Looking at the below reply and at the original post, I just realized there is no mention of modprobe speakup_soft anywhere. You'll need to do that as superuser, and that could well be the missing step. HTH. Greg On Fri, Jul 31, 2015 at 04:23:11AM -0700, Tony Baechler wrote: > I would need a lot more information before I can help you: > > 1. Are you running this in a VM? I just read about someone else > running the daily build of the Debian Installer under VMWare who had > the same issue. The system installed fine but no speech came up when > booting. It could very likely have to do with the audio emulation. > If possible, try with KVM or VirtualBox. Even better, try on real > hardware. > > 2. Are you saying that Speakup doesn't work in the live CD or after > the installation? I wouldn't be surprised if the live CD doesn't > support it, but the installed system should work. I think I did get > it to work on a live CD once a long time ago. The Super-S etc is > for starting Orca, not Speakup. You ran the right commands to > install it. The only other thing I would try is this: > > service espeakup restart > > 3. What error are you getting? If it's already running and you have > no sound, see #1 above. Are you using a GUI? You didn't say what > version of Ubuntu you're using. There could be a conflict between > Pulse and ESpeak. Try disabling Pulse. I'm not sure how to do that > because I don't run it here. I would also temporarily remove the > execute bit from the gdm startup script to make sure X doesn't > start, just in case Orca is a problem. > > chmod -x /etc/init.d/gdm* > reboot > > Without more information, I can't help further. > -- web site: http://www.gregn.net gpg public key: http://www.gregn.net/pubkey.asc skype: gregn1 (authorization required, add me to your contacts list first) If we haven't been in touch before, e-mail me before adding me to your contacts. -- Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager@xxxxxx _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup
