DecTalk External (decext) testers wanted!

[John Covici]

Is speakout available in this speakup directory -- also -- can I use
older kernel like 4.4.54 or 4.9.x?


On Tue, 11 Apr 2017 14:49:28 -0400,
Okash Khawaja wrote:
> 
> Please be careful at step 4 as it may break your system. Even on
> Debian based system, the steps I have mentioned are no guarantee that
> they will not break your system.
> 
> Also, you can also access the instructions from here:
> https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bytefire/speakup-decext/master/decext-instructions.txt
> 
> Cheers!
> Okash
> 
> On Tue, Apr 11, 2017 at 7:41 PM, Okash Khawaja <okash.khawaja at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Here are the steps in detail. Before starting this, please download
> > following two files that I have shared:
> >  - speakup.tgz:
> > https://github.com/bytefire/speakup-decext/raw/master/speakup.tgz
> >  - tty-export.patch:
> > https://github.com/bytefire/speakup-decext/raw/master/tty-export.patch
> >
> > 1. Download Linux kernel code:
> > a. download stable kernel source from
> > https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/linux-4.10.9.tar.xz
> > b. extract the archive by running: tar xvfJ linux-4.10.9.tar.xz
> >
> > 2. Apply patches:
> > a. cd into the extracted linux source code: cd linux-4.10.9
> > b. remove speakup directory: rm -r drivers/staging/speakup
> > c. copy the speakup.tgz file into drivers/staging: cp
> > path/to/speakup.tgz drivers/staging/
> > d. cd into staging directory: cd drivers/staging
> > e. extractspeakup.tgz: tar xvfz speakup.tgz
> > (now there should be a speakup directory inside drivers/staging)
> > f. cd back to the root of kernel source (i.e. linux-4.10.9) : cd ../..
> > g. apply the tty patch: patch -p1 < path/to/tty-export.patch
> > (output of above should be following three lines:
> > patching file drivers/tty/tty_io.c
> > patching file drivers/tty/tty_port.c
> > patching file include/linux/tty.h)
> > (if you don't already have 'patch' program then you can download it
> > from http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/patch/)
> > h. now we have the code ready for configuring and compiling!
> >
> > 3. Configure:
> > a. make sure you are inside kernel source root directory, i.e. linux-4.10.9
> > b. make sure that existing kernel config exists: ls /boot/config-$(uname -r)
> > (this should return just one file named config-<your-kernel-version>)
> > c. copy that file into your kernel source root directory: cp
> > /boot/config-$(uname -r) ./.config
> > d. update the config: make oldconfig
> > (this will ask you many questions. just select the default option for
> > each by pressing enter)
> > e. check to make sure that speakup is configured the way you wanted
> > it: cat .config | grep SPEAKUP
> > e. that's it, kernel configured!
> >
> > 4. Compile and install:
> > (IMPORTANT: for this please check an online guide specific for your distro.
> >  following instructions that i think should work on Debian based
> > system. but it may
> > a. still stayin inside linux-4.10.9, compile by simply running: make
> > (this will take a while. depending on the hardware specs, it may take
> > an hour or may be more)
> > b. after make completes, check it succeeded: echo $?
> > (this should return zero)
> > c. now run: sudo make modules_install
> > (again this may take a little while)
> > d. now install kernel which should be quick: sudo make install
> > (NOTE: this means that on next reboot your newly compiled kernel will load)
> > (Depending on your distro, it should back up previous kernel)
> >
> > 5. Reboot and test decext:
> > a. now running reboot should boot the compiled kernel
> > b. if speakup configuration was same as before, then you should be
> > able to test it with decext the same way as before.
> >
> > Thanks!
> > Okash
> >
> > On Tue, Apr 11, 2017 at 7:52 AM, Okash Khawaja <okash.khawaja at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> As part of recent changes, there are some that affect DecTalk External
> >> which uses speakup_decext.ko. If someone can help in making sure those
> >> changes are okay, do give a shout.
> >>
> >> Cheers!
> >> Okash
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