On Mon, 1 Jun 2009, Samuel Thibault wrote: > Adam Myrow, le Sun 31 May 2009 19:08:39 -0500, a ?crit : >> To reproduce it, simply echo something to the serial port that >> the Dectalk is on. > > Then don't do it :) That is a basic flaw in the way speakup is > currently done: it doesn't interfere correctly with using the serial > port with other applications. > >> I originally noticed this because of the HAL daemon, (hald.) >> Apparently, it opens serial ports during its initial startup. > > Augh. I wonder the reason why they do such things, it can not but > interfere with a lot of things. I wonder why this only bothers the Dectalk. -- Bill in Denver