vtspeakd(1): Initial version of console speaker daemon.

[• hselasky]

Summary

Uses LOCALBASE/bin/espeak by default.

Test Plan

Depends on https://reviews.freebsd.org/D35754 and https://reviews.freebsd.org/D35772 .

[• hselasky]

It's a deamon, so d-it.

[pstef]

usr.bin/vtspeakd/vtspeakd.c

49

What do you think about replacing &tmp with &((unsigned) {1})?
And similarly, use compound literals in the other calls to sysctlbyname()?

[• hselasky]

Add missing fork() calls.

usr.bin/vtspeakd/vtspeakd.c

49

Can you explain this a bit more?

[pstef]

usr.bin/vtspeakd/vtspeakd.c

49

sysctlbyname("kern.vt.accessibility.feed", NULL, NULL, &((unsigned) {1}), sizeof(tmp)); should work the same by providing an address to an unnamed object of the same type and value as in the original. It has the advantage of getting rid of the name tmp and the need for declaring it before use.

[pstef]

usr.bin/vtspeakd/vtspeakd.c

49

I failed to pay attention to the final argument; it would also have to be changed - probably to sizeof(unsigned).

[• hselasky]

usr.bin/vtspeakd/vtspeakd.c

49

But does that make the "&tmp" and "sizeof(tmp)" get out of order?

I think it is better to take the address and size of the same variable, than splitting the two.

[• hselasky]

Move chatty version of screen here.

[• hselasky]

Use correct buffer offset.

[• hselasky]

Bugfix.

[• hselasky]

Updated usage.

Allow beep program override.

Updated syntax for beep program.

[• hselasky]

Please test!

[asiciliano]

Hi @hselasky this is an awesome feature, I am not an expert but I am interested in the subject.

I applied the 3 reviews (with a buildworld/kernel) and installed espeak-ng yesterday, How could I test? Some list of commands?

[• hselasky]

Hi @asiciliano

After you've installed and booted the new kernel you simply can do the following commands to skip the buildworld:

cd /usr/src
make -C usr.bin/beep clean
make -C usr.bin/beep all install
make -C usr.bin/vtspeakd clean
make -C usr.bin/vtspeakd all install

Then run:

vtspeakd -sB

Or for very chatty output:

vtspeakd -scB

Then switch to the console, if you are in X11 or wayland.

--HPS

[asiciliano]

Thanks for the reply, It seems all right.

Tested: asiciliano

I listened man ls in English with "row" and "column" after vtspeakd -sB.
(I' ll test also in Italian and with www/edbrowse).

I had to unplug the hdmi cable and to use only the laptop, I don't know if it is useful for others.

[asiciliano]

Sorry for the late testing, I tested also with edbrowse and espeak in Italian[*] , it is all right.

[*]like proof of concept, I did a small addition to getopt() and execv() to pass "-v it" to espeak, ("vtspeak" -sB -l it" -> "espeak -v it").

[• hselasky]

Should we pass arguments to espeak using an environment variable perhaps?

I just got your e-mail and will have a look at it!

[• hselasky]

Add option to specify espeak language.

[asiciliano]

In D35776#817747, @hselasky wrote:

Should we pass arguments to espeak using an environment variable perhaps?

I just got your e-mail and will have a look at it!

Of course an environment variable can be a good idea (so vtspeakd can choose the current language).
I looked for an env and a config file in the espeak doc but it seems to get only the "-v" option for language/voice.

[• hselasky]

• Added manual page and removed beep support.
• Added support for being hung up by the kernel.

[• hselasky]

Use atexit() to unregister hangup pid, if any.

[• hselasky]

Make speak output snappier.

[• hselasky]

Imply column zero. Don't say it unless its non-zero.

[• hselasky]

Now the right patch.

[• hselasky]

Document magic key codes.

[pauamma_gundo.com]

Preliminary testing shows that vtspeakd only speaks out text when run as root. Is that intended?

[• hselasky]

In D35776#841976, @pauamma wrote:

Preliminary testing shows that vtspeakd only speaks out text when run as root. Is that intended?

Yes, that is intended.

--HPS

[pauamma_gundo.com]

In D35776#841982, @hselasky wrote:

In D35776#841976, @pauamma wrote:

Preliminary testing shows that vtspeakd only speaks out text when run as root. Is that intended?

Yes, that is intended.

I also need to test switching VTYs:
1- will vtspeakd still speak out content?
2- will I still be able to control it from the keyboard? (I expect I won't.)

