Kubuntu problems

Kubuntu problems

[Anthony Creapeau]

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.

Re: Kubuntu problems

[Chris Norman]

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
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----- 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 

Re: Kubuntu problems

[Chris Norman]

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 

RE: Kubuntu problems

[Anthony Creapeau]

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 


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Re: Kubuntu problems

[Chuck Hallenbeck]

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

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