problem with generic module?

[Jacob Schmude]

Hi all
        I just upgraded to speech dispatcher 0.4. Previously, I had no 
problems using the generic module to output to software dectalk. After the 
upgrade, and resetting the parameters in the config file to their 
appropriate values, I get no speech. The debug log for the module reveals:
Sat May 29 09:24:54 2004 [906025]: Generic: creating new thread for 
generic_speak

Sat May 29 09:24:54 2004 [906279]: generic: speaking thread 
starting.......

Sat May 29 09:24:56 2004 [457878]: write()
        It almost looks like none of the text is getting through to the 
module, as those are the last lines of the log file. Further, the speechd 
log file yields:
[Sat May 29 09:42:28 2004] speechd:  Module flite loaded.
[Sat May 29 09:42:28 2004] speechd:  Module festival loaded.
[Sat May 29 09:42:28 2004] speechd:  Module epos-generic loaded.
[Sat May 29 09:42:28 2004] speechd:  Module dtk-generic loaded.
[Sat May 29 09:42:28 2004] speechd:  Configuration has been read from 
"/usr/local/etc/speech-dispatcher//speechd.conf"
[Sat May 29 09:42:28 2004] speechd:   Speech Dispatcher started with 4 
output modules
[Sat May 29 09:42:28 2004] speechd:  Openning a socket connection
[Sat May 29 09:42:28 2004] speechd: Speech Dispatcher waiting for clients 
...
[Sat May 29 09:42:30 2004] speechd:   Adding client on fd 17
[Sat May 29 09:42:30 2004] speechd: Output locked...
[Sat May 29 09:42:30 2004] speechd:   Removing client on fd 17
[Sat May 29 09:42:30 2004] speechd:   Connection closed
[Sat May 29 09:42:30 2004] speechd:   Broken pipe to module.
[Sat May 29 09:42:30 2004] speechd:   Output module working status: 0 
(pid:4281)[Sat May 29 09:42:30 2004] speechd:  Output module terminated 
abnormally, probably crashed.
[Sat May 29 09:42:30 2004] speechd: Output unlocked.
[Sat May 29 09:42:30 2004] speechd:  Error: Output module failed
[Sat May 29 09:42:30 2004] speechd:   Output module working status: 0 
(pid:0)
[Sat May 29 09:42:30 2004] speechd:  Output module terminated abnormally, 
probably crashed.
        I've looked over the necessary config files and I'm sure 
everything is set properly. Has anyone else seen this? Is there a new 
format for generic config files? This occurs both when trying to use 
spd-say and speechd_up. Flite works fine, however.
Any ideas on this one?