I get exactly the same On Thu, Apr 10, 2003 at 04:23:45PM +0200, Doug wrote: > Owen, > > I am having a problem in the final steps of getting > your speakup mods working with festival. The patches > were applied with no errors and the kernel compiled > just fine. I created the usrdev device: > > ls -l /dev/usrdev > crwxrwxrwx 1 root root 252, 0 /dev/usrdev > > The major device number is 252, which is what is > hardcoded in speakup_usrdev.h > > But then I boot I get these messages: > > Speakup usrdev: Registered as char device major #0 > Speakup usrdev: Minor number is 0 > Speakup v-1.00 CVS: initialized > > and later I get the message > speakup: initialized device: /dev/synth, node (MAJOR 10, MINOR 25) > > > Note that initially the usrdev is listed as major 0 minor 0. > Do you have any idea what might be wrong here? > > These are my kernel config options: > > CONFIG_SPEAKUP=y > CONFIG_SPEAKUP_USRDEV=y > CONFIG_SPEAKUP_DEFAULT="usrdev" > CONFIG_SPEAKUP_KEYMAP=y > > Another issue ... can you please tell me the right commands > to start festival as server and start the middleware program? > If I run festival I get an interactive session. How do I > make it run as server? > > If I start festival as usual I get the interactive session > and festival works. I can do (SayText "festival works") > and it speaks fine. If I open another tty and then start > the middleware program I get this message: > > Festival server: localhost, on port: 1214 with mode: fundamental > festival_client: connect to server failed > failed to open Festival: connection refused > Speech Error! > > Unix sockets and TCP/IP is installed, and I can ping > localhost, in case that matters ... > > Any ideas? I am so close ... but so far ... > Why would the usrdev be major #0? > > -- Doug > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -- Michael D. Curran www: http://redgum.bendigo.latrobe.edu.au/~mdcurran/ msn: mick at jantrid.net