Speakup 1.5 Oddness

[Sina Bahram]

Consider this a message for me, and definitely not for Microsoft, but yes, I
actually have done that with a WinXP box, *smile*

Take care,
Sina 

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From: speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca [mailto:speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca]
On Behalf Of Steve Holmes
Sent: Monday, February 28, 2005 10:29 AM
To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.
Subject: Re: Speakup 1.5 Oddness

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Yeah, rebooting is a drag in linux.  Not for technical reasons but it hurts
our pride.  My mail server has been up for 138 days and counting!  Could you
imagine a windows machine running for that long?:)

On Fri, Feb 25, 2005 at 06:57:42PM -0600, Luke Davis wrote:
> Oh, and I have been running long DOSEmu sessions, some times two at a 
> time, on this 200 MHZ machine.  Wonder if that could have any connection?
> 
> Luke
> 
> On Fri, 25 Feb 2005, Gregory Nowak wrote:
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> >I'd say reboot the box. I've seen weirdness before with uptimes as 
> >long as yours, and it all went away after a reboot.
> >
> >Greg
> >
> >
> >On Fri, Feb 25, 2005 at 05:27:09PM -0600, Luke Davis wrote:
> >>Hello
> >>
> >>Kernel: 2.4.21
> >>Speakup: 1.5
> >>Synth: DEC Express
> >>Uptime: 49 days
> >>
> >>I am running 8 consoles, all logged in, running different processes.
> >>
> >>TTY1, has just diverged from all other consoles.  Its main purpose, 
> >>has been an ssh connection to my ISP, running pine, lynx, etc., via 
> >>screen, on that system.
> >>
> >>In lynx, when I press space to go to the next page, it usually 
> >>starts reading that page.  Of course, because it's 1.5, it it 
> >>usually reads "word", carrage return, "word", as "wordword", if I 
> >>just let it read the drawing screen without having it start over 
> >>after the screen is drawn, but that is usual.
> >>I noticed, that it had suddenly started pronouncing every single 
> >>space, as it drew the screen.
> >>
> >>Then too, in pine, when I pressed space to go to another page, it 
> >>would say some strange things, such as space, or a character, or
something.
> >>Trying to read the full screen, would maybe start with a "space", 
> >>instead of "pine 4.62", or what ever it should be.
> >>
> >>I left ssh, and back at my shell, tried typing "reset", logging 
> >>out/in, and setting speakup back to the defaults I usually use.
> >>
> >>No help.  When ever I press enter, instead of hearing my shell 
> >>prompt, I hear the word "space".
> >>If I switch to another console, and back to tty1, I either hear the 
> >>current line (the shell prompt), or the word "space".
> >>
> >>I'm probably forgetting a few.
> >>
> >>Other ttys are working, and speaking, as they should.
> >>
> >>Any thoughts?
> >>
> >>Oh, a few times in the last few weeks, that console (tty1), and 
> >>maybe a few others, would periodicly stop talking.  Switching away 
> >>from the malfunctioning console, and switching back, would set things
right.
> >>
> >> Thanks
> >>
> >>Luke
> >>
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