You may need to do: echo none >/sys/module/speakup/parameters/synth As soon as you stop the speech server. I have the problem you describe, if I don't do this. This is a bug, of course. Users shouldn't have to do this by hand. Janina Alastair Irving writes: > Hi All > > I'm running speakup on a gentoo system under vmware, kernel version > 2.6.27-gentoo-r8, and the gentoo speakup ebuild which is revision > 2008.08.02. I use the software synthesis module. > > Everything is generally working fine, however, if I do anything that > would cause speakup to speak when either speechd-up or espeakup is not > running, (even just pressing a single key), the whole system crashes. I > assume its some kind of kernel pannic, I can no longer read the screen > with brltty, or SSH in, or do anything, (so I don't know if any errors > are printed to the screen at this point). This is rather annoying as to > start speakup I have to use sSSH to modprobe speakup_soft and load > espeakup. Once I've done this I can use the system normally and it > speaks. Similarly, before shutting down the system I have to SSH in, > and unload espeakup and modprobe -r speakup_soft. Otherwise, if I > shutdown, espeakup is unloaded and then presumably speakup tries to say > something and everything hangs. > > I've looked in the syslog after rebooting, but no errors are shown. > > > Has anyone else experienced this? It seems rather bizarre and I don't > know what to try to resolve it. > > Many thanks > > Alastair Irving > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Janina Sajka, Phone: +1.202.595.7777; sip:janina at CapitalAccessibility.Com Partner, Capital Accessibility LLC http://CapitalAccessibility.Com Marketing the Owasys 22C talking screenless cell phone in the U.S. and Canada Learn more at http://ScreenlessPhone.Com Chair, Open Accessibility janina at a11y.org Linux Foundation http://a11y.org
