default speakup for Debian Sarge

Kenny Hitt kenny at hittsjunk.net
Sun Jul 31 06:46:57 EDT 2005


Hi.

The first thing I do after the install is to build my kernel, so I
haven't experienced your problem.  Since the speakup in Debian is out of
date, it doesn't surprise me.

Sorry this isn't more helpful.
          Kenny
	  
On Sun, Jul 31, 2005 at 06:13:05AM -0400, Charles Hallenbeck wrote:
> 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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