when installing archlinux via the talking i nstaller... I do pacman --root=/mnt -Sy alsa-utils speakup espeakup etc... That always worked for me. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Brannon" <cmbrannon79@xxxxxxxxx> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2009 8:58 PM Subject: Re: Talking Arch instalation: alsa-utils doesn't install >> Yes, the instalation was mounted on /mnt. The error was something about >> package not found. >> Anything you can suggest I do non-standard when I go back in on Thursday? >> Chroot, for instance? > > You could try chrooting into /mnt. If you do that, you can exclude > the --cachedir and --root options. > > If you can use a cellphone, you might be able to call me during the > process, > for assistance. I'm leary of giving the number out over the list, > but it's available to anyone who asks me for it via private mail. > I'm not sure how useful this would be, either. > Thanks to my VOIP provider, calls to anywhere in the US and Canada are > unmetered. Outbound calls are good. > > Anyway, it should have worked... It has for several others in the last > few weeks, so something isn't right. > > -- Chris > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
