Bug in grml?

Fri Feb 22 13:00:30 EST 2008

Hi,

      Try adding speakup_ser=<serial port number>.  For example, if your 
synth is on the first port, you can do: speakup_synth=dectlk speakup_ser=0

           HTH.

-- 
Bill in Denver

On Fri, 22 Feb 2008, Tony Baechler wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Sorry, I'm not a programmer otherwise I would try to fix it myself.  I
> read something in the change log saying that a problem with a different
> synth was fixed by changing the timeout delay when probing.  It's
> strange because I've not had this particular problem with any other
> kernel, either on a boot CD, floppy, or hard disk.  I can easily send a
> patch to fix the init string, but all that's really necessary is to
> remove the "pe -380" from the commands first sent to the unit.  Maybe
> changing the timeout delay would help, I don't know.  Perhaps this
> particular bug was introduced later in the CVS code for Speakup which
> grml is using.  I can try to test any fixes, but I'm not a programmer
> and would rather avoid trying to compile kernels.
>
> Kirk Reiser wrote:
>> Hello Tony: That is a bug in the Dectalk Express driver which we have
>> known about for quite a while.  I have been looking at it but don't
>> have a Dectalk myself to test with so it isn't a very high priority.
>> I do have a few other people that are also waiting for a solution so
>> hopefully I'll have something to test in the not to distant future.
>> I'd say by at least 2020! 'grin' Of course patches which fix the
>> problem will be happily accepted.
>>
>
>
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