On Wed, Apr 03, 2019 at 08:09:33PM +0200, Didier Spaier wrote: > Having read spkguide.txt I assume that if we use a kernel with all > speakup drivers shipped as modules, both in the installer (theses modules > being in this case shipped in the initrd) and the installed system, a > user of a hard synth will have to insert before booting the installer in > the boot command line: > modprobe speakup <synth name> > And this should also be included in the boot command line of the > installed system (in grub.cfg). > > Is this right? As far as I'm aware, to load speakup modules on the kernel command line like in grub for example, one would do: speakup.synth=name where name is speakup's designation for a given synthesizer (E.G. speakup.synth=bns). When using modprobe at a bash prompt, one would do: modprobe speakup_name (E.G. modprobe speakup_bns). > > Then, both in the installer and in the installed system, the main > startup script will also need to "modprobe speakup soft" before starting > espeakup, right? Yes, doing modprobe speakup_soft is necessary before starting espeakup. > > But, with the changes you introduced, maybe we can > "modprobe speakup soft" unconditionally, i.e. even if a hard synth is > already in use? Is this implied by what I read in the commit: Yes, since this commit, speakup_soft, and speakup_name (where name is a hardware synthesizer) should work as intended, without speakup sending speech alternately through both synthesizers. Keep in mind that if a hardware synthesizer is already being used, doing modprobe speakup_soft will cause speakup_soft to become the default synthesizer, unless it is inserted as: modprobe speakup_soft start=0 > Or conversely, does that means that a user currently running espeakup > can plug in a hard synthesizer and switch to it after having modprobed > the relevant speakup module without having to unload speakup_soft first? Yes, as far as I know. > > But then, does this change also allows espeakup to be used with a hard > synth, or does it remain usable only with the soft synth? No, espeakup works with speakup_soft only. Greg -- web site: http://www.gregn.net gpg public key: http://www.gregn.net/pubkey.asc skype: gregn1 (authorization required, add me to your contacts list first) If we haven't been in touch before, e-mail me before adding me to your contacts. -- Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager@xxxxxx _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup
