From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: by befuddled.reisers.ca (Postfix, from userid 65534) id F25A61EF859; Thu, 31 Dec 2015 15:13:23 -0500 (EST) Received: from mailbackend.panix.com (mailbackend.panix.com [166.84.1.89]) by befuddled.reisers.ca (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A66331EF806 for ; Thu, 31 Dec 2015 15:13:22 -0500 (EST) Received: from panix1.panix.com (panix1.panix.com [166.84.1.1]) by mailbackend.panix.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id E0344172C5; Thu, 31 Dec 2015 15:13:19 -0500 (EST) Received: by panix1.panix.com (Postfix, from userid 20712) id CCA3514B9A; Thu, 31 Dec 2015 15:13:19 -0500 (EST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by panix1.panix.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id CBF5314B7F; Thu, 31 Dec 2015 15:13:19 -0500 (EST) Date: Thu, 31 Dec 2015 15:13:19 -0500 (EST) From: Jude DaShiell To: Glenn , "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: Installing Debian Jessie under Uefi; installer does not speak In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: <001401d14404$3757bd70$a6073850$@orcon.net.nz> User-Agent: Alpine 2.11 (NEB 23 2013-08-11) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Bogosity: Ham, tests=bogofilter, spamicity=0.000000, version=1.2.4 X-BeenThere: speakup@linux-speakup.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 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: Thu, 31 Dec 2015 20:13:24 -0000 This needs to be reported to debian-accessibility and a bug report needs filing as well. On Thu, 31 Dec 2015, Glenn wrote: > Date: Thu, 31 Dec 2015 15:01:58 > From: Glenn > To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. > Subject: Re: Installing Debian Jessie under Uefi; installer does not speak > > I just got a new computer with UEFI, and I used sighted assistance to > disable it in the BIOS, and to activate legacy boot. > Also, if you want to change the boot order, such as setting the SATA drive > as the last option, you can do that at this time, and with some systems, it > will not show other options unless you have them plugged in at this time. > For example, I did not have the SD boot option until I went into boot > settings in BIOS with the SD card plugged in. > HTH. > Glenn > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Marcel Oats" > To: > Sent: Thursday, December 31, 2015 1:48 PM > Subject: Installing Debian Jessie under Uefi; installer does not speak > > > Hi, this has probably been asked previously: I have a system that will only > boot using Uefi (don't ask) and it seems that the dvd's boot screen appears, > according to someone with sight, but when typing the s option, it is > ignored? The installer appears, and indeed the installation can be completed > with a braille display. Oh, when a USB soundcard is connected (just in case > the system's card isn't detected) no sound is heard either. > > Speakup comes up on a machine that has legacy boot available, and indeed, we > even get the beep from the boot loader. How can we get speakup to run during > the installer, assuming that such an option is available anyway? > > The image was downloaded from the website, and was located at > http://gemmei.acc.umu.se/debian-cd/8.2.0/amd64/iso-dvd/ > Sorry to sound dum and so forth. > Marcel > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@linux-speakup.org > http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@linux-speakup.org > http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup --