problem LOADING LITETALK DRIVER

[Tom Moore]

Hi,
No I wasn't in the know about any drivers not working with Speakup.
Here is the syslog output.

Aug  1 13:16:53 debian kernel: [17961.873872] speakup_ltlk: module is
from the staging directory, the quality is unknown, you have been
warned.
Aug  1 13:16:53 debian kernel: [17961.874361] releasing synth soft
Aug  1 13:16:53 debian kernel: [17961.874862] unregistered /dev/softsynth
Aug  1 13:16:53 debian kernel: [17961.874866] synth probe
Aug  1 13:16:53 debian kernel: [17961.874869] Ports not available,
trying to steal them
Aug  1 13:16:53 debian kernel: [17961.874875] Unable to allocate port
at 3f8, errno -16
Aug  1 13:16:53 debian kernel: [17961.874877] LiteTalk: not found
Aug  1 13:16:53 debian kernel: [17961.874880] ltlk: device probe failed


On 8/1/16, John G Heim <jheim at math.wisc.edu> wrote:
> Are you aware of the bug that causes the litetalk driver to fail to load
> because of a conflict with the way the kernel keeps track of what is
> using the serial port? I think this bug or feature has been in the
> kernel since the 2.6 release. There are different workarounds depending
> on your kernel version. Poke around in the syslog for an error message.
> Or do the following and post it here:
>
> # tail -f /var/log/syslog &
> # modprobe speakup_ltlk
>
>
>
>
> On 08/01/2016 08:47 AM, Tom Moore wrote:
>> Hi guys,
>> What is the procedure for loading the litetalk driver in Speakup?
>> I have installed Debian 8.5 with software speech and wish to use the
>> Litetalk connected to the serial port.
>> Modprobe -a speakup_ltlk
>> Doesn't seem to get the synt talking and specifiying the speakup.ser=0 or
>> speakup_ser=0 didn't seem to work either.
>>
>> Thanks for any help guys,
>> Tom
>>
>>
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