speakup and hald conflict in Slackware 12.2

[Alex Snow]

Is this with the latest virtualbox? I've tried using 2.0.6 I think it 
is and I can't even get it to configure a serial port.
On Mon, Dec 15, 
2008 at 11:42:24PM -0700, Gregory Nowak wrote:
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> On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 07:36:54PM -0800, Zachary Kline wrote:
> > I, too, am 
> > using a Dectalk USB in serial mode, with VirtualBox, for what that's 
> > worth.
> 
> Well, I've got gnome, and hal too, running under debian testing in
> virtualbox, and am not seeing sluggish response, when using the bns as
> the synth. So, I'd say that whether running under virtualbox, or on
> actual iron probably doesn't make a difference here, since using the
> bns on a real box is fine here, in both cases (except for vbox's
> serial port issues), as I've said before.
> 
> BTW, speaking of virtualbox, how are you managing to use the dectalk,
> given vbox's serial port issues?
> 
> http://vbox.innotek.de/ticket/812
> 
> I can use the bns with it in an emergency, if I read line by line
> literally, but I go right back to software speech whenever I can,
> until that serial bug is resolved.
> 
> Greg
> 
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