Strange garbles from dectlk

Arthur Pirika apirika at orcon.net.nz
Sun Jun 12 13:03:20 EDT 2005


Hi there, I believe the command you'd be after is:
ls > /dev/ttyS0
I.E, redirect the output of ls to the first com port, known as /dev/ttyS0 
under linux.

Thanks,
Arthur.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Glenn at home" <GlennErvin at cableone.net>
To: <jaffar at jeffstudio.net>; "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." 
<speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Monday, June 13, 2005 3:49 AM
Subject: Re: Strange garbles from dectlk


> What happens when you send text directly to tty0, such as directing the ls
> command to the port?
> There must be an equivalent to the msDOS command:
> dir>com1
> would it be?
> ls tty0
> Glenn
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <jaffar at jeffstudio.net>
> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Sunday, June 12, 2005 10:42 AM
> Subject: Strange garbles from dectlk
>
>
> Hi All.  My struggles with installing fedora still continues.  After I 
> type
> in the command text speakup_synth=dectlk, It doesn't speak but goes 
> straight
> to the choice of whether I should skip checking my disk or proceed with 
> the
> installation.  When I proceed, My nephew telles me that the screen shows
> something like the Anaconda installer is active.  It is at this point that
> Dectalk garbles something like c cerdilla, atleast 20 times in succession,
> then stops altogether.  Incidentally, I did do a check on the disk, and
> Anaconda says that my disk passed the check test.  My conclusion is that 
> My
> dectalk is trying to respond, but that it is not able to connect with
> speakup.  I wonder if there is anything else I need to do?  Any help will 
> be
> greatly appreciated.  I have already disabled the non-existent tty2 from 
> my
> bios so that I have tty0 left.  Cheers!
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