Speakup installation on lap top.

[Kirk Wood]

I think the problem is more to do with your sound drivers then speakup.
This is pointed to by the modem also causing interferance. Making your
serial buffers larger may help, but it would also delay the amount of time
until you could silence the synth.

I would start by switching to ALSA drivers if you aren't already.

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