mkinitpo with mostly default grub only thing modified in grub was to enable the TUNE line. On Tue, 18 Feb 2020, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2020 12:21:56 > From: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > To: blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: early warning I hope > > hello blinux. > > disclaimer: since I am a?TalkingArch <https://talkingarch.info> > maintainer my opinion may be biased. > > > Sorry but Archlinux is not something to use for someone blind using Linux, > > I disagree with that. Arch is perhaps more complicated than other > distributions, but with due diligence, it gives much more functionality. > also from accessibility points of view: the latest versions of packages > and the minimum number of downstream patches are of great benefit. > > > I just ran a kernel update a few minutes ago on archlinux and tried > > rebooting.I can assure you that this is an isolated problem on your side. I have several machines and a server on the arch. and I didn?t have such problems. > to help I need to know: which bootloader you are using and preferably > its configs. > > > Sincerely, Alexander > > 18.02.2020 15:32, Linux for blind general discussion ?????: > > Sorry but Archlinux is not something to use for someone blind using Linux, > > Debian stable maybe with backports, appimages, flatpaks and snaps packages > > if needed would be better with Mate having Compiz under if low vision, > > gnome-orca, brltty, espeak and so on are obviously recommended. > > > > Debian testing is also an option but I would avoid if possible. > > > > Ubuntu Mate however has the top out-of-the-box accessibility at a point > > that blind users could nearly install linux alone without any help, their > > mate menu from solus I think give them their edge, I wonder if Debian could > > use it. > > > > I was working on linux accessibility without being a coder, I tried to get > > vinux and sonar linux team or similar to move to a debian base hoping to > > add a few features that I kept hidden since I need to push a result as a > > whole to fix various Linux issues. > > > > Until then I sadly have to avoid to contribute or I would just make it > > worse. > > > > Le mar. 18 f?vr. 2020 04:07, Linux for blind general discussion < > > blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> a ?crit : > > > >> I just ran a kernel update a few minutes ago on archlinux and tried > >> rebooting. > >> Some uuid cannot be found and I got thrown into an emergency shell. All > >> of this of course without screen reader working. > >> I found this out as a result of talking to a be my eyes volunteer on the > >> phone after she examined my screen. > >> I have no idea what caused that and have minimal usb stuff connected to > >> the computer. I had disconnected a flash drive from the computer thinking > >> the flash drive was the cause of the missing uuid but that wasn't the > >> case. > >> Fortunately I use solid state drives and have another different system on > >> one of them or I'd be offline for a while. > >> The volunteer didn't read me the long number after that uuid error. > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Blinux-list mailing list > >> Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > >> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > >> > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list mailing list > > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list -- _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list