>>>>> "a" == ace <ace at talkingirc.net> writes: a> Hi all I just spent the last two weeks building a LFS system then a> installing necessary packages from the BLFS book. Now, I am to a> the point of installing software speech. Speech-Dispatcher is a> installed, as is Speechd-Up. Espeak is my synth of choice. I also a> setup my kernel to compile sftsyn as a module. In the default a> synth field in the kernel, though, I have ltlk as that is my a> primary synth. I have verified that Speech-Dispatcher and a> Speechd-up are working because I performed the speechd-up probe a> test and it was spoken. The problem happens when I do modprobe a> speakup_sftsyn. The system simply freezes; no speech, no beeps, a> nothing. In fact, I'm forced to restart forcefully with the ower a> button. Where should I look to find whatever error may be a> occurring? If I need to get sighted assistance, that's not a a> problem. It seems that modprobe freezes. You can test it if you will have the other console and there you do killall modprobe, then do modprobe speakup_softsyn again, I think that will works. If yes, you can use the script which I sent here in one of previous email. Have a nice day -- Jan Buchal Tel: (00420) 24 24 86 008 Mob: (00420) 608023021