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

[Jude DaShiell]

So maybe go through the handbook and skip that chapter on building your 
own kernel and the kernel you are either left with or install from 
sources will have speakup in it?  That ought to make installaing gentoo 
considerably easier if true.

On Sun, 18 Dec 2016, John Covici wrote:

> Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2016 14:45:01
> From: John Covici <covici at ccs.covici.com>
> To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. <speakup at linux-speakup.org>
> Subject: Re: Speakup on the newest Gentoo minimal cd doesn't works with any
>     boot parameters
> 
> 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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