I didn't know I could run that command without the whole system being installed!
Simple mixer control 'IEC958',0
Simple mixer control 'IEC958',1
Simple mixer control 'IEC958',2
Simple mixer control 'IEC958',3
Simple mixer control 'IEC958',4
Progress!
I don't know why it is but every time I run the USB stick I made from the mini.iso, I lose the GRUB installation for the hard drive.
I also found something interesting about speakup, I'll post separately.
I like to boot into console instead of having my low horsepower computer slow down with X Windows graphics.
I used as root "systemctl stop lightdm" "systemctl disable lightdm" - but what happens when I lot in at the command prompt is that it tries to load MATE and then crashes. I had MATE working by selecting "Mate" instead of "Default".
I found these entries in the Xorg log - look it mentions Speakup but it thinks it's a keyboard and it seems when the system recognizes my keyboard IKBC USB Keyboard, it starts removing modules then finally terminating the Xorg server:
[ 498.089] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Speakup (/dev/input/event6)
[ 498.089] (**) Speakup: Applying InputClass "libinput keyboard catchall"
[ 498.089] (II) Using input driver 'libinput' for 'Speakup'
[ 498.090] (II) systemd-logind: got fd for /dev/input/event6 13:70 fd 43 paused 0
[ 498.090] (**) Speakup: always reports core events
[ 498.090] (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/event6"
[ 498.090] (**) Option "_source" "server/udev"
[ 498.091] (II) event6 - Speakup: is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[ 498.091] (II) event6 - Speakup: device is a keyboard
[ 498.091] (II) event6 - Speakup: device removed
[ 498.091] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/virtual/input/input8/event6"
[ 498.091] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Speakup" (type: KEYBOARD, id 20)
[ 498.091] (**) Option "xkb_model" "pc105"
[ 498.091] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "us"
[ 498.092] (II) event6 - Speakup: is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[ 498.092] (II) event6 - Speakup: device is a keyboard
[ 498.110] (**) IKBC USB Keyboard Consumer Control: Applying InputClass "libinput keyboard catchall"
[ 498.110] (II) Using input driver 'libinput' for 'IKBC USB Keyboard Consumer Control'
[ 498.110] (II) systemd-logind: returning pre-existing fd for /dev/input/event12 13:76
[ 498.110] (**) IKBC USB Keyboard Consumer Control: always reports core events
[ 498.110] (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/event12"
[ 498.110] (**) Option "_source" "_driver/libinput"
[ 498.110] (II) libinput: IKBC USB Keyboard Consumer Control: is a virtual subdevice
[ 498.110] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb1/1-1/1-1.1/1-1.1.1/1-1.1.1:1.1/0003:060B:7A01.0003/input/input14/event12"
[ 498.110] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "IKBC USB Keyboard Consumer Control" (type: KEYBOARD, id 21)
[ 498.110] (**) Option "xkb_model" "pc105"
[ 498.110] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "us"
[ 498.179] (**) Option "fd" "27"
[ 498.179] (II) event4 - Power Button: device removed
[ 498.179] (**) Option "fd" "30"
[ 498.179] (II) event5 - Video Bus: device removed
[ 498.179] (**) Option "fd" "31"
[ 498.179] (II) event2 - Power Button: device removed
[ 498.179] (**) Option "fd" "32"
[ 498.179] (II) event3 - Sleep Button: device removed
[ 498.179] (**) Option "fd" "33"
[ 498.179] (II) event11 - IKBC USB Keyboard: device removed
[ 498.179] (**) Option "fd" "34"
[ 498.179] (**) Option "fd" "35"
[ 498.179] (II) event13 - IKBC USB Keyboard System Control: device removed
[ 498.179] (**) Option "fd" "36"
[ 498.179] (II) event14 - IKBC USB Keyboard Mouse: device removed
[ 498.179] (**) Option "fd" "37"
[ 498.179] (II) event15 - IKBC USB Keyboard: device removed
[ 498.179] (**) Option "fd" "38"
[ 498.179] (II) event10 - Kensington Kensington Expert Mouse: device removed
[ 498.179] (**) Option "fd" "39"
[ 498.179] (II) event31 - USB Camera: USB Camera: device removed
[ 498.179] (**) Option "fd" "40"
[ 498.179] (II) event8 - Intel Virtual Button driver: device removed
[ 498.179] (**) Option "fd" "41"
[ 498.179] (II) event7 - Intel HID events: device removed
[ 498.179] (**) Option "fd" "42"
[ 498.179] (II) event0 - AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: device removed
[ 498.179] (**) Option "fd" "43"
[ 498.179] (II) event6 - Speakup: device removed
[ 498.179] (**) Option "fd" "34"
[ 498.179] (II) event12 - IKBC USB Keyboard Consumer Control: device removed
[ 498.193] (II) UnloadModule: "libinput"
[ 498.193] (II) systemd-logind: not releasing fd for 13:76, still in use
[ 498.193] (II) UnloadModule: "libinput"
[ 498.193] (II) systemd-logind: releasing fd for 13:70
[ 498.255] (II) UnloadModule: "libinput"
[ 498.255] (II) systemd-logind: releasing fd for 13:64
[ 498.279] (II) UnloadModule: "libinput"
[ 498.279] (II) systemd-logind: releasing fd for 13:71
[ 498.299] (II) UnloadModule: "libinput"
[ 498.299] (II) systemd-logind: releasing fd for 13:72
[ 498.323] (II) UnloadModule: "libinput"
[ 498.323] (II) systemd-logind: releasing fd for 13:95
[ 498.367] (II) UnloadModule: "libinput"
[ 498.367] (II) systemd-logind: releasing fd for 13:74
[ 498.439] (II) UnloadModule: "libinput"
[ 498.439] (II) systemd-logind: releasing fd for 13:79
[ 498.479] (II) UnloadModule: "libinput"
[ 498.479] (II) systemd-logind: releasing fd for 13:78
[ 498.519] (II) UnloadModule: "libinput"
[ 498.519] (II) systemd-logind: releasing fd for 13:77
[ 498.547] (II) UnloadModule: "libinput"
[ 498.547] (II) systemd-logind: releasing fd for 13:76
[ 498.567] (II) UnloadModule: "libinput"
[ 498.567] (II) systemd-logind: releasing fd for 13:75
[ 498.595] (II) UnloadModule: "libinput"
[ 498.595] (II) systemd-logind: releasing fd for 13:67
[ 498.631] (II) UnloadModule: "libinput"
[ 498.631] (II) systemd-logind: releasing fd for 13:66
[ 498.655] (II) UnloadModule: "libinput"
[ 498.655] (II) systemd-logind: releasing fd for 13:69
[ 498.702] (II) UnloadModule: "libinput"
[ 498.702] (II) systemd-logind: releasing fd for 13:68
[ 498.825] (II) Server terminated successfully (0). Closing log file.
Curious!
DR