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List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 07 Nov 2016 21:08:15 -0000 How are you booting the machine and can you shell into it from another computer? Once you shell in, it will be much easier to figure out what is going wrong. On Mon, 07 Nov 2016 15:15:38 -0500, jeremy wrote: > > Kind of a strange question, but I'd make sure that you are > actually able to boot into the new system, once you've finished > up with the install. I have absolutely no clue why, but the last > time I tried a Debian 8 install inside vmware, using the normal > text installer from the net install cd, I never could get it to > boot. I don't have enough site to be able to see what's actually > on the screen, but it certainly wasn't getting beyond just a > second or two after powering on the vm. > > With any other distribution I've tried there, it worked great, so > I never could quite understand why the latest debian was giving > me issues with VMWare. That would certainly explain why you had > no speech on starting it up and why none of your commands seem to > work. haha > Don't know if it matters or even if it's what's behind your > issue, but I was trying it on the latest VMWare player with > windows7 as the host. > > On 11/7/2016 1:56 PM, Hunter Hoke wrote: > > Whoops. I also tried it as root and nothing happened. > > > > On 11/5/16, Gregory Nowak wrote: > >> On Sat, Nov 05, 2016 at 04:58:49PM -0400, Hunter Hoke wrote: > >>> I used the installation speech with espeak. > >> Yes, I realize that, but you didn't answer my question which I left > >> intact below. > >> > >> Greg > >> > >> > >>> On 11/4/16, Gregory Nowak wrote: > >>>> On Thu, Nov 03, 2016 at 11:00:13PM -0400, Hunter Hoke wrote: > >>>>> I did. I typed Espeak hello, and nothing happened. > >>>> Logged in as root, or a normal user? If logged in as a normal user, > >>>> try it as root. If that works, then your problem is likely with > >>>> pulseaudio. If it doesn't work as root, then I'm not sure what the > >>>> problem could be. > >>>> > >>>> Greg > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> 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 > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> 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 > >> -- > >> 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 > >> _______________________________________________ > >> 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@linux-speakup.org > http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici covici@ccs.covici.com