You'd do something like #!/bin/sh echo x>/proc/speakup/rate where x is the value you want to use. chmod 755 this file and put it in I think /etc/init.d. not sure on that one it's been a while since I used debian. On Sat, Dec 27, 2003 at 07:13:24PM -0700, Scott Berry wrote: > Can you be a little clearer on this please? I am still learning Linux > and using the Debian distro. > > On Sat, 27 Dec 2003, Joseph C. Lininger wrote: > > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > Simply create a script that echos the value you want for rate to > > /proc/speakup/rate. Make sure this gets run after the proc filesystem > > has been mounted. > > - --- > > Joseph C. Lininger > > jbahm at pcdesk.net > > - ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Scott Berry" <n7zib at bresnan.net> > > To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." > > <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > > Sent: Saturday, December 27, 2003 10:45 AM > > Subject: writing a script for slowing down Speakup > > > > > > > Hi there, > > > > > > I am wondering if there would be a way to write a script that would > > > automatically take effect whenever I reboot Linux. The Debian > > > kernel I am using here has set rate to 8 but I don't always like it > > > that way and would rather have it a bit slower then if I want to > > > push the rate myself I can. Thanks for the help. > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Scott Berry > > > Email: n7zib at bresnan.net > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Speakup mailing list > > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > Version: PGP 8.0.3 > > > > iQA/AwUBP+4wNyenap9Jqj2wEQJjDQCfX400Cr/SJ9zqdbLpTQWsZ854FqQAn0Tp > > 75YhZxiw8IojJfgrsKLD1AQJ > > =L7uG > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > > > -- > Scott Berry > Email: n7zib at bresnan.net > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Always borrow money from a pessimist; he doesn't expect to be paid back.
