not loading the speakup driver

[Luke Davis]

Try specifying speakup_port, as a port other than the one you are using
for your terminal.

Better yet, try compiling a kernel not including speakup, and using it for
boots that do not need direct speech.

Luke


On Fri, 4 Apr 2003, Terry Klarich wrote:

> On Thu, 03 Apr 2003 17:45:25 -0600you write:
> >Is theresuch a kernel command line option such as speakup_synth and
> >speakup_port that will tell the kernel not to load or initialize speakup?
> >Didn't see anything in the faq nor the documentation.
>
>
> Thanks to those who responded.  I assumed that speakup_synth=none would work.
>
> However, this doesn't appear to be the case.  I am building a utility type machine which will sit in the corner.  It will handle
> mail, dns, serving of mp3 files, usenet news and stuff like that.  I don't have a voice synthesizer I would want to dedicate to it.
> Rather, I wish to install via the serial console.  The command line I am using is:
>
> linux text console=ttyS0,9600 speakup_synth=none
>
> This does, in fact, work properly until it displays speakup (version): initialized
> console: vga 25x80
>
> At this point, all serial console output stops.  Not sure if the machine is actually hung up or not.  Sending a break does nothing,
> repeated key combinations on the keyboard seem to do nothing as well.
>
> Any ideas?  I'm sure I am over looking something simple.
>
> THANKS!
> Terry
>
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