From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mta02.alltel.net ([166.102.165.144] helo=mta02-srv.alltel.net) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1ADGeD-00023K-00 for ; Sat, 25 Oct 2003 01:07:33 -0400 Received: from notron.nortcom.com ([69.40.73.37]) by mta02-srv.alltel.net with ESMTP id <20031025050727.QPE527.mta02-srv.alltel.net@notron.nortcom.com> for ; Sat, 25 Oct 2003 00:07:27 -0500 Received: from notron.nortcom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by notron.nortcom.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id h9P55i6v000765 for ; Sat, 25 Oct 2003 01:05:44 -0400 Received: from localhost (jenorton@localhost) by notron.nortcom.com (8.12.10/8.12.10/Submit) with ESMTP id h9P55hkg000762 for ; Sat, 25 Oct 2003 01:05:44 -0400 X-Authentication-Warning: notron.nortcom.com: jenorton owned process doing -bs Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2003 01:05:43 -0400 (EDT) From: Joseph Norton X-X-Sender: jenorton@notron.nortcom.com To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Dectalk pc working Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: 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