Re: Fenrir

["Andrew M.A. Cater" <amacater@einval.com>]

On Thu, Jul 24, 2025 at 11:19:02AM -0500, K0LNY ?? wrote:
> Hello Group,
> I have a KickPI, which is an off-brand of RaspberryPI.

The KickPi has *nothing* to do with Raspberry Pi. The chief products
they ship seem to be TV set top boxes running on Android.

They're using different chipsets to the Pi. Their forum no longer 
appears to be linked.

> It only has two images for use, not counting Android.
> Ubuntu Jammy desktop and the server version of Ubuntu.
> I couldn't get Orca to work on the desktop, because it seems audio did not want to work on desktop apps.
> I could get audio in the CLI though, just not for Orca.
> I installed Mate, and it didn't help.
> So now I'm using the Ubuntu Jammy server.
> I installed Fenrir, but it does not work, or if it  is, I don't hear it.
> Sound is otherwise working.
> I just did
> sudo apt install fenrir
> I installed Voxin prior to installing fenrir, so there is a TTS for it.
> Any ideas?
> Thanks.
> 

Respectfully, this has nothing to do with Debian or Debian-provided
software. Please take it up with the vendor for their support.

There are hundreds of Chinese vendors selling boards and devices like this.
Often they are not certified in any way and are sold as "for development".
Often the vendor provides a customised kernel image and a snapshot of 
a Debian or an Ubuntu image with no guarantee that these can be updated.

Armbian is a Debian rebuild generally using the vendor's BSP (Board
Support Package) kernel and firmware.

Maybe come back for Debian support with a Debian-supported device? 
To some extent, you get what you pay for in this and it is likely that
no-one else will have this device..
> 
All the very best, as ever

Andy Cater
(amacater@debian.org)


> 
> It used to be wine, women, and song,
> Now it's beer, the old lady, and TV.
> 
> Glenn K0LNY & WSAT439