Rudy, Are you connecting your Dectalk Express to a physical serial port from the motherboard, or are you trying to use some kind of USB to serial adaptor or other gadget? If the latter, you will most definitely need a kernel upgrade. Are you able to send txt to the synthesizer by echoing it to /dev/ttyS0? Best, Zack. > On Feb 19, 2018, at 1:57 AM, Rudy Vener <salt@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Chime, Paul, Zack > > Thanks for your help. > I did try the speakup_dectlk module with the same result. > I'll investigate paul's instruction page. > Chime, my Dectalk doesn't have a switch. It is only RS-232 via its serial cable. > Zack, if I have to, I'll investigate a kernal upgrade. But > I hope it won't come to that. I've never done one before. > > Thanks again. > Rudy > > > On Sun, Feb 18, 2018 at 12:00:02PM -0500, speakup-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: >> From: Chime Hart <chime@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> Subject: Re: cannot load speakup_decext module >> Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed >> >> Well Rudy: Yes it seems we are both useing the same DecTalk, but for now you >> must flip the switch to rs232 mode. In Ubuntu text mode it came up talking, but >> we had trouble in Debian9. Sorry I know little about these drivers. For many >> years since I got this unit in 2004 or so, the pitch, rate, and volume drop >> suddenly while I am arrowing around while reviewing the screen. I must then go >> through the controll-pannel and ajust these 3 setting up-and-down by 1 click, >> they are normal again, but its really easy sometimes twice in 30seconds to have >> these values drop. But when I examine what each value is set to, they are >> correct, even though changes have happened. Anyway, hope that helps some >> Chime >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2018 21:42:33 -0500 >> From: Paul Loba <pltechmail@xxxxxxxxx> >> Subject: Re: cannot load speakup_decext module >> <CAKrfcO17YpzcY7Y_W9eHu8Q+NsuZJ6Svt77g2fNBdAceBqxhLw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> >> Hi, >> This link helped me to setup successfully my Apollo II synth: >> https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bytefire/speakup-decext/master/decext-instructions.txt >> Best, >> Pawel >> > >> From: Zachary Kline <zkline@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> Subject: Re: cannot load speakup_decext module >> >> Rudy, >> >> As I said, you need the speakup_dectlk module. The Dectalk Express is an exclusively serial device. The internal board you???re thinking of was called the Dectalk PC, and uses an entirely unrelated Speakup driver. >> You might also want to look into upgrading your kernel, as there was apparently some problem with serial polling which was resolved in the later builds. >> >> Best, >> Zack. >> >> *************************************** > > -- > Rudy Vener > Website: http://www.rudyvener.com > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup
