RH 7.3 speaks during startup messages, but not at prompt or beyond

[Jon Dowd]

Thanks for the help (even speculation is welcome !),

The synth is DoubleTalk LT (external) ltlk, I'm not at the location until tomorrow afternoon, so can't report on the
firmware version. If I wanted to update it, where would I find the software and how would I proceed?

Should the <Numlock> be enabled in order to use the numpad commands (we tried with and without)? Pressing <Enter> on the
numpad would silence the voice during startup very briefly, mashing it twenty times seems to make it stop until the next
boot.

I have set the computer to boot into a command line interface by setting the default runlevel to "3" in /etc/inittab.

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Janina Sajka" <janina at afb.net>
To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Saturday, June 22, 2002 8:21 AM
Subject: Re: RH 7.3 speaks during startup messages, but not at prompt or beyond


> On Fri, 21 Jun 2002, Jon Dowd wrote:
> > One - the text goes by so fast at startup,
> > the voice cannot keep up and goes on long after the prompt has arrived.
>
> Precisely. Text can be printed far more quickly than it can be
> spoken--unless, of course, you raise the rate of speech to such a
> high speed that you'd never understand it.
>
> Learn to use Speakup's commands. In this instance, the ENTER key
> on the numeric keypad will silence the speech which you probably
> don't need to hear anymore.
>
>
> > Two - after the prompt has arrived, there is no longer any voice. Not after
> > I log in or launch an application. Just silence until I reboot and then I
> > can again hear the startup messages, but nothing at the prompt.
>
> You probably have your runlevel default set to GUI, which is
> runlevel 5. Edit /etc/inittab and change it to text, which is
> runlevel 3. You must be root to do this.
>
> To get to a text login console do Ctrl-Alt-F1.
>
> PS: This, and other traps the bline user must avoid are
> documented in our installation HOWTO available on the Speakup web
> site at:
>
>
> http://www.linux-speakup.org/ftp/disks/redhat/HOWTO_INSTALL.html.
>
> >
> > Is there a configuration file I should edit ?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
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