If you are talking about loading the speakup software synth module there is a bug on some machines or architectures which lock up the machine when the module gets loaded. We have not been able to locate and fix the bug yet but we are aware of it. The work around is to load the module and then a synth in a script or from a remote connection. The problem appears to do with the keyboard in some manner so that any key touch after loading the speakup_soft module locks it up tight. Logging in with ssh for example doesn't do it however. On other machines the problem doesn't exist at all. Go figure! Kirk -- Kirk Reiser The Computer Braille Facility e-mail: kirk at braille.uwo.ca University of Western Ontario phone: (519) 661-3061
