Solved! The squeeze initrd had speakup_soft in its /etc/modules file. I commented that out, rebuilt the initrd, and the configuration discussed below becomes effective, and works like a charm. I still think the quiet parameter should rate inclusion in the manual. Maybe it's in more recent versions, just not in the one with speakup-doc? Luke On Sun, 18 Dec 2011, luke wrote: > On Sat, 17 Dec 2011, Gregory Nowak wrote: > > > On Sat, Dec 17, 2011 at 10:06:14PM -0500, luke wrote: > > > I have a file called /etc/modprobe.d/local.conf, which contains: > > > options speakup synth=soft > > > > > > I have tried: > > > > > > options speakup synth=soft quiet=1 > > > > That's correct syntax, and should work. I don't understand though why > > you're specifying the synth name. If you run modinfo speakup, and look > > Me either--the way you describe is how I used to do it now that you've > dredged the memory for me. However, I'm not specifying the synth like > that--Samuel's squeeze install image set it up that way, for reasons > which I assume were good at the time. > > I'll try doing it as you suggest. > (it's been a long time since I had to set one of these up, and I've > obviously forgot several things) > > Anyway, I've now tried it, and it doesn't work. > speakup and speakup_soft are loaded. > the config file which came with the kernel, claims that all of > speakup is modularized. > Kernel is 2.6.32-5-686 SMP. > > Also, it has the paste-hangs-system-sometimes problem, which is very bad. > > It seems to be version 3.1.5, according to /sys/speakup/version. > > Luke > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
