Hmmm, I can personally say that having speakup in the kernel and using the speakup_synth=none parameter has never for me produced adverse effects when running from a serial console starting at boot. Greg On Fri, Apr 04, 2003 at 11:50:14PM -0600, Terry Klarich wrote: > On Thu, 03 Apr 2003 17:45:25 -0600you write: > >Is theresuch a kernel command line option such as speakup_synth and > >speakup_port that will tell the kernel not to load or initialize speakup? > >Didn't see anything in the faq nor the documentation. > > > Thanks to those who responded. I assumed that speakup_synth=none would work. > > However, this doesn't appear to be the case. I am building a utility type machine which will sit in the corner. It will handle > mail, dns, serving of mp3 files, usenet news and stuff like that. I don't have a voice synthesizer I would want to dedicate to it. > Rather, I wish to install via the serial console. The command line I am using is: > > linux text console=ttyS0,9600 speakup_synth=none > > This does, in fact, work properly until it displays speakup (version): initialized > console: vga 25x80 > > At this point, all serial console output stops. Not sure if the machine is actually hung up or not. Sending a break does nothing, > repeated key combinations on the keyboard seem to do nothing as well. > > Any ideas? I'm sure I am over looking something simple. > > THANKS! > Terry > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup