Bug report: Buster: Debian Installer doesn't speak
Hi,
I tried running both the 2019-04-07 (today) daily snapshot and the Alpha5
release of the Buster netinst, but both came up with no speech.
Download URLs:
https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/daily-builds/daily/arch-latest/amd64/iso-cd/debian-testing-amd64-netinst.iso
https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/buster_di_alpha5/amd64/iso-cd/debian-buster-DI-alpha5-amd64-netinst.iso
What I did:
* I wrote the iso to a USB drive and booted from it. The system beeped
twice, indicating a UEFI system.
* I pressed the letter s and pressed enter.
What happened:
The language list came up, with no speech.
Diagnosis:
Espeak doesn't appear to be present.
Things I discovered:
I tried running the following command:
find / -name espeak -print
but nothing was found.
The request for speech appears to have been successful.
* The speakup and speakup_soft modules were loaded.
* The espeakup process was running.
For what it's worth, the package pool in the image only has espeak-data
and espeak-ng-data packages, no binaries. I know this may not be related.
Fortunately, the Braille display was detected, allowing me to figure out
the above.
I guess I will install with Braille only and configure speech once I get
enough of a system that I can install espeak. I'm just wondering if I
have missed something, especially considering that this appears to be
broken in the Alpha5 release as well as the current snapshot.
Also, maybe it is available in a larger image. Does anybody know?
Cheers,
Geoff.
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