found temporary fix for 2.6.10 and 2.6.11 software speech problem

[Janina Sajka]

Where do you set these priorities?

David Bruzos writes:
> Hi all:
> I had the same problem that some of you were discribing with the software speech and speakup.  The speech was extremely  
> choppy and hard to understand.  Kirk said on another posting that the problem was a kernel configuration option 
> called "Preempt The Big Kernel Lock".  This option is found in kernels 2.6.10 and 2.6.11.  I recompiled the kernel on my 
> desktop without this option and speech improved, but I did not want to recompile on my laptop, so I started playing with 
> other things.
> I fixed the problem by changing the priority of my "speechd_up" and of "speech-dispatcher".  I am running "speechd_up" with 
> priority 5 and speech-dispatcher with priority -5 and it works wonderfully.  I think my speech is more responsive than it 
> ever has been.
> Of course I have no idea why the changed priority helps with this problem, but it does.
> 
> HTH
> 
> David B.
> 
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