[gbe]

usr.bin/vtspeakd/vtspeakd.1

2

I think that this could be dropped and replaced by an SPDX identifier.

usr.bin/vtspeakd/vtspeakd.c

2

SPDX identifier missing.

[• hselasky]

In D35776#846168, @pauamma wrote:

In D35776#841982, @hselasky wrote:

In D35776#841976, @pauamma wrote:

Preliminary testing shows that vtspeakd only speaks out text when run as root. Is that intended?

Yes, that is intended.

I also need to test switching VTYs:
1- will vtspeakd still speak out content?
2- will I still be able to control it from the keyboard? (I expect I won't.)

1. vtspeakd speaks the contents of the currently selected console. By using the key combination ALT+F1 .. FX you can switch the console.
2. Can you be more specific about this.

[• hselasky]

All comments are noted @gbe . Just trying to find some time to work on it.

[pauamma_gundo.com]

In D35776#847906, @hselasky wrote:

In D35776#846168, @pauamma wrote:

I also need to test switching VTYs:
1- will vtspeakd still speak out content?
2- will I still be able to control it from the keyboard? (I expect I won't.)

1. vtspeakd speaks the contents of the currently selected console. By using the key combination ALT+F1 .. FX you can switch the console.
2. Can you be more specific about this.

I meant using control-B to skip to the next line. If I'm not in the VTY running vtspeakd, does it do anything? (Going to try in the morning.)

[pauamma_gundo.com]

Control-B seems to have no effect when displaying ttyv0 and vtspeakd was started on ttyv1. With that same vtspeakd VTY, control-B works on ttyv2.

There's a LOR that may be related, which I think I got by typing control-B:

lock order reversal: (sleepable after non-sleepable)
1st 0xfffff80006782408 ttymtx (ttymtx, sleep mutex) @ /usr/src/sys/kern/tty_ttydisc.c:489
2nd 0xfffff80001647e60 pidhash (pidhash, sx) @ /usr/src/sys/kern/kern_proc.c:450
lock order ttymtx -> pidhash attempted at:
#0 0xffffffff80c5df4d at witness_checkorder+0xbfd
#1 0xffffffff80bf7ad7 at _sx_slock_int+0x67
#2 0xffffffff80bcc4dc at pfind+0x6c
#3 0xffffffff80a345e7 at vt_access_hup+0x17
#4 0xffffffff80a3a4c3 at vtterm_bell+0x13
#5 0xffffffff80c52a14 at termtty_outwakeup+0x134
#6 0xffffffff80c8148e at ttydisc_write+0x36e
#7 0xffffffff80c7be0f at ttydev_write+0x13f
#8 0xffffffff80a7c268 at devfs_write_f+0xf8
#9 0xffffffff80c63661 at dofilewrite+0x81
#10 0xffffffff80c63190 at sys_write+0xc0
#11 0xffffffff810ce3be at amd64_syscall+0x12e
#12 0xffffffff810a167b at fast_syscall_common+0xf8

I'm going to apply the patches to a more recent -CURRENT snapshot and retry, unless someone with a faster world+kernel time (and or not going to bed soon) beats me to it.

[• hselasky]

Thanks for noticing that LOR. I'll try to reproduce when I find some time.

[pauamma_gundo.com]

In D35776#851429, @hselasky wrote:

Thanks for noticing that LOR. I'll try to reproduce when I find some time.

Still there with the Nov 11 -current amd64 snapshot. Same LOR traceback displayed on ttyv0.

Tangentially, I don't know whether it's espeak-ng or my hearing, but when reading out the LOR backtrace, ffffffff (in addresses) sounds like eh-eh-eh-eh-eh-eh-eh-eh to me, which is disconcerting. (Trying other voices changed the sound output slightly but not in ways that help.)

[• hselasky]

sysctls changed name - update code
add SPDX identifier

[pauamma_gundo.com]

usr.bin/vtspeakd/vtspeakd.1

52

[asiciliano]

I am interested to take/continue this feature. Are others already working?

[pauamma_gundo.com]

In D35776#943183, @asiciliano wrote:

I am interested to take/continue this feature. Are others already working?

There are some testers (me included) but no developer.

[christos]

In D35776#943183, @asiciliano wrote:

I am interested to take/continue this feature. Are others already working?

I think no one has worked on this still, so feel free to take this. You can add me as a reviewer if you want.