From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from out3.smtp.messagingengine.com (out3.smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.27]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4A06210BA4 for ; Fri, 17 Oct 2008 17:38:48 -0400 (EDT) Received: from compute2.internal (compute2.internal [10.202.2.42]) by out1.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id E9B4A181ED6 for ; Fri, 17 Oct 2008 17:39:44 -0400 (EDT) Received: from heartbeat1.messagingengine.com ([10.202.2.160]) by compute2.internal (MEProxy); Fri, 17 Oct 2008 17:39:44 -0400 X-Sasl-enc: v5GnYxMrmV5R0diMRGU+MZAu0EQVKlCCeof2Bh0txJmC 1224279584 Received: from cq.ftml.net (24-105-209-112.cm.mhcable.com [24.105.209.112]) by www.fastmail.fm (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 9747A2CC50 for ; Fri, 17 Oct 2008 17:39:44 -0400 (EDT) Received: from chuckh by cq.ftml.net with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Kqx2u-0007Oq-2G for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Fri, 17 Oct 2008 17:39:44 -0400 Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2008 17:39:44 -0400 From: Chuck Hallenbeck To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: Broken Paramaters in Speakup Message-ID: <20081017213944.GA27473@cq.ftml.net> Mail-Followup-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." References: <20081017195513.GB4002@lnx3.holmesgrown.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20081017195513.GB4002@lnx3.holmesgrown.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2008 21:38:48 -0000 Steve, I hope someone smarter than me can figure that one out. I had to kludge a partial solution like this: 1. forget about the speakupconf save function. Also forget about normal users being able to update the parameters. Limit it to root. 2. Start with an inherited copy of /etc/speakup/ if you are lucky enough to have one, and make any necessary changes to its contents with an editor. 3. run speakupconf load, note which files produce errors, and delete them from /etc/speakup/ The result is that the files that remain in /etc/speakup/ will work okay with speakupconf load, and that's as good as it's going to get. I'm sure there's a better solution, but the above is how I'm surviving until the Cavalry comes. Chuck On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 12:55:14PM -0700, Steve Holmes wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: RIPEMD160 > > With the version of speakup in the 2.6.26-1 kernel, I find that some > of the variables or files in /sys/module/speakup/parameters/ won't > update properly. 3 examples are the punc-some, punc-most and punc_all > variables. What happens is if you cat the values from a saved place > such as is done with speakupconf, I get a slew of errors saying "cat: > argument invalid" and the targets end up empty so what happens in my > case is the punc_most chars get completely whiped out. I also get > this error if I try and cat that variable by hand so the script is ok > here. > > Also, when I do a speakupconf save I get the errors I'll show below. > I'm using spkout as the synth of choice. > Script started on Fri 17 Oct 2008 06:58:17 AM MST > lnx3:~# speakupconf save > cp: omitting directory `.' > cp: reading `voice': Invalid argument > cp: reading `lang': Invalid argument > cp: reading `freq': Invalid argument > cp: reading `silent': Operation not permitted > lnx3:~# exit > exit > > Script done on Fri 17 Oct 2008 06:58:39 AM MST > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) > > iEYEAREDAAYFAkj47aEACgkQWSjv55S0LfHY4wCdEqpX0fx8Jp1p80z/kkN8/2VP > eZgAoOIf8Evgs7+1wX9XffOViKYiqMm4 > =ZqSR > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- The Moon is Waning Gibbous (87% of Full) My web site: http://hallenbeck.ftml.net -- my telephone: 1-518-334-9022. -------- Sarah Palin: At last, a Beauty Queen who doesn't want World Peace.