I don't know for certain what the problem was. I ended up once I heard the name of the usb speakers logging in without sound then going into root account and deleting a couple alsa lock files then running alsamixer and hitting f6. Then I typed in the name for the usb speakers and hit enter followed by escape to return to root prompt. Then I did poweroff and booted the system again with the quarter inch jack speakers disconnected and the usb speakers proceeded to come up talking.
On Thu, 20 Aug 2020, Samuel Thibault wrote: > Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2020 17:33:52 > From: Samuel Thibault <sthiba...@debian.org> > To: Jude DaShiell <jdash...@panix.com> > Cc: debian-accessibility@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: debian speakers selection bug > Resent-Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2020 21:34:08 +0000 (UTC) > Resent-From: debian-accessibility@lists.debian.org > > Hello, > > Jude DaShiell, le ven. 14 ao?t 2020 19:26:48 -0400, a ecrit: > > You can install on any usb device you like but you must have the usb > > speakers disconnected and a traditional speaker set plugged into the > > system for the system to talk at all after first boot. > > I tried in qemu with a usb audio virtual device, and it went fine. > Perhaps there is something with your USB device that makes it disconnect > momentarily, and espeakup or pulseaudio doesn't manage to get it back. > > Samuel > > --
