speakup_goto crashes machine!!!

Janina Sajka janina at rednote.net
Sat May 1 15:15:00 EDT 2010


It's supposed to take to a particular line and/or column on screen. I
used to use it all the time, but it's been broken for quite awhile now.

At least, I believe it's still broken. Since it hard locks my machines,
I avoid trying it.

Janina



Kitty Litter writes:
>    Using speakup 3.1.4 with 2.6.32.9 kernel. I accidentally pressed
> ins-*. Speakup says goto. I pressed escape one time and enter
> another and both times I heard a continuouss beep from PC speaker
> and had to reset because system was completely unresponsive. I don't
> find an explanation of goto in the users guide so not sure what it
> is supposed to do.
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Speakup mailing list
> Speakup at braille.uwo.ca
> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup

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