On Tue, Jun 12, 2018 at 08:31:06AM +0200, Samuel Thibault wrote: > The load/unload is about the module itself, i.e. modprobe speakup_bns ; > modprobe speakup_soft, switch between them, then rmmod speakup_bns ; > speakup_soft or the converse (to exercise both orders). # uname -a Linux p41box 4.17.1 #1 SMP Sat Jun 16 11:19:57 MST 2018 i686 GNU/Linux # lsmod |grep "speakup" speakup_bns 16384 0 speakup_soft 16384 1 speakup 94208 3 speakup_bns,speakup_soft With /sys/accessibility/speakup/synth set to bns, I am getting output alternately from the bns and from soft. It's as if speakup can't make up its mind which synthesizer is being used. When I echo soft >/sys/accessibility/speakup/synth, I get no speech at all from either synthesizer. Doing rmmod of all three speakup modules comes back with no errors. There is also no unusual output in dmesg, I can see both synthesizers being registered and unregistered as I switch between them. I can also reproduce this behavior with speakup_soft, and speakup_dummy specifically: 1. modprobe speakup_soft and modprobe speakup_dummy 2. The synthesizer should now be set to dummy in /sys/accessibility/speakup/synth. 3. Use the speakup review keys, press enter a number of times. You should observe output from both the software speech, and from the serial port alternating between each other. 4. echo soft >/sys/accessibility/speakup/synth 5. You should observe no output from either software speech or the serial port as you use speakup review keys, or press enter repeatedly. 6. echo dummy >/sys/accessibility/speakup/synth 7. You should alternately get speech from the software synthesizer and from the serial port. I built my kernel from the 4.17.1 kernel.org sources, and the patch that Samuel reposted applied cleanly with no errors. Greg -- 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