Gnopernicus not working on fresh ubuntu install

[Bram Duvigneau <b duvigneau hccnet nl>]

Hi all,

I just installed an ubuntu system for one of my friends who would
like to play with gnopernicus. Because I haven't downloade an iso of
the hoary release, I installed from a worthy cd and upgraded to hoary.
After this, I've installed festival, gnopernicus and esound-clients.
I've enabled accessibility support by setting the correct gconf-key.
Then I ran esddsp festival --server to let the sounds of the desktop
and festival co-operate well. I started gnopernicus with gnopernicus
-s, but it just didn't speak. I got the gnopernicus window, but
festival just kept silent. Any ideas about this  behavior?

Regards,

Bram