The speakup module not being signed and therefore tainting the kernel does not at all look normal. If your running kernel was installed from debian repositories, you shouldn't be getting that message. Jewd, the kernel module itself isn't signed, package verification doesn't have anything to do with that, unless there was an error during kernel installation saying the package couldn't be verified, and asking if installation should proceed. Chime, whatever pitch issues you are having will most likely not be solved by upgrading to a newer kernel. For that to happen, someone who knows kernel and speakup internals would need to sit down with a dectalk unit, figure out what's causing the problems you're seeing, and make the necessary fixes in the code. I'm not a kernel programmer at the moment, so that someone wouldn't be me. Greg On Wed, Jun 06, 2018 at 09:38:56PM -0700, Chime Hart wrote: > Thanks Greg: As I remember you don't have a DecTalk, but is what I pasted in > from boot look normal? I am still trying to hunt down these pitch, volume, > and rate drops which seem to begin just after I hear the DecTalk say > "command error in command" as Speakup loads. Then along the way while > arrowing in review, these drops happen. Thanks in advance > Chime > > _______________________________________________ > 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