. > > I have the Accent SA on /dev/ttyS1 and wonder if it's not detecting there > for some reason? I have a modem (external, switched on) on /dev/ttyS0...I > haven't tried booting with the modem switched off. I think I shall try > this. In any case, how do you force Speakup to use a particular serial > port--I don't exactly recall. > > Thanks. > > > -- > Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV | And if the ground yawned, > Email: davros at ycardz.com | I'd step to the side and say, > Phone: (972) 276-6360 | "Hey ground! I'm nobody's lunch!" > Voice mail: (877) 791-5298 | --Eddie From Ohio > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > >