Re: Issues with the current Netinst Installer
Hello there, since my last email, I have done some testing. And, as far as the current snapshot is installed, I can indeed verify that the system actually does get installed. However, I think what we are facing this is an audio issue. However, I have no way to actually verify this. I can tell the system is installed, because I can actually login to the installed virtual machine. However, of course, there is no speech. What I don't know is if the audio driver is actually getting loaded. If memory serves, I believe VMware workstation does implement and AC 97 sound card.
One thing to note however is that during The insulation, the audio of speak up is very low. Not that it cannot be heard, but it is indeed low. So now, we can out rule the possibility of a conflict between a graphical desktop environment, since in fact there is no one installed here. Just a side thought, if I were to actually upgrade to workstation 11, I wonder if this might actually solve the problem? I'm not sure. Just something that I thought about. What I can tell you though is that systems prior to Jesse did not have any problem loading speak up at all. Some point, I will definitely test with virtual box.
Thanks,
Erik
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> On Jul 30, 2015, at 7:16 PM, Samuel Thibault <sthibault@debian.org> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> Erik Heil, le Thu 30 Jul 2015 18:58:01 -0400, a écrit :
>> I'm not sure if this is the propper place to document this issue,
>
> Well, an issue is not supposed to be "documented", but rather
> "reported", so that it can actually be fixed instead of just kept around
> ad aeternam :)
>
> So, as documented in the installation manual, using reportbug
> against the installation-reports pseudo package would have been more
> appropriate, but Cc-ing debian-accessibility would have been more
> than welcome to get the attention of accessibility people too, so
> just mailing debian-accessibility makes sense indeed, it's just that
> gathering the discussion in a proper BTS entry is better on the long run
> for people to find out again about this issue.
>
> Anyway, back to the issue:
>
>> I was able to install the core of the Stretch system using
>> the image, and everything worked fine as far as getting Speakup launched.
>
> Just to make sure: what do you mean by "getting Speakup launched"? You
> mean speakup inside the installer, not inside the installed system,
> right?
>
>> However, when I rebooted into the new system, I just got a beep from the
>> system.
>
> That one is expected, that's a new feature of Jessie.
>
>> No speech, nothing.
>
> That one is not of course. Did you install the graphical desktop task?
> There may be interferences between speakup and the graphical login
> manager screen reader. It'd still be surprising that there is no audio
> output at all, however.
>
>> Since I'm nt obviously not able to see what's
>> printed to the console, I'm not sure exactly what is going on here.
>
> Well, we can't really say much more either. Could you perhaps take a
> picture of the screen with your phone or something?
>
>> If this makes any difference, this installation was done within a VM
>> under Vmware Workstation.
>
> That may make a difference indeed, in the audio board that is being
> emulated. Normally the drivers & settings are the same within the
> installer and within the installed system, but who knows...
>
> I've just tried with kvm's ac97 emulation, I don't have any issue, I do
> get speech after reboot. I don't have VMware so I can't test with your
> conditions, perhaps you should retry with kvm.
>
>> If this is anything I can do to help with this process, please
>> don't hesistate to e-mail me off-list.
>
> Well, it's better to discuss on-list, so people can contribute to the
> discussion, and benefit from the discussion.
>
> Samuel
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