When you run genkernel include the '--menuconfig' option then look for the kernel options I mentioned in my previous email. That should be it.
On Thu, 8 May 2014 07:33:47 -0400 "Hunter Jozwiak" <[email protected]> wrote: > When you say "enable in the kernel", do you refer to recompiling the > genkernel, with the features turned on, or editing /etc/conf.d/modules? The > former I have no clue how to do, the latter is a bit easier. I guess it's > the former, since I edited the modules file with the needed lines, and it > didn't work. > > -----Original Message----- > From: likewhoa [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Sunday, May 04, 2014 2:18 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [gentoo-accessibility] Speakup Issue > > Hunter, what you need to enable in your kernel is the following options. > > 1. CONFIG_SPEAKUP > 2. CONFIG_SPEAKUP_SYNTH_SOFT or whatever your synthesizer is you should have > many options in there. > > After this is done emerge espeakup should work. > > > On Sat, 3 May 2014 12:54:35 -0400 > Hunter Jozwiak <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I wrote that line in, but it did not fix anything. The emerge error > > for espeakup said something about "config_speakup" and > > "config_speakup_soft" not in the kernal, is that what you meant? Sorry > > for the late response. > > > > On 4/26/14, William Hubbs <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 12:52:43PM -0400, Hunter Jozwiak wrote: > > >> Hi all. I've been installing a Gentoo box as a hobby for the past > > >> two weeks, and I'm stuck at the reboot. I've stuck with open-rc and > > >> followed the manual through, but I can't get espeakup to work. When > > >> I emerge it, I get a warning about speakup.synth=soft not being in > > >> my kernel. So I think, okay, I'll emerge speakup and see what > > >> happens. No > > >> go: the Speakup is too old for the kernel. The kernel I compiled is > > >> a genkernel, because I didn't see the kernel maker to be real > > >> accessible, because I couldn't tell whether anything was checked or > > >> not. So, how can I get espeakup to function properly? > > > > > > The first thing is that you do not emerge speakup; you need to > > > configure it in your kernel. It is part of the staging drivers. > > > > > > Try adding this line to /etc/conf.d/modules: > > > > > > modules="speakup_soft" > > > > > > If you have espeakup installed and you are using the default kernel > > > configuration, this should work. > > > > > > William > > > > > > > > > > > -- > likewhoa <[email protected]> > > > -- likewhoa <[email protected]>
