Hi, Geoff! For whatever reason I thought that /dev/synth device was supposed to resolve this problem. Wasn't that the case? Vic ******* ******* ******* have you thought of visiting Cybertsar's Internet Kingdom? It is still alive! Here is the URL: http://kickme.to/vtsaran ******* ******* ******* ----- Original Message ----- From: "Geoff Shang" <gshang@xxxxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2001 8:08 AM Subject: Re: Speakup and Emacspeak > Hi: > > You will need to run a kernel without speakup, or a kernel with the current > CVS version of speakup and no synth selected. I don't quite know what > killing speakup does and does not do, but it's obviously not releasing the > serial port that your speech synth is on. The reason why speakup hogs the > serial port at all is mainly because it's apparently linux kernel policy > that it be done this way. I'm sure we'd all like to see speakup eventually > become part of the standard linux kernel and if this is to happen, the port > must be handled this way to comply with linux standards. > > Note that I'm assuming you're trying to use emacspeak with the same synth > that you're using speakup with. If this is not the case then completely > disregard this message. I've not used emacspeak so can't advise on its > use. > > Geoff. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
