Your output indicates you don't have the return null commented out, this is why you are not getting speech. Tony Baechler <tony@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 2/23/2016 6:31 AM, John G Heim wrote: > > You should check the syslog. There are almost certainly messages in there > > reporting what is happening. I'll try to compile 4.3 kernels for ubuntu and > > debian over the next few days. I had planned to automate the process. Every > > time my ubuntu machines download a new kernel, generate a new patched kernel > > package. I never got around to it though. I was using a sed command to > > comment out the line that caused serial synths to not work so that > > automation was possible. Part of the problem here is that I have kind of > > given up on serial synths myself. I have been depending more and more on the > > combination of a braille display and software speech. It seems to me that > > using a hardware speech synth is going against the grain these days. > > > As Karen and others have pointed out, we all have our own personal > speech preferences. In my case, I have multiple reasons for wanting > serial speech to work. I find it easier to hear and understand for one > thing. There are some bugs in the DECtalk Express module which might > be easily fixed, but the last unpatched kernel I know of that actually > worked was 2.6.32 which is no longer supported. Anyway, as requested, > here is the dmesg output. I don't see anything helpful. I did the > following: > > service espeakup stop > rmmod speakup_soft > modprobe speakup_dectlk > rmmod speakup_dectlk > rmmod speakup > modprobe speakup_soft > espeakup > > [ 11.336314] r8169 0000:02:00.0 eth0: link up > [ 11.336325] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready > [ 27.013903] releasing synth soft > [ 27.013975] unregistered /dev/softsynth > [ 32.824006] speakup: unregistering synth device /dev/synth > [ 56.630004] speakup: module is from the staging directory, the > quality is unknown, you have been warned. > [ 56.630896] input: Speakup as /devices/virtual/input/input7 > [ 56.631031] initialized device: /dev/synth, node (MAJOR 10, MINOR 25) > [ 56.631055] speakup 3.1.6: initialized > [ 56.631057] synth name on entry is: dectlk > [ 56.639855] speakup_dectlk: module is from the staging directory, > the quality is unknown, you have been warned. > [ 56.640036] synth probe > [ 56.640039] Ports not available, trying to steal them > [ 56.640042] Unable to allocate port at 3f8, errno -16 > [ 56.640044] Dectalk Express: not found > [ 56.640045] dectlk: device probe failed > [ 67.012005] speakup: unregistering synth device /dev/synth > [ 70.985966] speakup: module is from the staging directory, the > quality is unknown, you have been warned. > [ 70.986851] input: Speakup as /devices/virtual/input/input8 > [ 70.986983] initialized device: /dev/synth, node (MAJOR 10, MINOR 25) > [ 70.987006] speakup 3.1.6: initialized > [ 70.987008] synth name on entry is: dectlk > [ 70.987055] speakup_soft: module is from the staging directory, the > quality is unknown, you have been warned. > [ 70.987193] synth probe > [ 70.987230] initialized device: /dev/softsynth, node (MAJOR 10, MINOR 26) > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici covici@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup
