Re: Avoiding prompt if no sound card is detected speakup.synth=soft

[john doe <johndoe65534@mail.com>]

On 9/13/24 01:12, Samuel Thibault wrote:
> Hello,
>
> john doe, le jeu. 12 sept. 2024 11:25:34 +0200, a ecrit:
> > On 9/11/24 20:35, Philip Hands wrote:
> > > john doe <johndoe65534@mail.com> writes:
> > >
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > I'm trying to avoid that below prompt when preseeding with
> > > > http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/installer-amd64/current/images/netboot/gtk/netboot.tar.gz
> > > > :
> > > >
> > > > "No sound cart detected after 80 secs
> > > > Can not do software speech synthesis
> > > > press enter to continue anyway"
> > >
> > > Are you trying to do an automated install in speech mode?
> > >
> > > If you've completely automated the install, would if make sense to do it
> > > in the normal automated-install mode, but pre-seeding the things that
> > > will make the target include everything that will make it be speech
> > > enabled?
>
> I was thinking about it too.
>
> > That's my issue I have no idea what has been done to make Debian speak
> > after installation.
>
> It's the espeakup-udeb finish-install, it does its tweaks if a speech
> language was set with espeakup/voice. You can preseed
>
> espeakup/voice
>
> that does indeed trigger the finish-install tweaks.

Appreciate the feedback Philip and Samuel.

This is clearly a viable alternative, the only downside that I can see
is that I would need to know if a sound card is detected or not to know
what install method I should use.

When I install with speech support it will work regardless of if  a
sound  card is detected.

Granted, I ask for help instead of including the missing drivers into
the initrd! ;^)

--
John Doe