* Kubuntu problems @ Anthony Creapeau ` Chris Norman 0 siblings, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread From: Anthony Creapeau @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: Speakup Hello everyone, I'm starting to get pretty p*55ed now. I spent 5 hours at school with a UNIX / Linux administrator updating ubuntu 6.06 to Ubuntu edgy. We installed speech-dispatcher, speechd-up and espeak and found that speech-dispatcher did not start automatically and when invoked manually said it had failed to start. What's missing here? I'm about ready to drop Unix all together and stick with Windows. Please help, I beg of you. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread
* Re: Kubuntu problems Kubuntu problems Anthony Creapeau @ ` Chris Norman ` Chris Norman 0 siblings, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread From: Chris Norman @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. Well what I did was simple. I installed ubuntu from the 6.10 CD, then went to a terminal and updated it. Then I did: apt-get install speech-dispatcher apt-get install speechd-up apt-get install espeak Uncommented the "addmodule "espeak-generic"" line in my speechd.conf file, went into the modules directory and changed the synch line to use "espeak" instead of "speak", then did: modprobe speakup_sftsyn speech-dispatcher -d speechd-up -d I put those above 3 lines in a start-speakup script along with some configuration stuff which I did by echoing numbers to /proc/speakup/Various_files. Then I set orca to use speakup. I also put: speakup_sftsyn in /etc/modules (at the bottom). HTH, Chris Norman <!-- cnorman@rnibncw.ac.uk --> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anthony Creapeau" <creapeaa@msoe.edu> To: <Speakup@braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2007 10:53 PM Subject: Kubuntu problems > Hello everyone, > > I'm starting to get pretty p*55ed now. I spent 5 hours at school with a > UNIX > / Linux administrator updating ubuntu 6.06 to Ubuntu edgy. We installed > speech-dispatcher, speechd-up and espeak and found that speech-dispatcher > did not start automatically and when invoked manually said it had failed > to > start. What's missing here? I'm about ready to drop Unix all together and > stick with Windows. Please help, I beg of you. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread
* Re: Kubuntu problems ` Chris Norman @ ` Chris Norman ` Anthony Creapeau 0 siblings, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread From: Chris Norman @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. Sorry, I forgot to mention, that I also put my start-speakup script in /etc/rc.local. I took the numbers for the rate, punc_level and reading_punc values from the command line ($1, $2, and $3). An example of this is: cd /proc/speakup echo "$1" > rate I envoce start-speakup like this: start-speakup 9 4 4 Where 9 is the rate, and 4 and 4 are the values for punc_level and reading_punc respectively. If you want me to post this script I will, not a problem. Take care, Chris Norman <!-- cnorman@rnibncw.ac.uk --> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Norman" <cnorman@rnibncw.ac.uk> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup@braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2007 1:39 AM Subject: Re: Kubuntu problems > Well what I did was simple. > > I installed ubuntu from the 6.10 CD, then went to a terminal and updated > it. > > Then I did: > > apt-get install speech-dispatcher > apt-get install speechd-up > apt-get install espeak > > Uncommented the "addmodule "espeak-generic"" line in my speechd.conf file, > went into the modules directory and changed the synch line to use "espeak" > instead of "speak", then did: > > modprobe speakup_sftsyn > speech-dispatcher -d > speechd-up -d > > I put those above 3 lines in a start-speakup script along with some > configuration stuff which I did by echoing numbers to > /proc/speakup/Various_files. > > Then I set orca to use speakup. > > I also put: > speakup_sftsyn > in /etc/modules (at the bottom). > > HTH, > > Chris Norman > <!-- cnorman@rnibncw.ac.uk --> > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Anthony Creapeau" <creapeaa@msoe.edu> > To: <Speakup@braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2007 10:53 PM > Subject: Kubuntu problems > > >> Hello everyone, >> >> I'm starting to get pretty p*55ed now. I spent 5 hours at school with a >> UNIX >> / Linux administrator updating ubuntu 6.06 to Ubuntu edgy. We installed >> speech-dispatcher, speechd-up and espeak and found that speech-dispatcher >> did not start automatically and when invoked manually said it had failed >> to >> start. What's missing here? I'm about ready to drop Unix all together and >> stick with Windows. Please help, I beg of you. >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Speakup mailing list >> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca >> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread
* RE: Kubuntu problems ` Chris Norman @ ` Anthony Creapeau ` Chuck Hallenbeck 0 siblings, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread From: Anthony Creapeau @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: 'Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.' Yes, if you could post the scripts or even e-mail them to me would be extremely helpful. I appreciate the help! Anthony creapeaa@msoe.edu or MSN hoyas (acreapeau@hotmail.com) -----Original Message----- From: speakup-bounces@braille.uwo.ca [mailto:speakup-bounces@braille.uwo.ca] On Behalf Of Chris Norman Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2007 7:43 PM To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. Subject: Re: Kubuntu problems Sorry, I forgot to mention, that I also put my start-speakup script in /etc/rc.local. I took the numbers for the rate, punc_level and reading_punc values from the command line ($1, $2, and $3). An example of this is: cd /proc/speakup echo "$1" > rate I envoce start-speakup like this: start-speakup 9 4 4 Where 9 is the rate, and 4 and 4 are the values for punc_level and reading_punc respectively. If you want me to post this script I will, not a problem. Take care, Chris Norman <!-- cnorman@rnibncw.ac.uk --> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Norman" <cnorman@rnibncw.ac.uk> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup@braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2007 1:39 AM Subject: Re: Kubuntu problems > Well what I did was simple. > > I installed ubuntu from the 6.10 CD, then went to a terminal and updated > it. > > Then I did: > > apt-get install speech-dispatcher > apt-get install speechd-up > apt-get install espeak > > Uncommented the "addmodule "espeak-generic"" line in my speechd.conf file, > went into the modules directory and changed the synch line to use "espeak" > instead of "speak", then did: > > modprobe speakup_sftsyn > speech-dispatcher -d > speechd-up -d > > I put those above 3 lines in a start-speakup script along with some > configuration stuff which I did by echoing numbers to > /proc/speakup/Various_files. > > Then I set orca to use speakup. > > I also put: > speakup_sftsyn > in /etc/modules (at the bottom). > > HTH, > > Chris Norman > <!-- cnorman@rnibncw.ac.uk --> > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Anthony Creapeau" <creapeaa@msoe.edu> > To: <Speakup@braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2007 10:53 PM > Subject: Kubuntu problems > > >> Hello everyone, >> >> I'm starting to get pretty p*55ed now. I spent 5 hours at school with a >> UNIX >> / Linux administrator updating ubuntu 6.06 to Ubuntu edgy. We installed >> speech-dispatcher, speechd-up and espeak and found that speech-dispatcher >> did not start automatically and when invoked manually said it had failed >> to >> start. What's missing here? I'm about ready to drop Unix all together and >> stick with Windows. Please help, I beg of you. >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Speakup mailing list >> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca >> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup@braille.uwo.ca http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread
* Re: Kubuntu problems ` Anthony Creapeau @ ` Chuck Hallenbeck 0 siblings, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread From: Chuck Hallenbeck @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. Anthony, If your speech-dispatcher is not starting, the reason is likely to be found in the log files it creates, which are extremely helpful. They will probably be found under the directory /var/log/speech-dispatcher, and a new log file is begun each time speech-dispatcher is launched. Don't give up on unix just because your folks haven't checked the error logs. Chuck -- The Moon is Waning Crescent (1% of Full) But you can get a few downloads from http://www.mhcable.com/~chuckh ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread
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