Problem with speakup software synthesis if speechd-up or espeakup not running

[Janina Sajka]

You may need to do:

echo none >/sys/module/speakup/parameters/synth

As soon as you stop the speech server. I have the problem you describe,
if I don't do this. This is a bug, of course. Users shouldn't have to do
this by hand.

Janina

Alastair Irving writes:
> Hi All
>
> I'm running speakup on a gentoo system under vmware, kernel version  
> 2.6.27-gentoo-r8, and the gentoo speakup ebuild which is revision  
> 2008.08.02.  I use the software synthesis module.
>
> Everything is generally working fine, however, if I do anything that  
> would cause speakup to speak when either speechd-up or espeakup is not  
> running, (even just pressing a single key), the whole system crashes.  I  
> assume its some kind of kernel pannic, I can no longer read the screen  
> with brltty, or SSH in, or do anything, (so I don't know if any errors  
> are printed to the screen at this point).  This is rather annoying as to  
> start speakup I have to use sSSH to modprobe speakup_soft and load  
> espeakup.  Once I've done this I can use the system normally and it  
> speaks.  Similarly, before shutting down the system I have to SSH in,  
> and unload espeakup and modprobe -r speakup_soft.  Otherwise, if I  
> shutdown, espeakup is unloaded and then presumably speakup tries to say  
> something and everything hangs.
>
> I've looked in the syslog after rebooting, but no errors are shown.
>
>
> Has anyone else experienced this?  It seems rather bizarre and I don't  
> know what to try to resolve it.
>
> Many thanks
>
> Alastair Irving
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