-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, Mar 05, 2007 at 12:20:06PM +0000, Michael Whapples wrote: > There are two solutions. > 1. When the system starts loading, hit the silence until next keypress > key (I thing numpad equals). > 2. You can set the synth to none in the default in the kernel config, > then just have in a start-up script (before speechd-up) "echo sftsyn > > /proc/speakup/synth_name" (assuming sftsyn is the synth used). > > There is a third, but very undesirable, leave the system, it will load > eventually as the emptying of the device will happen over time, but this > will take a long time (I think this will happen). > Actually, there is a fourth solution. Put speakup_quiet=1 on the command-line in your boot loader, which will start speakup with the synth silenced. I do think though that the second option is the best choice in this case. Greg - -- web site: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org gpg public key: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org/pubkey.asc skype: gregn1 (authorization required, add me to your contacts list first) - -- Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager at EU.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFF7FgD7s9z/XlyUyARAnrpAKCuiqznXnDswZGnDoRIfsZPr28M+gCgwNJV Wcp3nF6SBssdCMVhRotctKQ= =0iJq -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----