Though I can install a system using archinstall I have yet to get espeak-ng to speak after first reboot. spd-conf threw many errors when run didn't have directories and wouldn't create them so speech-dispatcher could be started automatically along with other errors. The first time I chose xorg for install type and I expect though that got me a system it was speechless. Then I tried minimal with no better luck. One of the things I was told was that no audio server would be installed even though alsa-utils and alsa-plugins were both installed. The sound card does pop when the system comes up. Two things on the system that wouldn't install were pcspkr and sg in the kernel so no grub beep on the way up. That's usually not a problem since if I can find a sound file to play at boot up I can make that happen if necessary. My extra packages line was: lynx surfraw alsa-plugins-alsa-utils espeak-ng mlocate pulseaudio speech-dispatcher Why I didn't install a desktop is I like to be able to login on the console and run on the console and only if I need the desktop for something then run startx and use the desktop. First computer I used was an Ampro little board Series 100! with cp/m and after that pcdos and msdos and Apple with Sam it was only very late I touched Windows and the experience with Windows is why Windows isn't on any of my equipment. Among others service pack install fails some of them spectacular. When I did use windows, I had tech support I could call and in time get some help. No tech support now I'm retired. _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list