Jude DaShiell wrote: > On Sun, 11 Oct 2020, John Covici wrote: > >> Date: Sun, 11 Oct 2020 00:09:16 >> From: John Covici <cov...@ccs.covici.com> >> Reply-To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org >> To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org >> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] >> >> On Sat, 10 Oct 2020 19:49:54 -0400, >> Jude DaShiell wrote: >>> On Sat, 10 Oct 2020, Neil Bothwick wrote: >>> >>>> Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2020 13:34:43 >>>> From: Neil Bothwick <n...@digimed.co.uk> >>>> Reply-To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org >>>> To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org >>>> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] >>>> >>>> On Sat, 10 Oct 2020 10:00:04 -0400, Jude DaShiell wrote: >>>> >>>>> I did make menuconf in /usr/src/linux and in devices->staging drivers I >>>>> found nothing to enable. Speakup got moved out of staging so that's >>>>> understandable. in device drivers->accessibility all I found was enable >>>>> app-accessibility which I turned on. Is speakup.synth=soft stored in >>>>> the runtime driver for espeak now? >>>> Press / in menuconf to search for options. This also shows options that >>>> are currently unavailable, and what you need to enable to get at them. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> -- >>> >>> A search through options made no mention of anything connected to >>> accessibility. Trying to install a different kernel source has everything >>> masked. I'll read up on masking next, but it's looking like I'm going to >>> have to erase everything back to the get stage3 step again and get a less >>> current stage3 to get anything installed at all. >> You don't need to do that, you can unmask anything depending on the >> reason. Didn't the autounmask option fix your problem? >> >> You can also use the 5.4.66 stable version. >> Also, even in 5.8.13 speakup is still in staging and I did a search >> and found it in drivers/staging/speakup, so you can certainly try >> that or whatever version of 5.8 you have. >> >>
I'm not sure why you felt wiping the hard drive was needed. Generally, you can stop and come back and finish a install at pretty much any point without losing anything. It may be helpful to read through the handbook first and then do the install. I read the install docs a few times before I tried to do my first install. It helps to know how to work through things without getting frustrated or confused on what to do to get though a problem. That said, you;ve learned how some things work so next time should be a bit easier. ;-) Dale :-) :-)
