Speakup on the newest Gentoo minimal cd doesn't works with any boot parameters

[John Covici]

Depending on what kernel you build, speakup is certainly in gentoo.  I
am not sure about the default kernel, but gentoo-sources does have
it.  I have been using it for 5 years.  The handbook is more or less
still good, I installed one on a vm on the mac a few months ago.

On Sun, 18 Dec 2016 10:04:41 -0500,
Jude DaShiell wrote:
> 
> You probably picked one of the most complex distributions to
> install for accessibility.  External DVD drives are not that
> expensive any longer. Aside from that, you need to find out all
> of the addresses for all of your sound cards on that mac.
> There's a /proc subdirectory in Linux for this and maybe on the
> mac too.  The Linux kernel has provisions by means of boot
> parameters for selecting your sound card but you'll need its
> address.  Wait, have you tried lsusb -v|less yet?  If you have
> usb speakers plugged in on talkingarch instance you can get
> useful information from that command I think.
> The problem you're going to have with gentoo will be in kernel
> building since speakup isn't installed in the kernel.  I got that
> far on installation a couple times but got no further.  You may
> have additional problems after kernel building I know nothing
> about since I never got past that step.  The other problem with
> gentoo is handbook on internet documentation is several years out
> of date so if there are easier ways to get an accessible install
> of gentoo install they don't appear in that handbook.  Good luck,
> you're going to need it.
> 
> On Sun, 18 Dec 2016, Charaya wrote:
> 
> > Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2016 06:05:13
> > From: Charaya <charaya at t-online.de>
> > Reply-To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.
> >     <speakup at linux-speakup.org>
> > To: speakup at linux-speakup.org
> > Subject: Speakup on the newest Gentoo minimal cd doesn't works with any boot
> >     parameters
> > 
> > Hello Speakup users,
> > I want to instal Gentoo with my Mac, but I need a screenreader to install it. I didn't get brltty working and speakup isn't working to. I tried all speakup boot parameters (speakup.synth=synth) I don't know what to do now.
> > I had talking arch live cd on a disk but my dvd device isn't working anymore so I have the gentoo minimal cd on my stick because dd can't write big files on any stick here. But there on talking arch I had to select the right soundcart - it was not the first avaylable - maybe I have to select the right soundcart on gentoo too? But how?
> > Does anibody  has got an idea?
> > Best regards,
> > charaya
> > 
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