Great! Now if I can figure out how to fix that strange /var/run/*.pid error, I'll be able to use Speakup with Dectalk without having to login as root every time. *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 5/2/2004 at 9:48 AM Jacob Schmude wrote: >Hi all > Well, thanks to Mr. Hanke of the speechd time who made a change to >the generic.c module, I have been able to discover and resolve the problem >of DECTalk not starting at system boot-up. It turns out to be one of those >simple, should-have-been-obvious things that one feels like an idiot for >missing. >The Problem: > DECTalk is installed in the /usr/local tree, and say resides in >/usr/local/bin. However, the initscripts don't include /usr/local/bin in >their path statements, for valid security reasons. As a result of this, >the shell couldn't find the say command and thus it wasn't being >executed. >The Solution > Edit dtk-generic.conf. Where the say command is referenced, put >the full path to say like: >/usr/local/bin/say > Save the file. That's it. Now it will execute properly on startup. >HTH > >_______________________________________________ >Speakup mailing list >Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup Stephen Clower, that guy from the south. You can reach me by any of the following: E-Mail: steve at steve-audio.net MSN: steve at steve-audio.net AIM: AudioRabbit03 You can also check out my little home on the web by visiting http://www.steve-audio.net
