These /proc/speakup files are special files. You need to send the value you want to the file like this: echo "5" >/proc/speakup/volume It may sound cryptic but as far as I know, the only way. You can't really edit those system files. On Fri, 14 Sep 2001, djc wrote: > I go to proc/speakup and I'm running redHat7.1 and when I go to the volume > and go to edit the volume as it's set to 5 and I'd prefer it a bit louder I > tell pico to write and it gives me an error telling me that the volume is > from 0 to 9 but it won't write it for one reason or another. This is at the > root level. Is there something special I need to do please? Also when I > change this number is it spose to have a slash before it or anything like > that/ I'm not yet fluent in working speakup so I don't know some things > about it yet. > > Msn or mailto:djc2 at pacbell.net > > I C Q Number is: 4781694 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
