Latest Lenny kernel and ltlk module crash my system

[Gaijin]

On Fri, Sep 05, 2008 at 05:14:07AM -0400, Chuck Hallenbeck wrote:
> A week ago Michael reported a problem after upgrading his Debian system
> to kernel 2.6.26-1 with the associated speakup modules. His ltlk could
> not handle lengthy outputs, and locked up his system completely.

	My LTLK has never been able to handle lengthly outputs with any
of the speakup kernels I've used, actually.  Long directory listings
wouldcrash something )I couldn't tell you what), and the system could be
crashed with a long directory lising.  The keys would become inoperative
and the synthesizer would continue to speak until it finally stopped.
I'm assuming that the buffer in the synth finally ran out of text to
speak, while the computer had crashed long ago.  For some reason, I had
assumed it was the UART's fault, probably because my Soyo motherboard
uses a crappy one that the setserial package couldn't consistantly
identify or set as far as CTS/RTS flow control went.  The setserial man
page mentioned something about junky UARTs, so I figured I had one of
them, but was told that SpeakUP had it's own flow control handled in
software.  I'm not sure I can add anything more as to my own
experiences and diagnosis, but I think it's a flow control problem that
crops up when the LTLK buffer gets filled past capacity.  My Wireless
connection has been rather slow for the past few days and may have not
overflowed the LTLK's buffer  I can say that occasionally the LTLK will
reset itself when using the Shane kernel at random times, and appear to
be disconnected from what the proc filesystem says.  The LTLK will be
slow and quiet after the reset while the SpeakUP settings say otherwise.
For instance, I keep the volume set at five, but after the LTLK
mysteriously resets to maybe volume level three, pressing Speakup+2 will
switch the LTLK to volume six, and I have to step it back down again.
I'm not sure what causes the reset or crash of the LTLK at random
intervals, but it happens usually after pressing Keypad Plus when I'm
trying to read the entire screen, and has always reset while in the
process of reading the screen...maybe a second or two into the reading
of the text.  I hope the information is of use in nailing down what's
going on.  Your problem appears to be the same as mine, and results from
flow control problems, or a mismatched buffer size setting somewhere.  I
wish we could file a class-action lawsuit against some of these
companies making it near-impossible to work with their equipment.  If
accessibility is supposed to be out right, then they're infringing on
it with proprietary information reserved for themselves alone.

			Michael