Dectalk pc working

Dectalk pc working

[Joseph Norton]

Well, got the DECtalk pc working.

Here's how I did it in case any of you want to know.

I got the latest cvs version of speakup and compiled the kernel
modularizing speakup and its various modules (including the decpc module).

Then, I did a make modules and make modules_install and make bzImage (not
necessarily in that order).  Then, I installed it and ran lilo to tell
lilo about the new kernel.

When I booted up, everything was silent.  I logged in as root, changed to
the directory where I had the dtload program, ran dtload and DECtalk said
it was initialized.

Then, I did the following:

modprobe speakupmain
echo decpc > /proc/synth_name

and it came up talking after that.

Here is my /etc/rc.d/rc.local file where I put these commands.  Any reason
why this shouldn't work? I just booted up with this and it seemed to work
all right.
Here is the file:

#!/bin/sh
#
# /etc/rc.d/rc.local:  Local system initialization script.
#
# Put any local setup commands in here:
/usr/local/lib/dec_pc/dtload
modprobe speakupmain
echo decpc > /proc/speakup/synth_name

Re: Dectalk pc working

[Joseph Norton]

Hi there:

Kirk gave me a few clues about modprobe and that does work.  I'm not sure
about how to build an initrd--some of this is pretty new to me.  Also, cvs
still seems to be partially broken, because the DECtalk PC part is not
getting built even as a module anymore.  Going to play with that one a
little.
On Wed, 29 Oct 2003, Janina Sajka wrote:

Thanks!

> I don't think you need to load speakupmain as loading the synth driver
> should pull it in as a dependency. That's the point of modprobe.
>
> Also, you m ight want to build an initrd with decpc so that it will talk
> during the boot like Speakup 1.x does.

Re: Dectalk pc working

[Janina Sajka]

I don't think you need to load speakupmain as loading the synth driver
should pull it in as a dependency. That's the point of modprobe.

Also, you m ight want to build an initrd with decpc so that it will talk
during the boot like Speakup 1.x does.


Joseph Norton writes:
> From: Joseph Norton <jenorton@chartertn.net>
> 
> Well, got the DECtalk pc working.
> 
> Here's how I did it in case any of you want to know.
> 
> I got the latest cvs version of speakup and compiled the kernel
> modularizing speakup and its various modules (including the decpc module).
> 
> Then, I did a make modules and make modules_install and make bzImage (not
> necessarily in that order).  Then, I installed it and ran lilo to tell
> lilo about the new kernel.
> 
> When I booted up, everything was silent.  I logged in as root, changed to
> the directory where I had the dtload program, ran dtload and DECtalk said
> it was initialized.
> 
> Then, I did the following:
> 
> modprobe speakupmain
> echo decpc > /proc/synth_name
> 
> and it came up talking after that.
> 
> Here is my /etc/rc.d/rc.local file where I put these commands.  Any reason
> why this shouldn't work? I just booted up with this and it seemed to work
> all right.
> Here is the file:
> 
> #!/bin/sh
> #
> # /etc/rc.d/rc.local:  Local system initialization script.
> #
> # Put any local setup commands in here:
> /usr/local/lib/dec_pc/dtload
> modprobe speakupmain
> echo decpc > /proc/speakup/synth_name
> 
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American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)
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Re: Dectalk pc working

[Geoff Shang]

Janina Sajka wrote:

> Also, you m ight want to build an initrd with decpc so that it will talk
> during the boot like Speakup 1.x does.

uh.  The whole point about the Dectalk PC is the fact that you need to load
firmware onto it before you can use it.  So you can't have it talk during
boot-up.

Geoff.

Re: Dectalk pc working

[Luke Davis]

Geoff

Do you know what an initrd is?  She suggested that you should use one.

On Thu, 30 Oct 2003, Geoff Shang wrote:

> Janina Sajka wrote:
>
> > Also, you m ight want to build an initrd with decpc so that it will talk
> > during the boot like Speakup 1.x does.
>
> uh.  The whole point about the Dectalk PC is the fact that you need to load
> firmware onto it before you can use it.  So you can't have it talk during
> boot-up.
>
> Geoff.
>
>
>
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