default speakup for Debian Sarge

Sean McMahon smcmahon at usgs.gov
Mon Aug 1 13:42:48 EDT 2005


Don't know the problem but I can say I didn't have that problem with 2.6.11.7 on
debian sarge.  I know 2.6.8 in Debian has patches but I don't know how it
compares to a 2.6.11.  The speakup website did say speakup 2 works on 2.6.10 and
above.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Charles Hallenbeck" <chuckh at hhs48.com>
To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Sunday, July 31, 2005 3:13 AM
Subject: default speakup for Debian Sarge


> I am putting Debian Sarge on a new system here, and am starting with the
> "speakup26" boot choice, which installs a speakup modified 2.6.8 kernel
> initially. But on my system, the mark/cut/paste feature locks up the
> computer requiring a hard reset to recover. Pressing 'mark' works fine,
> but moving the cursor to the other end of the desired string and
> pressing 'cut' kills the system.
>
> Actually I don't know exactly what gets killed, but there is no more
> speech, and the keyboard is unresponsive.
>
> Has anyone else performed this installation? Was your experience the
> same or different? I plan to replace 2.6.8 with 2.6.11 pretty quickly,
> but if there is a quick fix to tide me over I would appreciate knowing
> about it.
>
> Thanks,
> Chuck
>
>
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