You will need to upgrade your kernel. I believe the fixed external synth support became available in 4.14 and higher, but don't quote me on that. Greg On Wed, Feb 14, 2018 at 01:44:48PM -0500, Rudy Vener wrote: > Hi all, > > I am trying to use my Dectalk external (old) with my Vinux speakup system. > Hoever, executing > modprobe speakup_decext ser=0 > results in: > modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'speakup_decext': No such device > > At this point speakup stops talking, the /speakup/synth file contains "none" > and the speakup var system does not contain a decext subdirectory, > and changing the synth file to contain decext does not work. > > So, at that point, I reboot to resurrect speakup using espeak. > > At the moment, my Dectalk is connected to the /dev/ttyS0 port, and it speaks > any text I write to the port. But this is no substitute for it working > with speakup. > > Executing modinfo speakup_decext > returns: > filename: /lib/modules/4.4.0-36-generic/kernel/drivers/staging/speakup/speakup_decext.ko > version: 2.14 > license: GPL > description: Speakup support for DECtalk External synthesizers > author: David Borowski > author: Kirk Reiser <kirk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > srcversion: 46ED8AA54EDEE108A987806 > depends: speakup > staging: Y > intree: Y > vermagic: 4.4.0-36-generic SMP mod_unload modversions 686 > parm: ser:Set the serial port for the synthesizer (0-based). (int) > parm: start:Start the synthesizer once it is loaded. (short) > > Also, executing modprobe speakup_decext ser=0 returns the same no such device error message. > > Executing modprobe -n -v speakup_decext returns: > insmod /lib/modules/4.4.0-36-generic/kernel/drivers/staging/speakup/speakup_decext.ko > > Executing: > modprobe speakup_decext ser=0 start=1 > gives me the same results, silence and I need to reboot. > > Any suggestions how to get the decext module to load? > Thanks. > Rudy > -- > Rudy Vener > Website: http://www.rudyvener.com > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- 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
