Numeric keypad doesn't work in Speakup under Gentoo kernel 3.4.9

[John Robinson]

Many thanks for the info.  I'll do as you suggest.

John





On 09/16/12 19:30, Brandon McGinty-Carroll wrote:
> Repost. Didn't change my address for the list.
> Those who are more familiar with this setup, please correct me. This is all off the top of my head.
> I figured this gentleman could use a quick attempt at a fix.
>
> The patches are at the below URL.
> http://the-brannons.com/speakup-patches.tar.gz
> allancox.patch and locking.patch are patches by different folks for the same issue.
> Either of these patches _should deal with your issue.
> The speakup repo is at:
> http://www.linux-speakup.org/speakup.git
> The speakup code is included in 3.4 kernels, but apparently the keypad bug patch hasn't been applied to some versions...
> As I recall, from your kernel dir, git apply --check /directory_to_patches/locking.patch should apply the keypad fix to your kernel, which you will then need to rebuild.
>
> Thanks for the patches, Chris.
>
> Brandon McGinty-Carroll
>
> On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 07:17:38PM +0100, John Robinson wrote:
>> Hi everyone.  I've been a Gentoo and Speakup user for quite some time
>> and until recently, Speakup has worked perfectly.  Now that I have
>> upgraded to Gentoo kernel 3.4.9, however, Speakup is no longer working
>> as it should.
>>
>> I am currently using Speakup version 3.1.6 with softsynth driver version
>> 2.6.  The softsynth I am using is Espeak which connects to Espeak
>> through Espeakup.
>>
>> My problem is that my numeric keypad doesn't work when Speakup is
>> active.  Whenever I press a key on my numeric keypad, my computer
>> freezes.  When Speakup isn't active, for example when using Orca under
>> Gnome, the numeric keypad works perfectly.
>>
>> I would very much appreciate any advice anyone may have as to how to
>> solve this issue.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> John
>>
>>
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