Methinks that it's because of Speakup hogging the com port, even if you kill it with prtsc... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Igor Gueths" <igueths@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2004 4:28 PM Subject: Re: flashing dectalk > Hmmm. This is very weird...I'm still not getting the firmware version. I > tried echo "[:ver speak]" >/dev/ttyS0 and that gotme back to the prompt. > I also did /dev/ttys0 and I got an input/output error. I wonder what > echo is doing to the command? > On Wed, Feb 04, 2004 at 03:07:27PM -0500, Whitley CTR Cecil H wrote: > > Igor, > > Try: > > echo "[:ver speak]" >/dev/ttys0 > > Linux may be trying to replace the [ or ]? Enclosing it in quotes may help. > > Yes, I pulled the command straight out of the manual and tested on my system > > (Win NT 4). > > Sorry I couldn't provide more definative answers. > > Cecil > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
