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

[Techswing33]

Hello,

Chiming in on this late I'd also like to get a gentoo system going on
a virtual machine under Vmware. Kernel is also stopping me, is there a
fix?

Thanks.
Dave.


On 12/18/16, Jude DaShiell <jdashiel at panix.com> wrote:
> 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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>> you spend it?
>>
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