----- Original Message ----- From: "Kerry Hoath" <kerry@xxxxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002 11:48 PM Subject: Re: synth detection problems > You really should give us more information; > what version of speakup? Whatever version comes with zipspeak 8.0. What boot disk? What kernel version? Whatever kernel is used with zipspeak, I think it's something like 2.2.20 > What type of machine is this? 1 ghz amd duron. > Does the detect work if you power on the synth > and then the machine? Nope. does the detect work if you > specify both speakup_synth and speakup_ser? nope. > for example: > linux speakup_synth=ltlk speakup_ser=0 > looks for a bns on com1. > A bug report that says "the synth detect doesn't work" is no use to anyone; > it doesn't work for me either in certain circumstances; for example if my > transport was allready powered on and had been in linux first; > but I am not r unning latest cvs so I have not worried too much. > Obviously the detect does work for a lot of folks; so we need to try find out > what difference is in your hardware; what versions you are tr ying and the like. > In older speakup synth detect did depend on machine speed. > Too fast or too slow a box and the detect would fail. > For example the transport was detected fine on the k6-2/500 but > not the 486dx4/100 or the Duron 750. > This problem was fixed when I upgraded to speakup 1.0. > > Regards, Kerry. > On Thu, Jul 25, 2002 at 11:15:03AM -0400, 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 > > > > > > -- > Kerry Hoath: kerry at gotss.net kerry at gotss.eu.org or kerry at gotss.spice.net.au > ICQ: 8226547 msn: kerry at gotss.net Yahoo: kerryhoath at yahoo.com.au > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > >
