On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 10:16:40PM -0700, Tom Fowle wrote: > Hi folks; > Just installed latest debian wheezy on my ancient asus 1.3 gig box with > a > doubletalk PC internal > the install went fine with speech. > Doesn't speak on boot. > After "inaccessible prompt" > modprobe speakup_dtlk > works. > > the file: > /sys/module/speakup/parameters/synth > contains > dtlk You likely need to edit /etc/initramfs-tools/modules, and put in a line like: speakup_dtlk after that, run update-initramfs -u > Even when working speakup does not echo deleated chars from backspace as > it > used to do > on my previous fedora 7 setup. The above statement makes no sense to me. I can confirm using back space on a debian wheezy system with a doubletalk pc works fine here. > > > I occasionally have a crash where the screen says stuff about softlock > and > speakup > but the only way we can get a copy of the following screen full of hex > is to > take a photo of it. > Install a kernel from debian backports. This problem seems to be fixed there. Greg -- web site: http://www.gregn.net gpg public key: http://www.gregn.net/pubkey.asc skype: gregn1 (authorization required, add me to your contacts list first) If we haven't been in touch before, e-mail me before adding me to your contacts. -- Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager@xxxxxx _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup