-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: RIPEMD160 I was thinking of doing something like that. I figured I would report it here so we can see if it can be fixed or if someone can tell me where to look, I might even take a stab at it. I've never dealt with kernel control variables before. But your solution is a good work-around for the time being. On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 05:39:44PM -0400, Chuck Hallenbeck wrote: > Steve, > > I hope someone smarter than me can figure that one out. I had to kludge > a partial solution like this: > > 1. forget about the speakupconf save function. Also forget about normal > users being able to update the parameters. Limit it to root. > > 2. Start with an inherited copy of /etc/speakup/ if you are lucky > enough to have one, and make any necessary changes to its contents with > an editor. > > 3. run speakupconf load, note which files produce errors, and delete > them from /etc/speakup/ > > The result is that the files that remain in /etc/speakup/ will work > okay with speakupconf load, and that's as good as it's going to get. > I'm sure there's a better solution, but the above is how I'm surviving > until the Cavalry comes. > > Chuck > > > On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 12:55:14PM -0700, Steve Holmes wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: RIPEMD160 > > > > With the version of speakup in the 2.6.26-1 kernel, I find that some > > of the variables or files in /sys/module/speakup/parameters/ won't > > update properly. 3 examples are the punc-some, punc-most and punc_all > > variables. What happens is if you cat the values from a saved place > > such as is done with speakupconf, I get a slew of errors saying "cat: > > argument invalid" and the targets end up empty so what happens in my > > case is the punc_most chars get completely whiped out. I also get > > this error if I try and cat that variable by hand so the script is ok > > here. > > > > Also, when I do a speakupconf save I get the errors I'll show below. > > I'm using spkout as the synth of choice. > > Script started on Fri 17 Oct 2008 06:58:17 AM MST > > lnx3:~# speakupconf save > > cp: omitting directory `.' > > cp: reading `voice': Invalid argument > > cp: reading `lang': Invalid argument > > cp: reading `freq': Invalid argument > > cp: reading `silent': Operation not permitted > > lnx3:~# exit > > exit > > > > Script done on Fri 17 Oct 2008 06:58:39 AM MST > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) > > > > iEYEAREDAAYFAkj47aEACgkQWSjv55S0LfHY4wCdEqpX0fx8Jp1p80z/kkN8/2VP > > eZgAoOIf8Evgs7+1wX9XffOViKYiqMm4 > > =ZqSR > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > -- > The Moon is Waning Gibbous (87% of Full) > > My web site: http://hallenbeck.ftml.net -- my telephone: 1-518-334-9022. > -------- > Sarah Palin: At last, a Beauty Queen who doesn't want World Peace. > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEAREDAAYFAkj5EIQACgkQWSjv55S0LfFvwACfZp6I9R6r8mR+PN0iPPTnMh+g Ny4AnjZo0AHBx7CCx6o3ciWyyhh7rJnE =sUBk -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
