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