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Bug#1085991: debian-cd: Speech installer: installer not started, though speech is active



Package: debian-cd
Version: 3.2.1
Severity: normal
Tags: d-i a11y
X-Debbugs-Cc: phil@hands.com
User: debian-qa@lists.debian.org
Usertags: openqa

Hello maintainers of the installer,

As seen on openQA, the speech version of the installer is currently not working.

When booting the daily netinst image, or a weekly live image (in a VM), the following is shown:

<quote>
Starting speech synthesis, please wait while we probe your sound card(s)...
Found 1 audio card(s), waiting for 1 more second for any other card...
Found 1 audio card(s).
</quote>

When I press a key, I can hear it being spoken, so the speech synthesiser is working properly. However, the installer is not started.

I've tried booting for 'espeak.synth=dummy' instead of 'soft' and then the installer offers me all the languages on the serial console.

Another thing that I tried:
* Boot the live image to the GUI (I tested XFCE)
* Switch to a console (Ctrl-Alt-F1)
* apt-get install espeakup
* Speech is now working (i.e. a keystroke is read aloud)

Judging from the history of the openQA builds [1] of the netinst image:
After #1081950 got fixed, the message 'E: unimplemented function' disappeared, but the installer still did not start. The oldest run on openQA for the netinst image is from 2024-09-24, this issue was already present by then.

For the live images, the last good build for trixie/testing is from
2024-09-18T20:19:20Z [2], the next build is from  2024-09-25T20:15:17Z [3].

For sid live images, I have a bit more history:
The last good build is 2024-09-14T08:19:04Z [4] and the next build is from 2024-09-15T08:14:02Z [5]

I hope this helps in finding the correct package and a possible fix.

With kind regards,
Roland Clobus

[1] https://openqa.debian.net/tests/317288#next_previous
[2] https://openqa.debian.net/tests/307111
[3] https://openqa.debian.net/tests/308963
[4] https://openqa.debian.net/tests/305595
[5] https://openqa.debian.net/tests/305932

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