This bug was fixed in the package linux - 5.19.0-15.15
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linux (5.19.0-15.15) kinetic; urgency=medium
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-- Andrea Righi <[email protected]> Tue, 02 Aug 2022 09:23:01
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** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu)
Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1967702
Title:
Enable speakup kernel modules to allow the speakup screen reader to
function
Status in linux package in Ubuntu:
Fix Released
Status in linux source package in Jammy:
Fix Released
Bug description:
BugLink: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1967702
[Impact]
Blind system administrators rely on the speakup accessibility feature
to be able to use screen readers in text mode, like "espeakup".
Ubuntu has enabled CONFIG_SPEAKUP for a significant amount of time,
although in recent releases it keeps being disabled. In Hirsute and
Impish, it was accidentally disabled due to it moving from
drivers/staging/ to drivers/accessibility/, and it was re-added by Tim
Gardner in LP1942459.
When it was recently re-enabled, the patch was never applied to
ubuntu-unstable, and thus was never picked up by Jammy.
We need to enable CONFIG_ACCESSIBILITY and CONFIG_SPEAKUP in Jammy and
ubuntu-unstable.
[Fix]
We need to enable the following configuration items:
CONFIG_ACCESSIBILITY=y
CONFIG_SPEAKUP=m
and the additional modules:
CONFIG_SPEAKUP_SYNTH_ACNTSA=m
CONFIG_SPEAKUP_SYNTH_APOLLO=m
CONFIG_SPEAKUP_SYNTH_AUDPTR=m
CONFIG_SPEAKUP_SYNTH_BNS=m
CONFIG_SPEAKUP_SYNTH_DECEXT=m
CONFIG_SPEAKUP_SYNTH_DECTLK=m
CONFIG_SPEAKUP_SYNTH_DUMMY=m
CONFIG_SPEAKUP_SYNTH_LTLK=m
CONFIG_SPEAKUP_SYNTH_SOFT=m
CONFIG_SPEAKUP_SYNTH_SPKOUT=m
CONFIG_SPEAKUP_SYNTH_TXPRT=m
[Testcase]
Install the speakup accessibility tool:
$ sudo apt install espeakup
Check journalctl to see if it is able to load kernel modules:
systemd[1]: Starting Software speech output for Speakup...
modprobe[27013]: modprobe: FATAL: Module speakup_soft not found in directory
/lib/modules/5.15.0-25-generic
systemd[1]: espeakup.service: Control process exited, code=exited,
status=1/FAILURE
systemd[1]: espeakup.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
systemd[1]: Failed to start Software speech output for Speakup.
systemd[1]: espeakup.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 1.
systemd[1]: Stopped Software speech output for Speakup.
systemd[1]: espeakup.service: Start request repeated too quickly.
systemd[1]: espeakup.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
systemd[1]: Failed to start Software speech output for Speakup.
We should see espeakup.service start correctly, instead of failing to
load speakup_soft:
systemd[1]: Starting Software speech output for Speakup...
kernel: input: Speakup as /devices/virtual/input/input5
kernel: initialized device: /dev/synth, node (MAJOR 10, MINOR 123)
kernel: speakup 3.1.6: initialized
kernel: synth name on entry is: (null)
kernel: synth probe
kernel: initialized device: /dev/softsynth, node (MAJOR 10, MINOR 122)
kernel: initialized device: /dev/softsynthu, node (MAJOR 10, MINOR 121)
systemd[1]: Started Software speech output for Speakup.
You can also try load the modules manually:
$ sudo modprobe speakup_soft
There is a test package available in the following ppa:
https://launchpad.net/~mruffell/+archive/ubuntu/lp1967702-test
If you install the test kernel, the speakup modules should load
successfully.
[Where problems could occur]
We are enabling CONFIG_ACCESSIBILITY for all arches apart from s390x,
and this shouldn't have any affect on config items being turned on,
since it simply enables the speakup submenu to be shown.
Enabling CONFIG_SPEAKUP* should not have any impact on users that
don't use screen reader accessibility software, as it will only be
loaded by users of espeakup.
If a regression were to occur, users could unload the speakup modules.
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