If you want my opinion i suggest using the talking arch cd to install gentoo. You dont have to worry about passing it commandline arguments. The software speech just comes up talking right away. http://the-brannons.com/tarch Techswing33 <techswing33 at gmail.com> writes: > Hello, > > How long does that boot prompt stay onscreen for those who don't have > pc speakers on their motherboards, a lot of them these days don't come > with one, or who are doing it in a virtual machine? > > Thanks. > Dave. > > > On 12/10/13, William Hubbs <w.d.hubbs at gmail.com> wrote: >> On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 12:01:19PM -0500, Kyle wrote: >>> As I recall, espeakup is on the install CD, but it doesn't run >>> automatically. If I remember correctly, I was able to wait about a >>> minute to be sure the system was fully up and running and then run >>> >>> espeakup >>> >>> to get it talking. I don't recall needing to emerge anything. Hope this >>> helps. >> >> actually it is even easier. >> >> When you hear the beep that lets you know you are at the boot prompt, >> you should be able to type: >> >> gentoo speakup.synth=soft >> >> and it should start talking. >> >> Let me know if this doesn't work. >> >> William >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Speakup mailing list >> Speakup at linux-speakup.org >> http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup >> > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at linux-speakup.org > http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -- Website: http://deedra.the-brannons.com blog: http://deedra.the-brannons.com/blog
