Hi again <Martin,
If I were you, at this point, this is what I would try.
1. First make sure espeak still works.
espeak "do you still talk"
If it talks, you know that the tts will work.
2. apt-get purge espeakup
This is to try and get rid of the failed espeakup install which makes your
package manager unhappy.
3. Grab and build espeakup from git.
git clone git://github.com/williamh/espeakup.git
cd espeakup
make
make install
4. try running by hand.
modprobe speakup_soft if not yet done.
espeakup
press enter and see if you hear your prompt.
If you do, just put a line that says espeakup in your rc.local and make
sure rc.local has execute permitions.
chmod 755 /etc/rc.local
5. Check if the speakup_soft module is set to load at boot.
On my ubuntu, there is a file: /etc/modules-load.d/modules.conf which
contains a line:
speakup_soft
I wou;ld suggest that, if you have such a file, you add the line to it if
it is not there.
If your distro has another way of specifying modules to load at boot time,
use that.
If all else fails you can add the line to your /etc/rc.local.
5. Try rebooting and see if you still have speech.
HTH, Willem
On Thu, 28 Mar 2019, Martin McCormick wrote:
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Willem van der Walt <wvdwalt@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
Hi Martin,
Firstly, speakup is a kernel module, so is likely installed with your
kernel packages, I.E. linux-image-some_numbers./
You can try to do:
modprobe speakup_soft
and if that just comes back to your prompt, the speakup_soft module
loaded,
It did.
prooving that speakup itself is fine.
In that case, I would suggest you do:
apt-get install --fix-missing
I am not familiar with this but it sure sounds like a good idea.
I tried it and it basically confirmed what I already know
It tries to fix the problem. The old script gives errors. The
new script gives errors so it gives up. Here is it's output:
Reading package lists...
Building dependency tree...
Reading state information...
The following additional packages will be installed:
espeakup
The following packages will be upgraded:
espeakup
1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 25 not upgraded.
12 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0 B/37.2 kB of archives.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] apt-listchanges: Reading changelogs...
(Reading database .
Preparing to unpack .../espeakup_1%3a0.80-5+deb9u3_i386.deb ...
Failed to stop espeakup.service: Unit espeakup.service not loaded.
invoke-rc.d: initscript espeakup, action "stop" failed.
dpkg: warning: subprocess old pre-removal script returned error exit status 5
dpkg: trying script from the new package instead ...
Failed to stop espeakup.service: Unit espeakup.service not loaded.
That's odd if the new environment uses a different method of
stopping and starting services.
The rest is the crash log which is the same no matter if
I try to deinstall/reinstall or run apt-get --fix-missing.
Thanks anyway.
invoke-rc.d: initscript espeakup, action "stop" failed.
dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/espeakup_1%3a0.80-5+deb9u3_i386.deb (--unpack):
subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 5
update-rc.d: warning: start and stop actions are no longer supported; falling back 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.
● espeakup.service - Software speech output for Speakup
Loaded: [0;1;31merror[0m (Reason: Invalid argument)
Active: inactive (dead)
Docs: man:espeakup(8)
Mar 28 16:37:27 wb5agz systemd[1]: [0;1;31m[/lib/systemd/system/espeakup.service:12…CE}'[0m
Mar 28 16:37:27 wb5agz systemd[1]: [0;1;31mespeakup.service: Service lacks both Exe…ing.[0m
Mar 28 16:41:11 wb5agz systemd[1]: [0;1;31m[/lib/systemd/system/espeakup.service:12…CE}'[0m
Mar 28 16:41:11 wb5agz systemd[1]: [0;1;31mespeakup.service: Service lacks both Exe…ing.[0m
Mar 28 16:41:13 wb5agz systemd[1]: [0;1;31m[/lib/systemd/system/espeakup.service:12…CE}'[0m
Mar 28 16:41:13 wb5agz systemd[1]: [0;1;31mespeakup.service: Service lacks both Exe…ing.[0m
Mar 28 16:41:19 wb5agz systemd[1]: [0;1;31m[/lib/systemd/system/espeakup.service:12…CE}'[0m
Mar 28 16:41:19 wb5agz systemd[1]: [0;1;31mespeakup.service: Service lacks both Exe…ing.[0m
Mar 28 16:41:21 wb5agz systemd[1]: [0;1;31m[/lib/systemd/system/espeakup.service:12…CE}'[0m
Mar 28 16:41:21 wb5agz systemd[1]: [0;1;31mespeakup.service: Service lacks both Exe…ing.[0m
Hint: Some lines were ellipsized, use -l to show in full.
dpkg: error while cleaning up:
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/espeakup_1%3a0.80-5+deb9u3_i386.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
which would try to sort out your half-installed packages.
