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From: Hunter Jozwiak <hunter.t.joz@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-accessibility@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-accessibility] Speakup Issue
Date: Sat, 10 May 2014 01:21:55
Message-Id: CAJ1hvUFdvrC-C_=VvhRnkk190doFfoRGWUdoJ444G5P7PQo-aQ@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-accessibility] Speakup Issue by likewhoa
1 I can't find where the modules are. I ran the --menuconfig, but, I
2 don't see the place to select the modules.
3
4 On 5/8/14, likewhoa <likewhoa@××××××××××××.com> wrote:
5 > When you run genkernel include the '--menuconfig' option then look for the
6 > kernel options I mentioned in my previous email. That should be it.
7 >
8 > On Thu, 8 May 2014 07:33:47 -0400
9 > "Hunter Jozwiak" <hunter.t.joz@×××××.com> wrote:
10 >
11 >> When you say "enable in the kernel", do you refer to recompiling the
12 >> genkernel, with the features turned on, or editing /etc/conf.d/modules?
13 >> The
14 >> former I have no clue how to do, the latter is a bit easier. I guess it's
15 >> the former, since I edited the modules file with the needed lines, and it
16 >> didn't work.
17 >>
18 >> -----Original Message-----
19 >> From: likewhoa [mailto:likewhoa@××××××××××××.com]
20 >> Sent: Sunday, May 04, 2014 2:18 PM
21 >> To: gentoo-accessibility@l.g.o
22 >> Subject: Re: [gentoo-accessibility] Speakup Issue
23 >>
24 >> Hunter, what you need to enable in your kernel is the following options.
25 >>
26 >> 1. CONFIG_SPEAKUP
27 >> 2. CONFIG_SPEAKUP_SYNTH_SOFT or whatever your synthesizer is you should
28 >> have
29 >> many options in there.
30 >>
31 >> After this is done emerge espeakup should work.
32 >>
33 >>
34 >> On Sat, 3 May 2014 12:54:35 -0400
35 >> Hunter Jozwiak <hunter.t.joz@×××××.com> wrote:
36 >>
37 >> > I wrote that line in, but it did not fix anything. The emerge error
38 >> > for espeakup said something about "config_speakup" and
39 >> > "config_speakup_soft" not in the kernal, is that what you meant? Sorry
40 >> > for the late response.
41 >> >
42 >> > On 4/26/14, William Hubbs <williamh@g.o> wrote:
43 >> > > On Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 12:52:43PM -0400, Hunter Jozwiak wrote:
44 >> > >> Hi all. I've been installing a Gentoo box as a hobby for the past
45 >> > >> two weeks, and I'm stuck at the reboot. I've stuck with open-rc and
46 >> > >> followed the manual through, but I can't get espeakup to work. When
47 >> > >> I emerge it, I get a warning about speakup.synth=soft not being in
48 >> > >> my kernel. So I think, okay, I'll emerge speakup and see what
49 >> > >> happens. No
50 >> > >> go: the Speakup is too old for the kernel. The kernel I compiled is
51 >> > >> a genkernel, because I didn't see the kernel maker to be real
52 >> > >> accessible, because I couldn't tell whether anything was checked or
53 >> > >> not. So, how can I get espeakup to function properly?
54 >> > >
55 >> > > The first thing is that you do not emerge speakup; you need to
56 >> > > configure it in your kernel. It is part of the staging drivers.
57 >> > >
58 >> > > Try adding this line to /etc/conf.d/modules:
59 >> > >
60 >> > > modules="speakup_soft"
61 >> > >
62 >> > > If you have espeakup installed and you are using the default kernel
63 >> > > configuration, this should work.
64 >> > >
65 >> > > William
66 >> > >
67 >> > >
68 >> >
69 >>
70 >>
71 >> --
72 >> likewhoa <likewhoa@××××××××××××.com>
73 >>
74 >>
75 >>
76 >
77 >
78 > --
79 > likewhoa <likewhoa@××××××××××××.com>
80 >
81 >

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