Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo install speechless

[John Covici]

On Thu, 22 Oct 2020 05:09:53 -0400,
Jude DaShiell wrote:
>
> On Wed, 21 Oct 2020, John Covici wrote:
>
> > Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2020 23:18:14
> > From: John Covici <covici@××××××××××.com>
> > Reply-To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
> > To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
> > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo install speechless
> >
> > On Wed, 21 Oct 2020 13:08:51 -0400,
> > Jude DaShiell wrote:
> > >
> > > I got gentoo to boot and espeak although in the default run level with
> > > speakup-soft=soft enabled in the kernel espeak is silent.  I know the
> > > system booted since I uncommented the TUNE line in grub and also added in
> > > pcspkr into the kernel so was able to do a root login and then hit
> > > backspace and the pc speaker beeps.  I did not yet emerge alsa-utils if
> > > such a package exists in gentoo yet.  I'll have to use the install disk
> > > again and get to chroot /mnt/gentoo environment again and try to emerge
> > > alsa-utils to run speaker-test.  I did hear speakers click twice during
> > > the boot process so those probably work.
> > > For me it takes about 2 days to do this kind of linux install with gentoo
> > > and even with fedora moonshine that took less time to install and have
> > > come up talking.
> > > I did not go the systemd route, systemd looked lots more complex and I'm
> > > having plenty of trouble with openrc as things stand.
> > > More later as I find it out.  Probably good an accessibility podcast for
> > > gentoo is never done, I think such a podcast would deter any potential
> > > accessibility users from ever attempting an install of gentoo.
> >
> > Did you load the speakup-soft module during boot using /etc/modules or
> > maybe /etc/conf.d/modules or whatever the correct name is?  This
> > should get the module loaded and if using espeak, you execute that
> > command, maybe in your rc.local or some convenient place and you
> > should be good to go, provided alsa is working.  No worse than other
> > distros.  I have speakup built into the kernel and use a hardware
> > synth, so I am a bit better off, but you should still be able to get
> > things going.
> >
> I didn't load that module yet I built it into the kernel.  Maybe this is
> one that has to be compiled as a module then loaded in though why this
> should differ from  your hardware module I don't know.

ssh into the system and see if speakup-soft is loaded, but you need
alsa and espeak for speech to be available.

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