Speakup patched kernel pauses while booting

[Gregory Nowak]

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Do you have sftsyn built as a module, or compiled into the kernel? If
it's in the kernel, then I'm wondering if the problem might be that
speakup is continuously sending output to /dev/softsynth, and the
system is pausing momentarily during the boot process, until the
buffers empty, and then speakup goes on. If this is the case, then
your pressing the control key is momentarily interrupting the speech,
allowing the system to continue booting. Try passing

speakup_quiet=1

as a kernel parameter, and see if that makes a difference. If it does,
then my theory is correct. If it doesn't, then I don't know what could
be causing this. Of course, if your sftsyn is built as a module, and
you're not booting with an initrd image, then my theory falls apart as
well.

Greg


On Mon, Jul 10, 2006 at 06:02:42PM +0300, Dart Vader wrote:
> 
> Hi.
> 
> When I boot speakup-enabled kernel, after some time of booting it stops
> until I press any key. When I press, for example, control key, it
> continues booting.
> It happens when speakup doesn't speak yet, so I don't know what booting
> fase  it is. There is no strange or error messages in "dmesg".
> It looks like it is harmless, but...
> What do you think?
> 
> I've patched debian kernel 2.6.16 (version 2.6.16-15) with speakup CVS
> of revision date 2006-06-18:
> 
> $ cat /proc/speakup/version 
> Speakup v-2.00 CVS: Mon May 1 09:46:33 EDT 2006 
> synth sftsyn version 0.3
> $ 
> 
> I've built sftsyn into kernel (I use software synthesizer).
> OS: debian testing
> processor: AMD K7 duron 1000
> mainboard: soltek sl-75drv5
> chipset: VIA kt333+VT8233A
> soundcard: SB Live! 5.1
> 
> 
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Speakup mailing list
> Speakup at braille.uwo.ca
> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup

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