Yup, i have that line set in my linux.bat file. I hooked a tester up to the cable, and it only beeped for a split second during the boot process. ------------------------------- Alex Snow Email: alex_snow at gmx.net BBS: telnet://bbs1.dyndns.org web: http://web.alex-snow.dhs.org The Computer Repair Guy: If It Ain't Broke, I'll mess With It Till It Is! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Janina Sajka" <janina@xxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002 11:29 AM Subject: Re: synth detection problems > Have you tried forcing the serial port with something like: > > speakup_ser=0 > > which would require Speakup to use the first serial port? > > > On Thu, 25 Jul 2002, Alex Snow wrote: > > > Hi All, > > > > I have been having this problem for several months: > > speakup won't detect my synth. I have ruled out the possibility of bad > > synth/cable because both synths work in dos. > > I have tried a bns and a dectalk, both with no luck. > > ------------------------------- > > Alex Snow > > Email: alex_snow at gmx.net > > BBS: telnet://bbs1.dyndns.org > > web: http://web.alex-snow.dhs.org > > The Computer Repair Guy: > > If It Ain't Broke, I'll mess With It Till It Is! > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > -- > > Janina Sajka, Director > Technology Research and Development > Governmental Relations Group > American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) > > Email: janina at afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 > > Chair, Accessibility SIG > Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) > http://www.openebook.org > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >