Thanks Alex. Under Debian-testing, build uploaded 2020/03/09: Mate speaks correctly. My first Linux desktop. I suspect Debian 10.3 would be fine. Gnome. Same failure result, speaks a few words then nothing. Enter, Alt+Tab, Super+Tab, Alt+F2 orca --replace, nothing.
I guess Debian's defaults are the defaults for a reason. Here I thought Gnome (Gnome 3) would have fewer bugs than Mate, a fork of Gnome 2. I can imagine an incompatibility, but orca under Gnome does speak a few words. I'd be willing to try some log collecting to perhaps diagnose Gnome 3. The Ubuntu 19.10 live CD has never spoken, considering their speech shortcut is Super+Alt+S, they are probably using a similar subsystem that just doesn't like my sound. On-board sound card: ROG SupremeFX 2015 8-Channel High Definition Audio CODEC Motherboard: Asus Maximus VIII GENE; Chipset: Intel Z170 Alan On 3/13/20, Alex ARNAUD <aarn...@hypra.fr> wrote: > Hello Alan, > > I see two options to try to figure out your issue the easiest way: > * To determine If it's a compatibility issue with your hardware could > you please try to install Debian Testing ? > * To check if it's a GNOME issues, could you please try to install Mate > instead of GNOME ? > > Best regards, > Alex. > > Le 13/03/2020 à 22:28, Alan Tu a écrit : >> Hello, I installed Debian 10.3 to a USB flash drive. The USB flash >> drive is a brand new, higher end Samsung USB, that I just bought for >> this purpose. >> >> This USB boots. I hear one beep (MBR boot?) then Orca speaks (or, I >> think its Orca): >> screen reader on, 13 push button [word] >> I missed the final word. I think "13" refers to the day of the month. >> >> Then the system stops responding. Enter, Super+Alt+S, Super+Tab, or >> Alt+Tab yield nothing. I think the system has frozen. >> >> This is not inside a virtual machine. The CPU is 64-bit, and I have 16 >> GB of RAM. >> >> When I was using the text installer, I chose Gnome (menu choice 2) >> along with SSH (11) and standard utilities (12). >> >> I believe I can find a way to mount the USB drive and review logs. >> What can I review to help narrow this down? >> >> Alan >> > >
