[nfbcs] ubuntu server with speakup

Sat Jul 1 04:07:54 UTC 2017

As I said I haven't done much with ubuntu so I can't comment on it, 
but yes debian has gotten much pickier with firmware for devices in 
the last couple releases - good luck with installing whatever works for you

--David


At 09:58 AM 6/30/2017, Littlefield, Tyler via nfbcs wrote:
>That's been my thinking too. I know that Ubuntu sometimes has better
>drivers and it was my hope that I could get it to work with my soundcard
>on my desktop, but I'll give Debian a second shot. I have a yeti mic I
>might be able to plug in and see if that will work as the primary soundcard.
>Thanks,
>
>On 6/30/2017 12:56 PM, Jack Heim wrote:
> > Over the years I've done a variety of things. I used to use debian
> > exclusively because of the talking install. I'd get a nice system that
> > came up talking and without all the graphical stuff. I still use that
> > for most of the stuff I do at home. At work I usually do an ubuntu
> > server install via an auto installer called fai, for "fully automated
> > install". But I no longer see any advantage to ubuntu server over
> > debian. I've started switching machines back from ubuntu server to
> > plain old debian. I also manage 2 servers that I set up by installing
> > ubuntu desktop and switching to server. There are plenty of howtos out
> > there but you'd better have a bootable thumb drive handy before you
> > try it. I would recommend just settling for getting rid of X11 and
> > everything that depends on it.  Or just install ubuntu desktop and run
> > it like a server.
> >
> > BTW, I just upgraded the desktop I'm typing this message on from
> > ubuntu xenial to zesty. It loads the kernel module for my doubletalk
> > hardware speech synth but it doesn't talk. The speakup kernel modules
> > are under active development and some of the fixes have made their way
> > into the ubuntu kernel. At the moment, they may have made it slighty
> > worse because I used to know how to hack the kernel code to make my
> > doubletalk work.  Fortunately, I don't really need it on a desktop.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On 06/30/2017 11:30 AM, Littlefield, Tyler wrote:
> >> Hello:
> >> Yes, I was looking for something with speech at install. I don't want
> >> the GUI and all the extra stuff that comes with the desktop, but I
> >> need to be able to actually perform the install without help. Thanks
> >> for the tips, I'll see if desktop will let me just not install the
> >> GUI components.
> >>
> >> I know Debian has speakup builtin, but for whatever reason I've not
> >> actually gotten it to work thus far. I think it's having issues
> >> detecting my soundcard. Archlinux can find my soundcard, but I'd
> >> rather not run arch if I can avoid it. I like the project, I just
> >> never have had luck with upgrades.
> >> Thanks,
> >> On 6/30/2017 12:19 PM, Jack Heim via nfbcs wrote:
> >>> It occurs to me that by "built in", the OP was probably asking if
> >>> the speakup kernel modules are built into the ubuntu server kernel.
> >>> The answer is that they are. To use software speech, you only need
> >>> to install the espeakup package, "apt-get install espeakup".
> >>>
> >>> I haven't tried ubuntu zesty (17.04) but the ubuntu server yakkety
> >>> install did not have speech. But you can install ubuntu desktop and
> >>> change it to server. In fact, ubuntu server and desktop now use the
> >>> same kernel so there isn't much point in switching from desktop to
> >>> server unless you want to save disk space by removing the gui. On
> >>> the other hand, on a server, you might want to stay in the cli and
> >>> use speakup. That's what I do on most of the servers I manage. But
> >>> leaving the gui on there and using orca is a valid option too.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On 06/29/2017 10:26 PM, David via nfbcs wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> Not sure about ubuntu, but debian, which ubuntu is based, does have
> >>>> speakup built-in.
> >>>>
> >>>> --David
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> At 10:45 AM 6/29/2017, Littlefield, Tyler via nfbcs wrote:
> >>>>> All:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Does speakup come built in to the ubuntu server installation?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Thanks,
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> --
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> >>>>> Tyler Littlefield
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> >> --
> >>
> >> Take Care,
> >> Tyler Littlefield
> >>
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>Tyler Littlefield
>
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