From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Greylist: delayed 398 seconds by postgrey-1.34 at speech; Mon, 29 Oct 2012 11:49:04 EDT Received: from hapkido.dreamhost.com (hapkido.dreamhost.com [66.33.216.122]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7403CC1A119 for ; Mon, 29 Oct 2012 11:49:04 -0400 (EDT) Received: from homiemail-a3.g.dreamhost.com (mailbigip.dreamhost.com [208.97.132.5]) by hapkido.dreamhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 483871803B for ; Mon, 29 Oct 2012 08:42:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: from homiemail-a3.g.dreamhost.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by homiemail-a3.g.dreamhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 42AFD284081 for ; Mon, 29 Oct 2012 08:42:24 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=brannan.name; h=content-type :mime-version:subject:from:in-reply-to:date :content-transfer-encoding:message-id:references:to; q=dns; s= brannan.name; b=qnTBzxqQgcvUUqeTYoQXYkZuExTP1Xrkgw9yyX5GH6U+aL25 j4CGtWa1fGtUIrLK4f819WodEMEtGiV5BrbWQvdQFkoECcY4rdWBrXrGHZMjdppI Aevb5AC8D6eVqtwdVfhKKeMIM+dzY6njgBuDNcZSDZtQ4L3PYBh4xkRck8k= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=brannan.name; h= content-type:mime-version:subject:from:in-reply-to:date :content-transfer-encoding:message-id:references:to; s= brannan.name; bh=NUedYS+jgZUaYgFQHWAXKlGFXUs=; b=soz32WQvUyBrgp9 5BdYMOVe5f6iTDEWnbysBwoi0GKXu3mL/ah3rimYo2q7F5zmifwK69VlwqI+HNgl 4pujiovVSvihjRTFstt10ctLDU+ydF3HpM4ySOXjO5KSsOZeRVdOc+lO1xBnZCFh dIa9B466jT4auIHl2M1fNio+RDRM= Received: from [192.168.1.105] (cpe-107-9-193-45.neo.res.rr.com [107.9.193.45]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: buddy@brannan.name) by homiemail-a3.g.dreamhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 04F5A284076 for ; Mon, 29 Oct 2012 08:42:23 -0700 (PDT) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 6.2 \(1499\)) Subject: Re: arch installation From: Buddy Brannan In-Reply-To: <507D3B66.7050709@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2012 11:42:20 -0400 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: References: <6479E2B3-BB50-4B9B-8352-1087E06924EB@gmail.com> <507C6FD6.2080804@mjw.se> <507C72A3.6000605@mjw.se> <507C94BB.7070607@gmail.com> <507D00B2.7020206@mjw.se> <507D3B66.7050709@gmail.com> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1499) X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2012 15:49:04 -0000 Howdy, OK, I'm diving back in and thought I'd play with Archlinux. Did = Slackware years and years ago, am familiar with Debian (but doesn't have = software speakup on the install CD, I don't think), and, yeah. I needed = another challenge. So I have this Samsung netbook. Just for simplicity, I set up sda2 as = Linux file system and sda3 as swap. sda1 is the Samsung recovery = partition, which has Windows XP image on it, and I figured I'd better = keep that for just in case. So never mind it. So I put the talking arch on a 4gb USB drive. It boots. It's fantastic. = I followed the directions, all a piece of cake, more or less. I got a = system installed. I stuck a line in stab for the swap partition because = there didn't seem to be such a line in it. I created an rc.conf because = there wasn't one, and just had the line for=20 MODULES=3D(speakup speakup_soft) DAEMONS=3D(alsa espeakup) Rebooting, the system appears to bootto a login: prompt, but no speech.=20= I'm fairly sure I didn't miss a step. Iwent through it twice. Yes, I = saved the alas state. Yes, I did the syslinux boot thing. There is an = rc.d but there was no rc.conf or rc.local or any other rc.* files. = Possibly no network connectivity, but no way to be certain.=20 Any guidance would be appreciated.=20 -- Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA Phone: (814) 860-3194 or 888-75-BUDDY On Oct 16, 2012, at 6:48 AM, Kyle wrote: > According to mattias: > # so /arch/setup are replaced by packstrap correct? >=20 > Mostly correct. /arch/setup is replaced by arch-install-scripts, which = include pacstrap, genfstab and arch-chroot. More info about how to use = the Arch install scripts to bootstrap an Arch system, either from the = install media or from an existing system is available from the = installation guide at > https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Installation_guide > ~Kyle > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup