Hi Jude I think your issue is recorded in bug 735202 [1]. Could you verify the kernel number for me by running uname -a Paul [1] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=735202 For the record, this mail was sent to debian-accessibility@lists.debian.org https://lists.debian.org/debian-accessibility/2014/01/msg00107.html On 24-01-14 11:05, Jude DaShiell wrote: > I am running debian_version: jessie/sid on an amd64 athelon k8 machine and > using speakup and speakup_soft for speech. I would have used reportbug to > report this problem however after running dpkg-reconfig --priority=low > exim4-config and answering all of the questions to get exim4 set up some > problem exists that prevents this machine from sending email. > > If I don't have text in the speakup clipboard as a result of any operation > and hit the speakup paste key combination, sometimes that crashes debian > and someimes speakup says paste. Whenever I have text in the speakup > clipboard as a result of a speakup mark operation followed by a speakup > cut operation and then I hit the speakup paste operation combination of > keys debian crashes. A debian crash consists of loosing speakup and this > also renders all keyboard command combinations useless. The only way I > get control restored is to power off the computer with an emergency power > down with the power button on the computer then reboot the machine. I > have this debian installation up to date and one of those updates was a > speakup update in a kernel that got distributed that caused this problem. > Between the time this installation had been done originally and now, > speakup must have been updated at least once since it didn't do this with > a paste operation just after original installation. Those on the > linux-speakup list think I'm running wheezy which has this problem when it > has it because its version of speakup in the kernel is not up to date, but > this is not the case. I don't know if jessie/sid shares that same status > as does wheezy. > > > > jude <jdashiel@shellworld.net> > >
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