Has there been any progress in fixing the 3.4 kernel speakup bugs? I am very disturbed that we may have to hold back to a 3.3 kernel to avoid locking up a computer whenever you press a speakup command on a desktop keyboard. Any news? On 7/8/12, Steve Holmes <steve at holmesgrown.com> wrote: > Interesting thing here is if you use the laptop keys on any machine, the > thing won't crash. I've had an updated Arch kernel on my laptop for several > days now and had no idea there was anything wrong. But then I came home to > my old desktop and started using the numpad keys and it kept crashing and I > had no idea why. But I just tried doing a shifted caps lock on my laptop > and it crashed there two. This is a serious regression and hope it can be > fixed soon. Wonder how kernel devs broke this thing. > > Thanks Chris for the suggested downgrade options; that can at least keep our > heads above the water. > > On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 06:49:59PM -0400, Austin Seraphin wrote: >> Hey I just had this exact problem. Thanks so much for posting this >> message. I guess I'll try downgrading. THis happens on Arch with Kernel >> 3.4.3. >> >> Austin Seraphin >> au at sunbeem.net >> >> >> >> >> On Jun 18, 2012, at 9:01 AM, Chris Brannon wrote: >> >> > Hi all, >> > It seems that Speakup is broken for the new 3.4.x kernels. >> > These are now in the core repository on ArchLinux. If you're running >> > Arch and you haven't upgraded, you might want to hold off on doing the >> > upgrade. Downgrading to a 3.3.x kernel might be an option for people >> > who have already been hit. Also, ArchLinux provides a package called >> > linux-lts. This is an older kernel. Currently, that package is at >> > version 3.0.4. So replacing linux with linux-lts might also be an >> > option for some. >> > >> > Anyway, here's the problem. As soon as you use one of the Speakup >> > review keys, the system locks up hard. This is even the case with >> > numpad 0. >> > I'm going to use git bisect to figure out which change causes the >> > problem. Hopefully, I (or someone) can write a patch in the next few >> > days. >> > >> > -- Chris >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Speakup mailing list >> > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >> > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Speakup mailing list >> Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
