8.0 problems.

Sat Oct 5 18:32:42 EDT 2002

Hi,

     The problem is that RH is going with the newer clock speed in the
Kernel.  Up until now, everyone used Hz=100.  Now, RH is using Hz=512.  
To fix the problem, go into the /proc/speakup/dec_express directory.  
There will be some control files.  The ones you need to change are
jiffy_delta and delay_time.  The first needs to be multiplied by five and
the second needs to be divided by five.  For example, if the value of
jiffy_delta is five, make it fifteen.  If delay_time is five hundred,
make it one hundred.  Do this with the "echo" command.  BTW this only
affects the i686 and Athlon processors.

          HTH.
-- 
          Bill

On Sat, 5 Oct 2002, Thomas Ward wrote:

> Hi, Adam.
> Well, it is a dectalk express and I have used speakup_synth=dectlk the same
> as I always have in the past.
> Actually, this speakup problem is totally new. I used Bill's 7.1, 7.2, and
> 7.3 modified versions and wasn't having this problem. Now that I drop RH 8
> on this error message problem appears.
> I wonder if Red Hat is using a cvs version of speakup which is
> broken?Perhaps Bill knows the answer to this.
> 
> 
> 
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