I have one hardware synth module built in and I use an initrd, so I get messages pretty early in the boot sequence, even if the initrd does not work it will drop to a shell so you can see what happened. Use openrc as your init system unless you want to use gnome. Cleverson Casarin Uliana <clcaul@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Dear Jude, > > I have installed it several times as well, here are some hints as per my notes: > When configuring the kernel, under stage drivers, the core speakup > module must be buillt into the kernel, and any other synthesiser > (hardware of software) must be built as a module, otherwise it won't > work. > > As for the find command, if you are speaking of the command to find a > compiled module after you have quit the configuration, I don't really > know if it still works, but in any case, I use ls itself to traverse > some directory structures until I find my desired modules or not. > > After installing the kernel, open /etc/conf.d/modules, and add a line > for the speakup_soft module respecting the format as instructed there. > > Then do emerge espeakup and emerge alsa-utils, then open > /etc/conf.d/alsasound and make sure it is set to save and restore > sound parameters on each boot. Then run the following: > /etc/init.d/alsasound start > rc-update add espeakup default > You may also run alsa-mixer and increase volumes. > > I think it's all, hope that helps. > > Greetings > Cleverson > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici covici@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup
