Hello, Thanks for your suggestions. I've tried all of them still no luck. Thanks. Dave. On 4/17/15, Kelly Prescott <kprescott@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Ok, I have tried the TalkingArch iso (the current one) dated April 2015. > I used it on 2 different vmware systems and it works. > here are some suggestions: > 1: when setting operating system, choose other linux kernel 3.x x86_64 > 2: make the memory at least 512M > 3: make the hard disk at least 8 gb. > 4 you must press ctrl-g to direct input to the machine. > 5 it takes a bit to come up... press enter every now and then to see if > you hear the prompt. > If you still have problems, make sure your iso passes gpg signature > testing. > We sign the iso distribution with my gpg key and kyles gpg key. > You can verify with both or just one. > If you find that the computer Gods simply aren't on your side, post a > message and I'll give you my phone number and we can work on it. > I am even up to a remote jaws session if necessary. > > -- Kelly Prescott > > > On Thu, 16 Apr 2015, Kelly Prescott wrote: > >> I have VMWare workstation, so I will give it a try and see what the >> problem >> might be. >> I normally don't run arch in a VMWare host, but I do run other linux >> distributions there sometimes. >> I'll let you know what I find. >> kp >> >> On Wed, 15 Apr 2015, Techswing33 wrote: >> >>> Hello Kelly, >>> >>> Thanks for your reply. I'm using a Windows7 64 bit host. On that I'm >>> running VMware Workstation11. I am attempting to get the latest >>> talking Arch iso going, though I've tried back to the 2012 iso as I've >>> got the 2014 and 2013 isos, none talk, and they use to. They use to, >>> this all use to work. I'm assuming that when VMware went from their >>> es1371 audio to the hd audio emulated sound card that broke things. >>> I've tried on various hardware compatibility levels starting with >>> workstation11 and downgrading no luck. >>> >>> I'd like to help fix this, let me know what else I can do. >>> >>> Thanks. >>> Dave. >>> >>> >>> On 4/15/15, covici@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx <covici@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> > I have a gentoo environment which talks using software speech under >>> > vmware workstation 11, using Linux as the host. Are you using >>> > Windows >>> > as the host? >>> > >>> > >>> > Techswing33 <techswing33@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> > >>> > > Hello, >>> > > >>> > > Adding to this I'm using arch Linux in a VMware virtual environment, >>> > > workstation11, and talking arch does not work in this setup. I'm >>> > > suspecting it has something to do with the hdaudio driver emulating >>> > > a >>> > > 7.1 surround as opposed to the older es1371, but I have not found a >>> > > fix. >>> > > >>> > > Unrelated, but if either Gentoo or slackware are talking I'd like to >>> > > know about them. >>> > > >>> > > Thanks. >>> > > Dave. >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > On 4/15/15, Joseph C. Lininger <devnull-speakup@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> > > > Thanks guys. As a corelary, if any assistance is needed in >>> > > > maintaining >>> > > > this installation media or anything, I would be happy to help. My >>> > > > experience is mostly with Gentoo, Slackware, and currently picking >>> > > > >>> > > > up >>> > > > Arch Linux. >>> > > > _______________________________________________ >>> > > > Speakup mailing list >>> > > > Speakup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >>> > > > http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup >>> > > > >>> > > _______________________________________________ >>> > > 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 >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Speakup mailing list >>> Speakup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >>> http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup >> _______________________________________________ >> Speakup mailing list >> Speakup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup >> >> > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup > _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup