Hi, Make sure that the addmodule line for festival has a hash sign # infront of it and that one of the other addmodule lines like the espeak line is uncommented. This is in speechd.conf which is either in /etc/speech-dispatcher or /usr/local/etc/speech-dispatcher. HTH, Willem On Sun, 9 Mar 2008, Georgina wrote: > Hi All > > Forgive me for being stupid but I can't find the solution to a problem with > speech-dispatcher. I see on the gentoo forums they offer killall festival > as a solution but I've not got festival installed. Other threads I've read > haven't revealed the answer. Any help please? > > > [Sun Mar 9 12:42:53 2008 : 838786] speechd: Configuration has been read > from "/etc/speech-dispatcher//speechd.conf" > [Sun Mar 9 12:42:53 2008 : 838844] speechd: Speech Dispatcher Logging to > file /var/log/speech-dispatcher/speechd.log > [Sun Mar 9 12:42:53 2008 : 838885] speechd: Speech Dispatcher started > with 1 output module > [Sun Mar 9 12:42:53 2008 : 838949] speechd: Openning socket connection > [Sun Mar 9 12:42:53 2008 : 839000] speechd: bind() failed: Cannot assign > requested address > [ > > Gena > > Ready 2 Go Linux > > http://www.ready2golinux.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -- This message is subject to the CSIR's copyright terms and conditions, e-mail legal notice, and implemented Open Document Format (ODF) standard. The full disclaimer details can be found at http://www.csir.co.za/disclaimer.html. This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. MailScanner thanks Transtec Computers for their support.