Hello, I have mentioned this before (cannot quite remember when it started, but it has certainly been an issue for all the 3.0 kernels, it also was before), but I have problems in loading the speakup modules. When I try and load the speakup modules I get a load of error messages output to the kernel.log file (see later on in the message) with killed written to screen by modprobe and any later attempts to to load the module result in modprobe hanging. Here is the output in /var/log/kernel.log I get from trying to load the speakup modules (in my case speakup_apollo, but I think the issue is in speakup as I get the same issue with the softsynth module). Does anyone have any ideas of what is wrong and how I can get speakup working again? I am using ArchLinux. Sep 30 10:06:45 localhost kernel: [ 342.088858] speakup: module is from the staging directory, the quality is unknown, you have been warned. Sep 30 10:06:45 localhost kernel: [ 342.096454] BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 00000035 Sep 30 10:06:45 localhost kernel: [ 342.096505] IP: [<f81910bb>] speakup_init+0xbb/0x28a [speakup] Sep 30 10:06:45 localhost kernel: [ 342.096543] *pde = 00000000 Sep 30 10:06:45 localhost kernel: [ 342.096559] Oops: 0002 [#1] PREEMPT SMP Sep 30 10:06:45 localhost kernel: [ 342.096581] Modules linked in: speakup(C+) appletalk ipx p8022 psnap llc p8023 ipv6 cuse fuse nilfs2 usblp snd_ice1712 snd_ice17xx_ak4xxx snd_intel8x0 snd_ak4xxx_adda snd_cs8427 snd_i2c b44 ssb snd_mpu401_uart snd_ac97_codec ac97_bus snd_pcm snd_rawmidi mmc_core snd_seq_device snd_timer pcmcia snd sg ppdev uhci_hcd pcmcia_core mii snd_page_alloc soundcore firewire_ohci parport_pc floppy ns558 evdev firewire_core crc_itu_t ehci_hcd iTCO_wdt parport usbcore pcspkr gameport intel_agp shpchp i2c_i801 iTCO_vendor_support pci_hotplug intel_gtt processor ext4 mbcache jbd2 crc16 sr_mod cdrom sd_mod pata_acpi ata_piix libata scsi_mod nouveau ttm drm_kms_helper drm agpgart i2c_algo_bit i2c_core mxm_wmi wmi video button Sep 30 10:06:45 localhost kernel: [ 342.096652] Sep 30 10:06:45 localhost kernel: [ 342.096652] Pid: 2466, comm: modprobe Tainted: G C 3.0-ARCH #1 System Manufacturer System Name/P4PE Sep 30 10:06:45 localhost kernel: [ 342.096652] EIP: 0060:[<f81910bb>] EFLAGS: 00210202 CPU: 0 Sep 30 10:06:45 localhost kernel: [ 342.096652] EIP is at speakup_init+0xbb/0x28a [speakup] Sep 30 10:06:45 localhost kernel: [ 342.096652] EAX: 00000000 EBX: f4fc9200 ECX: f818d49b EDX: 00000000 Sep 30 10:06:45 localhost kernel: [ 342.096652] ESI: 00000008 EDI: f818cea0 EBP: efce1ef0 ESP: efce1ed4 Sep 30 10:06:45 localhost kernel: [ 342.096652] DS: 007b ES: 007b FS: 00d8 GS: 00e0 SS: 0068 Sep 30 10:06:45 localhost kernel: [ 342.096652] Process modprobe (pid: 2466, ti=efce0000 task=f0e8b0d0 task.ti=efce0000) Sep 30 10:06:45 localhost kernel: [ 342.096652] Stack: Sep 30 10:06:45 localhost kernel: [ 342.096652] efce1ef0 c016a655 f818a4c0 00000001 00000000 f818a4c0 00000001 efce1f20 Sep 30 10:06:45 localhost kernel: [ 342.096652] c0101125 fffffffa 00000000 00000000 f818a4c0 f818a4c0 f8191000 00000000 Sep 30 10:06:45 localhost kernel: [ 342.096652] f818a4c0 f818a4c0 00000001 efce1fac c0180332 f818a508 c057e14c 00000000 Sep 30 10:06:45 localhost kernel: [ 342.096652] Call Trace: Sep 30 10:06:45 localhost kernel: [ 342.096652] [<c016a655>] ? notifier_call_chain+0x45/0x60 Sep 30 10:06:45 localhost kernel: [ 342.096652] [<c0101125>] do_one_initcall+0x35/0x170 Sep 30 10:06:45 localhost kernel: [ 342.096652] [<f8191000>] ? 0xf8190fff Sep 30 10:06:45 localhost kernel: [ 342.096652] [<c0180332>] sys_init_module+0xd92/0x19c0 Sep 30 10:06:45 localhost kernel: [ 342.096652] [<c0454bdf>] sysenter_do_call+0x12/0x28 Sep 30 10:06:45 localhost kernel: [ 342.096652] Code: 18 f8 00 75 e4 ba a0 d2 18 f8 b8 80 6b 18 f8 e8 6c 07 ff ff 83 3d 4c df 18 f8 00 74 12 0f b7 83 8c 00 00 00 8b 04 85 80 cb 18 f8 Sep 30 10:06:45 localhost kernel: [ 342.096652] EIP: [<f81910bb>] speakup_init+0xbb/0x28a [speakup] SS:ESP 0068:efce1ed4 Sep 30 10:06:45 localhost kernel: [ 342.096652] CR2: 0000000000000035 Sep 30 10:06:45 localhost kernel: [ 342.106050] ---[ end trace cb3cc221d546e5f8 ]---
