Nano starts files on the first line. Have no idea how to get to bottom of file in nano. Is ex operational on install-minimal disks? That I can use. echo command could be used except for alsasound since echo uses quotes and yes at the end of that SAVE_ON_STOP equasion needs quotes around yes. If alsasound can take a 1 rather than yes, that problem will go away. -- Jude <jdashiel at panix dot com> "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." Ed Howdershelt 1940. On Mon, 29 Apr 2024, Cleverson Casarin Uliana wrote: > Hi Jude, I've installed Gentoo several times, and the following commands > related to setting up speakup, which I ran during installation, never failed > me. Try them please: > > nano /etc/modules-load.d/speakup.conf > # add the following line to this file: > speakup_soft > > emerge espeakup alsa-utils > nano /etc/conf.d/alsasound > # Add the following line to this file: > SAVE_ON_STOP="yes" > > rc-update add alsasound boot > rc-update add espeakup default > > Cheers, > Cleverson > >