Hi list, I am using speakup v2.00 cvs (Dec 22, 2003) with kernel 2.4.24. iI have created /dev/softsynth as a character special device with major number 10 and minor number 26. I am able to load the speakup_sftsyn module. Trying to tail /dev/softsynth (just to see if things are working properly) gives an error. I would expect it to echo text which would be sent to a hardware synthesizer. laptop:~# rmmod speakup_ltlk releasing synth ltlk laptop:~# ls -l /dev/softsynth crw-r--r-- 1 root root 10, 26 Feb 27 12:44 /dev/softsynth laptop:~# modprobe speakup_sftsyn initialized device: /dev/softsynth, node (MAJOR 10, MINOR 26) laptop:~# tail -f /dev/softsynth tail: cannot open `/dev/softsynth' for reading: Operation not permitted tail: no files remaining laptop:~# rmmod speakup_sftsyn releasing synth softsynth unregistered /dev/softsynth laptop:~# modprobe speakup_ltlk Probing for LiteTalk. LiteTalk: ROM version: ??15.30 LiteTalk: at 3f8-3ff, driver 1.1 Would someone care to point out the very small and obvious thing that I'm missing? Chris
