Hi, Here's one thing I think worth trying. I have updated the patch so that the net difference between before and after the patch is that speakup_fake_down_arrow() is not called when inside interrupt context. Calling speakup_fake_down_arrow() inside interrupt causes the kernel lock up because this itself generates same interrupt, leading to infinite recursion. I didn't think this code was triggered outside of interrupt context, but it possibly is when using a serial console - which is the only explanation I can think of for the behaviour you've described. Thanks --- drivers/staging/speakup/main.c | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/drivers/staging/speakup/main.c +++ b/drivers/staging/speakup/main.c @@ -1408,7 +1408,10 @@ static void read_all_doc(struct vc_data cursor_track = read_all_mode; spk_reset_index_count(0); if (get_sentence_buf(vc, 0) == -1) { - kbd_fakekey2(vc, RA_DOWN_ARROW); + del_timer(&cursor_timer); + if (!in_interrupt()) + speakup_fake_down_arrow(); + start_read_all_timer(vc, RA_DOWN_ARROW); } else { say_sentence_num(0, 0); synth_insert_next_index(0); _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup