From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: by befuddled.reisers.ca (Postfix, from userid 65534) id 7B17B1EFEA2; Tue, 8 Nov 2016 19:29:33 -0500 (EST) Received: from vserver.gregn.net (vserver.gregn.net [IPv6:2607:f2f8:a260::2]) by befuddled.reisers.ca (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 240181EFE6B for ; Tue, 8 Nov 2016 19:29:31 -0500 (EST) Received: from vbox.gregn.net (unknown [IPv6:2001:470:d:6c5:2901:b488:95fc:b512]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by vserver.gregn.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 047699E0 for ; Tue, 8 Nov 2016 16:29:29 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; d=gregn.net; s=default; t=1478651369; bh=+bHKxnhzwC/bxQAA5ZwMd1cQd9PnozIan32IA8KGuI0=; h=Date:From:To:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=CKvnxLcx0XoAayONdXqnlWuDfjcIKGfMICL9WRZrYm0adcP45IawbzT2PuojghEvR 1EF0Lf4yALCkp2MIH2uD681jeoy01wsBFhTel9HrC4KbKZKAWPJFDEq7h3lnF2xSdJ Pl0Tq2baIxxzIz2/8uyKzdu3bnLpBgbB/nF5C6Gu+1+RNa79cESdzwQXvlzRHBdubd T7SO+Qva0pbsD3RLNm+pB0+J1FnonfYJSxYKL9LikJbHtoNZC7Gw6yVg7331JFmMPX K2FHQ/aT6E6GJUSQ63PBZGfoV1qMsZObZrwyXALxg7kl12aj2Z7hYhkii0tQ0pNkfz VtiXk+G2NUOWw== Received: from greg by vbox.gregn.net with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1c4Glb-0002pr-KG for speakup@linux-speakup.org; Tue, 08 Nov 2016 17:29:27 -0700 Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2016 17:29:27 -0700 From: Gregory Nowak To: speakup@linux-speakup.org Subject: Re: Starting Speakup on a Debian Virtual Machine Message-ID: <20161109002927.GB8062@gregn.net> References: <6c71d677-04c9-4342-1186-efc0231c7760@math.wisc.edu> <20161031004932.GA24772@gregn.net> <20161104045834.GA11799@gregn.net> <20161105230342.GA25531@gregn.net> <20562990-3dba-96cf-06ef-fb54ffe3251e@gmail.com> <5eb9c8a8-ddc3-8f12-40d5-a6708762815a@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <5eb9c8a8-ddc3-8f12-40d5-a6708762815a@gmail.com> X-PGP-Key: http://www.gregn.net/pubkey.asc User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.99.2 at vserver X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Bogosity: Ham, tests=bogofilter, spamicity=0.000000, version=1.2.4 X-BeenThere: speakup@linux-speakup.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 09 Nov 2016 00:29:33 -0000 The OP was asked earlier in the thread if sounds besides espeak could be played/heard, and the answer was yes. So, I for one assumed until this point that whatever the issue is, it isn't an install that doesn't boot. Greg On Tue, Nov 08, 2016 at 01:21:18PM -0600, jeremy wrote: > Nah, I'd just used the shortcut key to power on the vm and then the > shortcut to send input over to it. As far as any output, it was all > being sent to the vm's display. Either way, from the very little I > could see on the vm's window, it was pretty obvious that Linux was > never actually booting. After I'd power it on, it would take me to > something that looked like a grub menu and then right afterwards, > have a tiny bit of text in the top left corner that would never > change. Typically, on any other Linux installation inside VMWare, > once the grub menu displays and you make a selection, you'd see a > great deal of text scroll on the display. This scrolling would > normally take at least a few seconds and then either stop or clear > out when it reaches the end, leaving you with the login area where > you enter your username and password. > I'd also tried to do the same installation outside of VMWare player > and everything worked as I'd expect it to, so I figured it was > something caused by VMWare itself. > I figured it was worth mentioning here in this thread, as if it is > the same problem, Debian failing to boot, it would certainly explain > why there's no speech. :) > Take care. -- web site: http://www.gregn.net gpg public key: http://www.gregn.net/pubkey.asc skype: gregn1 (authorization required, add me to your contacts list first) If we haven't been in touch before, e-mail me before adding me to your contacts. -- Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager@EU.org