On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 07:38:10AM -0500, Christopher Brannon wrote: > 1. Which synth are you using? Both the speakup_ltlk, loaded from /etc/modules, and speakup_soft, loaded from /etc/rc.local with the commands: rmmod speakup_ltlk modprobe speakup_soft espeakup speakupconf load > 2. Which version of the kernel are you using? (uname -a) Linux rivensight 2.6.32-5-686 #1 SMP Wed Aug 25 14:28:12 UTC 2010 i686 GNU/Linux It's the unaltered Debian Squeeze kernel that came from the amd64 installation disk, and I'm told, includes the speakup modules compiled into the kernel, and running on a I7-930 Quad-Core CPU on a SuperMicro X8STE motherboard with 24G's of Kingston memory. I use the Orca screen reader for the GUI. I'm surprized that it's a 686 kernel, but that's what Debian gave us for the 64-bit, Core-2 platforms, so I gather that it's the correct one. > 3. Which version of the Speakup package are you using?> >From /var/log/dmesg Sorry for not word-wrapping): [ 6.214497] speakup: module is from the staging directory, the quality is unknown, you have been warned. [ 6.217153] speakup 3.1.3: initialized [ 6.217157] synth name on entry is: ltlk [ 6.217339] initialized device: /dev/synth, node (MAJOR 10, MINOR 25) [ 6.217792] speakup_ltlk: module is from the staging directory, the quality is unknown, you have been warned. [ 6.218396] synth probe [ 6.218398] Ports not available, trying to steal them [ 6.220396] LiteTalk: ttyS0, Driver Version 2.10 [ 6.255596] LiteTalk: ROM version: <FF>2.42A After the above, the loop module loads, and the line in /etc/modules is simply "speakup_ltlk", which appears to work just fine when I bother to turn on the LiteTalk. Since I don't appear to have any problems booting up, I leave the thing switched off. The synth is connected to ttyS0. ttyS1 is unused (no plug), ttyS2 is a US Robotics PCI modem, and ttyS3 is on a Axxon searial/parallel PCIE card, as the mobo came without a friggin printer port. Both cards are reported to work flawlessly with Linux. Lemme know if you need the output from something like lshw or something for this... Michael