Then try to re-install espeakup.
HTH, Willem
On Thu, 28 Mar 2019, Didier Spaier wrote:
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Hello Martin,
as the issue you describe is about Debian Stretch, maybe
you will find help on the Debian accessibility mailing list?
Best
Didier
On 28/03/2019 17:25, Martin McCormick wrote:
I know that speakup was upgraded some time ago and it quit
starting on every system I had upgraded to Debian Stretch. I
have a couple of systems that mersifully still talk and usually
log in to the stretch systems with no problem but this isn't
rightas the stretch systems should have the ability to talk on
their own so I am trying to get this ability back and the error
salad is uniquely opaque.
I thought. Let's just delete the speakup package and
reinstall the new version and everything should be fine as we
will get the new scripts. Situation resolved right?
Not exactly. Speech is always harder than you think
uness it just works from the get go.
Here's what happened when I tried to do that:
root@wb5agz:~# apt-get purge speakup
E: Unable to locate package speakup
Okay. Then I should be able to install speakup right?
root@wb5agz:~# apt-get install speakup
The following packages were automatically installed and are no
longer required:
espeak espeak-data espeak-ng-data libespeak-ng1 libespeak1
libpcaudio0
libsonic0
Use 'apt autoremove' to remove them.
The following packages will be REMOVED:
espeakup*
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 25 not upgraded.
12 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 79.9 kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
dpkg: error processing package espeakup (--remove):
package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should
reinstall it before attempting a removal
Errors were encountered while processing:
espeakup
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
My first response is, Ya. Tell me something I don't
already know. Let's try the autoremove and see what happens.
root@wb5agz:~# apt-get autoremove
Reading package lists... 0%
Reading package lists... 100%
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... 0%
Building dependency tree... 0%
Building dependency tree... 50%
Building dependency tree... 50%
Building dependency tree... 60%
Building dependency tree... 75%
Building dependency tree... 91%
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... 0%
Reading state information... 0%
Reading state information... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
espeakup
The following packages will be upgraded:
espeakup
1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 25 not upgraded.
12 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0 B/37.2 kB of archives.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
Reading changelogs... 100%
Reading changelogs... Done
(Reading database ... (Reading database ... 5%
(Reading database ... 10%
(Reading database ... 15%
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(Reading database ... 25%
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(Reading database ... 95%
(Reading database ... 100%
(Reading database ... 42616 files and directories currently
installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../espeakup_1%3a0.80-5+deb9u3_i386.deb ...
Failed to stop espeakup.service: Unit espeakup.service not loaded.
invoke-rc.d: initscript espeakup, action "stop" failed.
dpkg: warning: subprocess old pre-removal script returned error
exit status 5
dpkg: trying script from the new package instead ...
Failed to stop espeakup.service: Unit espeakup.service not loaded.
invoke-rc.d: initscript espeakup, action "stop" failed.
dpkg: error processing archive
/var/cache/apt/archives/espeakup_1%3a0.80-5+deb9u3_i386.deb (--unpack):
subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 5
update-rc.d: warning: start and stop actions are no longer
supported; falling back 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.
● espeakup.service - Software speech output for Speakup
At this point, the output of the scripts is so garbled
with binary stuff, I can not really include any more but suffice
it to say, I seem to be hosed in removing the old speakup and
installing a new one so what is the least destructive way to
purge all that is causing trouble and replace it with the proper
new environment for speakup to work again as it used to.
The version of espeakup shown right now is
ESpeakup 0.80
It was installed last November when I upgraded the system to
stretch.
Since I can't seem to get rid of the old way to start and
stop services for speakup, it is no surprise that it isn't
working but I am not sure where to slash and burn next as the
rest of the system is fine so let's do as little harm as
necessary.
Thanks for any good ideas.
Martin McCormick WB5AGZ
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