Apparently something is active in chroot in alsa I didn't add to the kernel in make menuconfig since speaker-test works in chroot but not after boot. I have one of those snd_ac97 cards for now. Next computer no intel sound card.
On Thu, 22 Oct 2020, John Covici wrote: > Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2020 07:07:26 > From: John Covici <[email protected]> > Reply-To: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo install speechless > > 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 <[email protected]> > > > Reply-To: [email protected] > > > To: [email protected] > > > 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. > > --
