Hi Keith, > On 12 Apr 2017, at 10:39, Keith Barrett <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I am going to do a fresh install of debian on a spare drive to test the patches. > > Are your instructions the same for am64 and i386 kernels? Yes > > Also, the default speech rate is too slow for me so can I set a higher default rate during the process? If so, how do I do this? Not exactly sure if this was a restriction from before? The changes I have submitted don't address speech rate specifically. May be someone else can shed some light here? > > Thanks. > >> On 12/04/17 09:07, Okash Khawaja wrote: >> Also, these steps can be used to test all the synths and not just decext. The speakup.tgz archive contains all the patches I last submitted. >> >> So please use these steps to test other synths too! >> >> Thanks, >> Okash >> >>> On 11 Apr 2017, at 19:49, Okash Khawaja <okash.khawaja@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> >>> Please be careful at step 4 as it may break your system. Even on >>> Debian based system, the steps I have mentioned are no guarantee that >>> they will not break your system. >>> >>> Also, you can also access the instructions from here: >>> https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bytefire/speakup-decext/master/decext-instructions.txt >>> >>> Cheers! >>> Okash >>> >>>> On Tue, Apr 11, 2017 at 7:41 PM, Okash Khawaja <okash.khawaja@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> Here are the steps in detail. Before starting this, please download >>>> following two files that I have shared: >>>> - speakup.tgz: >>>> https://github.com/bytefire/speakup-decext/raw/master/speakup.tgz >>>> - tty-export.patch: >>>> https://github.com/bytefire/speakup-decext/raw/master/tty-export.patch >>>> >>>> 1. Download Linux kernel code: >>>> a. download stable kernel source from >>>> https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/linux-4.10.9.tar.xz >>>> b. extract the archive by running: tar xvfJ linux-4.10.9.tar.xz >>>> >>>> 2. Apply patches: >>>> a. cd into the extracted linux source code: cd linux-4.10.9 >>>> b. remove speakup directory: rm -r drivers/staging/speakup >>>> c. copy the speakup.tgz file into drivers/staging: cp >>>> path/to/speakup.tgz drivers/staging/ >>>> d. cd into staging directory: cd drivers/staging >>>> e. extractspeakup.tgz: tar xvfz speakup.tgz >>>> (now there should be a speakup directory inside drivers/staging) >>>> f. cd back to the root of kernel source (i.e. linux-4.10.9) : cd ../.. >>>> g. apply the tty patch: patch -p1 < path/to/tty-export.patch >>>> (output of above should be following three lines: >>>> patching file drivers/tty/tty_io.c >>>> patching file drivers/tty/tty_port.c >>>> patching file include/linux/tty.h) >>>> (if you don't already have 'patch' program then you can download it >>>> from http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/patch/) >>>> h. now we have the code ready for configuring and compiling! >>>> >>>> 3. Configure: >>>> a. make sure you are inside kernel source root directory, i.e. linux-4.10.9 >>>> b. make sure that existing kernel config exists: ls /boot/config-$(uname -r) >>>> (this should return just one file named config-<your-kernel-version>) >>>> c. copy that file into your kernel source root directory: cp >>>> /boot/config-$(uname -r) ./.config >>>> d. update the config: make oldconfig >>>> (this will ask you many questions. just select the default option for >>>> each by pressing enter) >>>> e. check to make sure that speakup is configured the way you wanted >>>> it: cat .config | grep SPEAKUP >>>> e. that's it, kernel configured! >>>> >>>> 4. Compile and install: >>>> (IMPORTANT: for this please check an online guide specific for your distro. >>>> following instructions that i think should work on Debian based >>>> system. but it may >>>> a. still stayin inside linux-4.10.9, compile by simply running: make >>>> (this will take a while. depending on the hardware specs, it may take >>>> an hour or may be more) >>>> b. after make completes, check it succeeded: echo $? >>>> (this should return zero) >>>> c. now run: sudo make modules_install >>>> (again this may take a little while) >>>> d. now install kernel which should be quick: sudo make install >>>> (NOTE: this means that on next reboot your newly compiled kernel will load) >>>> (Depending on your distro, it should back up previous kernel) >>>> >>>> 5. Reboot and test decext: >>>> a. now running reboot should boot the compiled kernel >>>> b. if speakup configuration was same as before, then you should be >>>> able to test it with decext the same way as before. >>>> >>>> Thanks! >>>> Okash >>>> >>>>> On Tue, Apr 11, 2017 at 7:52 AM, Okash Khawaja <okash.khawaja@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>>> Hi, >>>>> >>>>> As part of recent changes, there are some that affect DecTalk External >>>>> which uses speakup_decext.ko. If someone can help in making sure those >>>>> changes are okay, do give a shout. >>>>> >>>>> Cheers! >>>>> Okash >> _______________________________________________ >> Speakup mailing list >> Speakup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup
