Re: debian multimedia now works
Usually when I install it's the base system and standard utilities. I
have no printer so cups is no use for now maybe later this year though.
The desktop I put a space on in the installer and that takes the star
away.
On Sat, 25 Dec 2021, D.J.J. Ring, Jr. wrote:
> The default settings install "Debian Desktop Environment" which is
> MATE. I don't know of a way to just install a text only Debian
> system, which would be wonderful to do.
>
> Years ago, the Debian Desktop Environment installed pdmenu and a
> graphical text desktop. Now it installs MATE and in addition there is
> also a selection for adding MATE, I suppose that installs the MATE
> Extras not in the "Debian Desktop Environment" mentioned here. I've
> installed without ticking off MATE also and had a working MATE
> desktop.
>
> I've had difficulty purging MATE and xorg from the system to make it
> text only but I've broken the system, so now I don't even try, I just
> leave the Xorg and MATE Desktop installed.
>
> I use is fbi and links2 web browser. I use them in console. They use
> framebuffer.
>
> But since I have xorg anyway I'm using MATE which works very well with
> orca screen reader. You set it up with "orca -s" in MATE terminal.
> It should be loaded and running for you, but to adjust settings run
> that command.
>
> To get login without starting MATE in the Graphical User Interface, as root:
>
> systemctl stop lightdm
> systemctl disable lightdm
>
> That will stop light desktop manager from running it's log in screen
> and you will have the regular text log in screen.
>
> Do your console stuff there, and if you want MATE just type "startx".
>
> I had problems with my /home settings not being compatible with Debian
> 11.2.0 which is the 2021-12-08 release. It still has problems with my
> soundcard during installation. It doesn't give me screen reader - but
> I continued with the installation and it actually did find my
> soundcard,it just didn't give me screen reader in console. After
> reboot, I had everything working OK console worked and orca in MATE
> worked.
>
> Not an accessible installation for me, I guess it was for you, did you
> use braille or was speach working for you - which must mean it's just
> my particular sound card, an Intel PCH ALC888.
>
> Best wishes to all,, Merry Christmas if you celebrate that holiday, which I do.
>
> David
>
>
>
> On Sat, Dec 25, 2021 at 2:32 PM Jude DaShiell <jdashiel@panix.com> wrote:
> >
> > The firmware had a date of 2021-12-08 on it.
> >
> >
> > On Sat, 25 Dec 2021, D.J.J. Ring, Jr. wrote:
> >
> > > What iso did you use?
> > >
> > > I just tried the latest firmware full size regular and live DVD iso files
> > > and neither correctly detects my analog soundcard which I use. But since I
> > > can see, I just continued with the installation, and when I rebooted I had
> > > screen reader in console.
> > >
> > > However the same /home partition I was using for Buster somehow has
> > > configuration files which break Xorg so I had to make a new user.
> > >
> > > Ho, ho, ho!
> > >
> > > David
> > >
> > > On Sat, Dec 25, 2021, 13:16 Jude DaShiell <jdashiel@panix.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > I tried installing deb-multimedia.org and pub keys weren't available at
> > > > least not on debian so then I did apt remove --purge pulseaudio and an apt
> > > > autoremove after that and now multimedia players work correctly. This was
> > > > a base install, no desktop and pulseaudio was installed for some reason
> > > > I don't know.
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
>
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