Oh, and I have been running long DOSEmu sessions, some times two at a time, on this 200 MHZ machine. Wonder if that could have any connection? Luke On Fri, 25 Feb 2005, Gregory Nowak wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > I'd say reboot the box. I've seen weirdness before with uptimes as > long as yours, and it all went away after a reboot. > > Greg > > > On Fri, Feb 25, 2005 at 05:27:09PM -0600, Luke Davis wrote: >> Hello >> >> Kernel: 2.4.21 >> Speakup: 1.5 >> Synth: DEC Express >> Uptime: 49 days >> >> I am running 8 consoles, all logged in, running different processes. >> >> TTY1, has just diverged from all other consoles. Its main purpose, has >> been an ssh connection to my ISP, running pine, lynx, etc., via screen, on >> that system. >> >> In lynx, when I press space to go to the next page, it usually starts >> reading that page. Of course, because it's 1.5, it it usually reads >> "word", carrage return, "word", as "wordword", if I just let it read the >> drawing screen without having it start over after the screen is drawn, but >> that is usual. >> I noticed, that it had suddenly started pronouncing every single space, as >> it drew the screen. >> >> Then too, in pine, when I pressed space to go to another page, it would >> say some strange things, such as space, or a character, or something. >> Trying to read the full screen, would maybe start with a "space", instead >> of "pine 4.62", or what ever it should be. >> >> I left ssh, and back at my shell, tried typing "reset", logging out/in, >> and setting speakup back to the defaults I usually use. >> >> No help. When ever I press enter, instead of hearing my shell prompt, I >> hear the word "space". >> If I switch to another console, and back to tty1, I either hear the >> current line (the shell prompt), or the word "space". >> >> I'm probably forgetting a few. >> >> Other ttys are working, and speaking, as they should. >> >> Any thoughts? >> >> Oh, a few times in the last few weeks, that console (tty1), and maybe a >> few others, would periodicly stop talking. Switching away from the >> malfunctioning console, and switching back, would set things right. >> >> Thanks >> >> Luke >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Speakup mailing list >> Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >> >> >> !DSPAM:421fb45e173757031336634! >> >> > > - -- > Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager at EU.org > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFCH74b7s9z/XlyUyARAoWGAKCTWgOANX4Ea4oUAIWZx/ODZnxTiQCgtuo1 > 2l+4XlRpUhtINRaa8VyQ5n8= > =2+Fx > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
