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On 11/01/03 2:54 PM -0600, RK wrote:
> Hello all,
> I just installed RH 9 using the ISO images from the Speakup modified Redhat
> installation page, and following the instructions. The install went ok
> (although I'm missing Lynx). However, I booted for the first time and
> entered
>
> setserial ttys0 uart none
> modprobe speakup_dectlk
> This works, but it doesn't make the system speak right at boot, I have to
> enter these commands every time I boot the system. Any way to get around
> this?
I am not using RH, but if you add a file /etc/init.d/speakup and create
a link to it called /etc/rcS.d/S05speakup the contents of
/etc/init.d/speakup will be run early in the boot process. There may be
a way to get it to run even earlier using an initrd (initial root disk),
but i haven't done it this way yet. In my /etc/init.d/speakup I have the
following.
#!/bin/sh
#
SYNTH=ltlk # The abbreviation for the synthesizer speakup is using.
PORT=/dev/ttyS3 # The serial port speakup is using.
speakup_start() {
# In case speakup is a module load it.
if [ ! -d /proc/speakup ]; then
# Tell the kernel to release the serial port speakup is using.
/bin/setserial $PORT uart none
/sbin/modprobe speakup_$SYNTH
fi
# load default settings for speakup.
if [ -d /etc/speakup ]; then
echo Loading speakup defaults from /etc/speakup/.
cp /etc/speakup/* /proc/speakup
fi
}
speakup_stop() {
# Disable speakup in preparation for removing the modules.
echo none >/proc/speakup/synth_name
# Remove the modules
/sbin/modprobe -r speakup_$SYNTH speakup_keyhelp speakupmain
# Re-enable the serial port used by speakup.
/bin/setserial $PORT autoconfig
}
case "$1" in
start)
speakup_start
;;
stop)
speakup_stop
;;
restart)
speakup_stop
sleep 1
speakup_start
;;
*)
echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart}"
exit 1
;;
esac
Redhat users may be able to give you a better way to do this, but the
above *should* work. You will want to change the SYNTH= and PORT= lines
to match your synthesizer and port. Perhaps some varient of this could
be added to the speakup packages so it is installed by default.
> And my final question for now:
> Does Speakup support software synthesizers yet? If so, how do I go about
> this?
Since the RH packages are using cvs speakup the answer is no, there are
some patches for speakup 1.5 so it can work with festival, but I haven't
ever gotten it working and I would rather have the features of cvs
speakup and use my doubletalk than go back to 1.5 and try to use
festival.
HTH and good luck.
- --
Unix is a user friendly operating system. It just picks its friends more
carefully than others.
Thomas Stivers e-mail: stivers_t at tomass.dyndns.org gpg: 45CBBABD
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