Sounds like your sound card keeps switching. Check aplay -l and set your module loading order so that the same card gets placed at index=0. Since it's a newer laptop it probably has HDMI, which is gobbling up the first slot. ----- Original Message ----- From: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> To: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2022 18:24:42 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: FYI - Command Line Programs for the Blind > Thank you Karen, Kyle, and the person who is deaf/blind, which had no name at > an end of comments. Anyway, thank all of you for wonderful explainers on these > conceppts. And no, Kyle, I didn't think you were swinging. And speaking of > audio, I just got a newer laptop, which came with windows11pro, which we > nuked-and-installed Debian SID. An installer has espeak guiding us, but once we > need to reboot for changes to take affect, no more speech or sound. At times 1 > time a boot will have speech, but a majority of boots will not have any sound. > How mysterious. Thanks in advance for any suggestions-and-please feel free in > creating a new subject-line if you like as to not confuse others following this > one. > Chime > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list