On Wednesday 14 May 2014 09:40:03 Hunter Jozwiak wrote: > Hi all. I wish to edit the Speakup init script such that I don'at have to > type: > > #echo soft > /sys/accessibility/speakup/synth && espeakup > > Every time I boot and login to my system. I added the echo portion of the > command to the start() part of the script, above the ebegin line, but it > didn't work. Is there anything else I need to do, or is this not possible?
You could try creating a file /etc/local.d/ speakup.start, containing your echo command (and "rc-update add local default" if it isn't already there). That would save you having to reapply your /etc/init.d/speakup change after every update. See /etc/local.d/README. -- Regards Peter

