I was using the dectalk PC for awhile in a computer last fall. It worked fine with Redhat 9 and I don't recall any clock problems. I don't remember the Kernel version but probably 2.4. On Sun, 2 May 2004, Adam Myrow wrote: > Well, after getting the Dectalk PC2 driver working with Speakup, I never > expected this. When I'm actively using the Dectalk PC, my clock starts > wondering into the sunset. For example, by the end of the day yesterday, > it was about 3 minutes slow. Today, as a test, I set it and then ran a > loop of having ntpdate query the time from time.nist.gov every 60 seconds. > I had it set to query without setting the clock, so I could see how far it > was drifting. The offsets over just 3 minutes are alarming! > > 6.317230 seconds slow in minute one, 11.267927 seconds slow after 2 > minutes, 16.887154 seconds slow after minute 3, and so on. If I leave the > computer idle, with ntpd running to constantly adjust the time, it becomes > stable, so it's clearly something that the Dectalk PC is doing. Has > anybody else had this problem? For that matter, is anybody even using the > Dectalk PC driver besides me? > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -- -- Charlie Crawford
