Hi Peter, On Sat, Jun 04, 2011 at 09:00:02AM +1000, pj at pjb.com.au wrote: > Chuck Hallenbeck wrote: > > echo 7 > /sys/accessibility/speakup/silent > > The speakup user guide names that variable, but contains no > > other information about it. What other values besides 7 can > > I echo to that variable, and what will they do? > > I know that > echo 4 > /sys/accessibility/speakup/silent > restores speech. > > 5 also seems to turn it off, and 6 also seems to restore it. > I think I found a clue once about what those other bits do, > but I can't find it now ... That's very helpful. A little more experimenting should reveal what the other permutations of 1 + 2 + 4 should do, assuming the value can be decomposed like that. Chuck -- Chuck in Hudson. My website is hallenbeck.ftml.net, and my Jabber ID is chuckh1 at jabber.org ----- I'm an early riser: I normally wake up about o dark hundred hours.