For what it's worth, I'm running a self compiled 5.4.63 kernel on a devuan 2.1 system. I added the line: echo 0 > /sys/accessibility/speakup/key_echo to my /etc/rc.local above the last "exit 0" line, and rebooted. After reboot, I wasn't able to hear characters I typed from speakup, which was expected. Greg On Tue, Sep 08, 2020 at 10:54:33AM +0200, Didier Spaier wrote: > Hi Tony, > > CCing this answer to the speakup mailing list. > > @speakup list: the report is after upgrading a kernel from 4.19.67 to 5.4.62. > Did anyone observed a similar behavior? > > The issue with the line in rc.local ineffective at boot time is indeed weird. > > This file is executed at the very end of the booting sequence, so I pretty > much doubt that sysfs be not yet available. > > To check I did this (an you can do it too): > I inserted the following line in /etc/rc.d/rc.local: > echo "the command run by rc.local should be executed now." > /dev/kmsg > then made executable rc.local typing "chmod 755 /etc/rc.d/rc.local" > > Then after a reboot I typed as root: > dmesg|grep rc.local > The output was: > [ 17.128784] the command run by rc.local should be executed now. > > So your command would have been executed 17 seconds after booting. > > Incidentally, instead of including the echo command in rc.local you could, once > your speakup settings are done to your liking, just type as root: > speakup-save > > Then these settings should be restored after next boot. > > They are stored independently for each hard synthesizer and the soft one. > > Does this work for you? > > Cheers, > Didier > > Le 08/09/2020 à 02:08, tony seth a écrit : > > Heya there and good evening! > > Well, ya told me to install the kernel and see what breaks, and I did. > > The kernel upgrade went fine, and all seems fine, except for a tiny but important thing. > > I have an /etc/rc.d/rc.local file which turns off echoing of characters typed in the console when I use Speakup. > > The line in the file is this: > > echo 0 > /sys/accessibility/speakup/key_echo > > > > Up until the upgrade this worked just fine, but afterward, it doesn't. Characters are echoed again, unless I run as root: > > /etc/rc.d/rc.local > > This fixes the problem until next reboot. > > Just curious how I could fix this, or is it that the sysfs isn't being created early enough for the rc.local file to work on the key_echo entry? > > Thanks much as always though, other then that I've not had any problems, and the braille display works fine as well. > > I bring that up because you mentioned Phillip having the braille display problem. > > I'm using an Inceptor Braille Me in usb mode. > > Thanks again... > > Take care... Cheereo! > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- 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
