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From: likewhoa <likewhoa@××××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-accessibility@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-accessibility] Speakup Issue
Date: Sat, 10 May 2014 05:06:03
Message-Id: 20140510010553.ec98fdc93861a54d1e77485f@weboperative.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-accessibility] Speakup Issue by Hunter Jozwiak
1 They are in Device Drivers > Staging drivers > Speakup console speech
2
3 On Fri, 9 May 2014 21:21:51 -0400
4 Hunter Jozwiak <hunter.t.joz@×××××.com> wrote:
5
6 > I can't find where the modules are. I ran the --menuconfig, but, I
7 > don't see the place to select the modules.
8 >
9 > On 5/8/14, likewhoa <likewhoa@××××××××××××.com> wrote:
10 > > When you run genkernel include the '--menuconfig' option then look for the
11 > > kernel options I mentioned in my previous email. That should be it.
12 > >
13 > > On Thu, 8 May 2014 07:33:47 -0400
14 > > "Hunter Jozwiak" <hunter.t.joz@×××××.com> wrote:
15 > >
16 > >> When you say "enable in the kernel", do you refer to recompiling the
17 > >> genkernel, with the features turned on, or editing /etc/conf.d/modules?
18 > >> The
19 > >> former I have no clue how to do, the latter is a bit easier. I guess it's
20 > >> the former, since I edited the modules file with the needed lines, and it
21 > >> didn't work.
22 > >>
23 > >> -----Original Message-----
24 > >> From: likewhoa [mailto:likewhoa@××××××××××××.com]
25 > >> Sent: Sunday, May 04, 2014 2:18 PM
26 > >> To: gentoo-accessibility@l.g.o
27 > >> Subject: Re: [gentoo-accessibility] Speakup Issue
28 > >>
29 > >> Hunter, what you need to enable in your kernel is the following options.
30 > >>
31 > >> 1. CONFIG_SPEAKUP
32 > >> 2. CONFIG_SPEAKUP_SYNTH_SOFT or whatever your synthesizer is you should
33 > >> have
34 > >> many options in there.
35 > >>
36 > >> After this is done emerge espeakup should work.
37 > >>
38 > >>
39 > >> On Sat, 3 May 2014 12:54:35 -0400
40 > >> Hunter Jozwiak <hunter.t.joz@×××××.com> wrote:
41 > >>
42 > >> > I wrote that line in, but it did not fix anything. The emerge error
43 > >> > for espeakup said something about "config_speakup" and
44 > >> > "config_speakup_soft" not in the kernal, is that what you meant? Sorry
45 > >> > for the late response.
46 > >> >
47 > >> > On 4/26/14, William Hubbs <williamh@g.o> wrote:
48 > >> > > On Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 12:52:43PM -0400, Hunter Jozwiak wrote:
49 > >> > >> Hi all. I've been installing a Gentoo box as a hobby for the past
50 > >> > >> two weeks, and I'm stuck at the reboot. I've stuck with open-rc and
51 > >> > >> followed the manual through, but I can't get espeakup to work. When
52 > >> > >> I emerge it, I get a warning about speakup.synth=soft not being in
53 > >> > >> my kernel. So I think, okay, I'll emerge speakup and see what
54 > >> > >> happens. No
55 > >> > >> go: the Speakup is too old for the kernel. The kernel I compiled is
56 > >> > >> a genkernel, because I didn't see the kernel maker to be real
57 > >> > >> accessible, because I couldn't tell whether anything was checked or
58 > >> > >> not. So, how can I get espeakup to function properly?
59 > >> > >
60 > >> > > The first thing is that you do not emerge speakup; you need to
61 > >> > > configure it in your kernel. It is part of the staging drivers.
62 > >> > >
63 > >> > > Try adding this line to /etc/conf.d/modules:
64 > >> > >
65 > >> > > modules="speakup_soft"
66 > >> > >
67 > >> > > If you have espeakup installed and you are using the default kernel
68 > >> > > configuration, this should work.
69 > >> > >
70 > >> > > William
71 > >> > >
72 > >> > >
73 > >> >
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75 > >>
76 > >> --
77 > >> likewhoa <likewhoa@××××××××××××.com>
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82 > >
83 > > --
84 > > likewhoa <likewhoa@××××××××××××.com>
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