Consider this a message for me, and definitely not for Microsoft, but yes, I actually have done that with a WinXP box, *smile* Take care, Sina -----Original Message----- From: speakup-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca] On Behalf Of Steve Holmes Sent: Monday, February 28, 2005 10:29 AM To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. Subject: Re: Speakup 1.5 Oddness -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Yeah, rebooting is a drag in linux. Not for technical reasons but it hurts our pride. My mail server has been up for 138 days and counting! Could you imagine a windows machine running for that long?:) On Fri, Feb 25, 2005 at 06:57:42PM -0600, Luke Davis wrote: > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > - -- HolmesGrown Solutions The best solutions for the best price! http://ld.net/?holmesgrown -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFCIzjBWSjv55S0LfERApuRAJ4uRnnGHi7gn7+sm8e4hn754m8GFgCfTUud PMbm3tMCLYmYgl6HUmH74ts= =VzbM -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup at braille.uwo.ca http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
