Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Jude DaShiell <jdashiel@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo install speechless
Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2020 11:41:24
Message-Id: alpine.NEB.2.23.451.2010220738550.27989@panix1.panix.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo install speechless by John Covici
1 Apparently something is active in chroot in alsa I didn't add to the
2 kernel in make menuconfig since speaker-test works in chroot but not
3 after boot.
4 I have one of those snd_ac97 cards for now. Next computer no intel
5 sound card.
6
7 On Thu, 22 Oct 2020, John Covici wrote:
8
9 > Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2020 07:07:26
10 > From: John Covici <covici@××××××××××.com>
11 > Reply-To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
12 > To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
13 > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo install speechless
14 >
15 > On Thu, 22 Oct 2020 05:09:53 -0400,
16 > Jude DaShiell wrote:
17 > >
18 > > On Wed, 21 Oct 2020, John Covici wrote:
19 > >
20 > > > Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2020 23:18:14
21 > > > From: John Covici <covici@××××××××××.com>
22 > > > Reply-To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
23 > > > To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
24 > > > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo install speechless
25 > > >
26 > > > On Wed, 21 Oct 2020 13:08:51 -0400,
27 > > > Jude DaShiell wrote:
28 > > > >
29 > > > > I got gentoo to boot and espeak although in the default run level with
30 > > > > speakup-soft=soft enabled in the kernel espeak is silent. I know the
31 > > > > system booted since I uncommented the TUNE line in grub and also added in
32 > > > > pcspkr into the kernel so was able to do a root login and then hit
33 > > > > backspace and the pc speaker beeps. I did not yet emerge alsa-utils if
34 > > > > such a package exists in gentoo yet. I'll have to use the install disk
35 > > > > again and get to chroot /mnt/gentoo environment again and try to emerge
36 > > > > alsa-utils to run speaker-test. I did hear speakers click twice during
37 > > > > the boot process so those probably work.
38 > > > > For me it takes about 2 days to do this kind of linux install with gentoo
39 > > > > and even with fedora moonshine that took less time to install and have
40 > > > > come up talking.
41 > > > > I did not go the systemd route, systemd looked lots more complex and I'm
42 > > > > having plenty of trouble with openrc as things stand.
43 > > > > More later as I find it out. Probably good an accessibility podcast for
44 > > > > gentoo is never done, I think such a podcast would deter any potential
45 > > > > accessibility users from ever attempting an install of gentoo.
46 > > >
47 > > > Did you load the speakup-soft module during boot using /etc/modules or
48 > > > maybe /etc/conf.d/modules or whatever the correct name is? This
49 > > > should get the module loaded and if using espeak, you execute that
50 > > > command, maybe in your rc.local or some convenient place and you
51 > > > should be good to go, provided alsa is working. No worse than other
52 > > > distros. I have speakup built into the kernel and use a hardware
53 > > > synth, so I am a bit better off, but you should still be able to get
54 > > > things going.
55 > > >
56 > > I didn't load that module yet I built it into the kernel. Maybe this is
57 > > one that has to be compiled as a module then loaded in though why this
58 > > should differ from your hardware module I don't know.
59 >
60 > ssh into the system and see if speakup-soft is loaded, but you need
61 > alsa and espeak for speech to be available.
62 >
63 >
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