Linux 9 stretch What to do about reviving speakup? It Works! Correction

[Willem van der Walt]

Hi Martin,
Just a correction:
rc.local does not run at the change of runlevel.
It runs right at the end of the boot process.
Now that you actually have the debian espeakup package working, it should 
be possible to get espeakup to start automatically without the rc.local 
entry.
Glad it works now though.
Regards, Willem


On Mon, 1 Apr 2019, Martin McCormick wrote:

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>
> 	After getting the path in the correct place in
> /lib/systemd/system/espeakup.service, the upgrade works just like
> it should.
>
> 	If you want the system to boot talking, you also need a
> line containing nothing more than espeakup in your /etc/rc.local
> script.
>
> 	A word about /etc/rc.local is in order.
>
> 	I noticed that stretch or debian9 doesn't come with
> /etc/rc.local so I checked things out a bit.
>
> 	It turns out that the concept of /etc/rc.local is being
> deprecated.  Deprecated means removing something that is easy to
> remember, useful and intuitive in favor of something that is
> opaque, virtualized and non-intuitive but experts say you can do
> so much more with the replacement.
>
> 	Just kidding but sometimes it seems like that is what
> deprecated means.
>
> 	/etc/rc.local still works but it may go away some day.
>
> 	After messing with one of the two stretch systems long
> enough, I had to completely remove speakup and espeak so I can
> attest to the fact that apt-get now gets you a speakup that works.
>
> 	After apt-get update followed by apt-get upgrade, it is
>
> apt-get install espeak
> You can test it by calling espeak "hello" or whatever expression
> you like and, if you hear it spoken, espeak is good.
>
> 	Next, as root, apt-get install espeakup and the new
> installation should talk to you but you are not done.
>
> 	If you rebooted the system right then, it would come up
> silent.  You would need to su - and type the command espeakup
> followed by the carriage return to have speech again.
>
> 	If you put 'espeakup' in /etc/rc.local, that will start
> the process as soon as the system has enough resources to run
> speakup.
>
> 	/etc/rc.local gets run each time the system reaches a new
> run level.  It is a /bin/csh shell script so you must make it
> executable with chmod +x for it to work.
>
> 	I would hope/imagine that something will replace it
> eventually and it may actually be better but such is the march of
> time.
>
> Martin
>
> Tom Fowle <wa6ivgtf at fastmail.fm> writes:
>> A hearty second to Janina's thanks to both Samuel and Okash.
>> I wasn't aware of their "screen reader usage" status till recently.
>>
>> Your efforts are very much appreciated.
>>
>> Tom Fowle
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