Fwd: [slint] Re: Fwd: New kernel, automatic handling of kernel upgradess.

[Didier Spaier]

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Thanks Gregory for this feed-back.

@Tony:
I just checked, in Slint's /etc/rc.d/rc.M (attached), we start rc.espeakup
(attached) after rc.local and rc.espeakup restores the saved speakup settings.

Maybe you saved a speakup setting (using speakup-save) conflicting with the one
in rc.local? This would lead to the behavior you observed.

Anyway as we only modprobe espeakup in rc.espeakup, I don't think that
/sys/accessibility/speakup be writable before that.

This seems to be confirmed here: I get this boot message just berore the ones
from rc.espeakup:

/etc/rc.d/rc.local: line 10: /sys/accessibility/speakup/key_echo: No such file or directory

If my assumptions are correct, don't use rc.local for this kind of setting, use
speakup-save instead, and this is not related to the kernel upgrade.

Best regards,

Didier


Le 09/09/2020 à 07:50, Gregory Nowak a écrit :
> For what it's worth, I'm running a self compiled 5.4.63 kernel on a
> devuan 2.1 system. I added the line:
> 
> echo 0 > /sys/accessibility/speakup/key_echo
> 
> to my /etc/rc.local above the last "exit 0" line, and rebooted. After
> reboot, I wasn't able to hear characters I typed from speakup, which
> was expected.
> 
> Greg
> 
> 
> On Tue, Sep 08, 2020 at 10:54:33AM +0200, Didier Spaier wrote:
>> Hi Tony,
>>
>> CCing this answer to the speakup mailing list.
>>
>> @speakup list: the report is after upgrading a kernel from 4.19.67 to 5.4.62.
>> Did anyone observed a similar behavior?
>>
>> The issue with the line in rc.local ineffective at boot time is indeed weird.
>> 	
>> This file is executed at the very end of the booting sequence, so I pretty
>> much doubt that sysfs be not yet available.
>>
>> To check I did this (an you can do it too):
>> I inserted the following line in /etc/rc.d/rc.local:
>> echo "the command run by rc.local should be executed now." > /dev/kmsg
>> then made executable rc.local typing "chmod 755 /etc/rc.d/rc.local"
>>
>> Then after a reboot I typed as root:
>> dmesg|grep rc.local
>> The output was:
>> [   17.128784] the command run by rc.local should be executed now.
>>
>> So your command would have been executed 17 seconds after booting.
>>
>> Incidentally, instead of including the echo command in rc.local you could, once
>> your speakup settings are done to your liking, just type as root:
>> speakup-save
>>
>> Then these settings should be restored after next boot.
>>
>> They are stored independently for each hard synthesizer and the soft one.
>>
>> Does this work for you?
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Didier
>>
>> Le 08/09/2020 à 02:08, tony seth a écrit :
>>> Heya there and good evening!
>>> Well, ya told me to install the kernel and see what breaks, and I did.
>>> The kernel upgrade went fine, and all seems fine, except for a tiny but important thing.
>>> I have an /etc/rc.d/rc.local file which turns off echoing of characters typed in the console when I use Speakup.
>>> The line in the file is this:
>>> echo 0 > /sys/accessibility/speakup/key_echo
>>>
>>> Up until the upgrade this worked just fine, but afterward, it doesn't. Characters are echoed again, unless I run as root:
>>> /etc/rc.d/rc.local
>>> This fixes the problem until next reboot.
>>> Just curious how I could fix this, or is it that the sysfs isn't being created early enough for the rc.local file to work on the key_echo entry?
>>> Thanks much as always though, other then that I've not had any problems, and the braille display works fine as well.
>>> I bring that up because you mentioned Phillip having the braille display problem.
>>> I'm using an Inceptor Braille Me in usb mode.
>>> Thanks again...
>>> Take care... Cheereo!
>>>
>>
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