You need to check that systemd unit to see what is wrong. Could use speakup through speech dispatcher instead? On Tue, 18 Dec 2018 21:41:03 -0500, Martin McCormick wrote: > > After upgrading 2 Debian systems to stretch, speakup has died on > both systems. The systems are still very much alive and accept > remote logins via ssh. > > Sometimes, I am the last person to get wise to big > changes and something appears to have changed in the way that > services are started under stretch. > > This is what prints out on both systems after apt-get > upgrade regarding speakup. Can I fix this and how do I do it and > create the least amount of damage as both systems seem to > otherwise be okay. > > After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used. > Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y > Setting up espeakup (1:0.80-5+deb9u2) ... > update-rc.d: warning: start and stop actions are no longer supported; falling ba > ck to defaults > Failed to start espeakup.service: Unit espeakup.service is not loaded properly: > Invalid argument. > See system logs and 'systemctl status espeakup.service' for details. > invoke-rc.d: initscript espeakup, action "start" failed. > Ï espeakup.service - Software speech output for Speakup > Loaded: error (Reason: Invalid argument) > Active: inactive (dead) > Docs: man:espeakup(8) > > Dec 15 14:09:18 wb5agz systemd[1]: [/lib/systemd/system/espeakup.service:12&CE}' > Dec 15 14:09:18 wb5agz systemd[1]: espeakup.service: Service lacks both Exe&ing. > Dec 15 14:09:19 wb5agz systemd[1]: [/lib/systemd/system/espeakup.service:12&CE}' > Dec 15 14:09:19 wb5agz systemd[1]: espeakup.service: Service lacks both Exe&ing. > Hint: Some lines were ellipsized, use -l to show in full. > dpkg: error processing package espeakup (--configure): > subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 > Errors were encountered while processing: > espeakup > > > I had built both systems from a stretch install iso image > and they both talked through the installation but the problems > appeared to start after a few upgrades as in > > apt-get update;aptget -upgrade > > > Thanks for any and all constructive ideas. > > Martin McCormick > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici wb2una covici@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup
