startw

#!/bin/bash
# Small startup script to initiate a gdm session with wayland in a screenreader-enabled environment
# or as gemini putit "A monument to our collective suffering."

# 0. The Vibe Check
# Cache your sudo password FIRST while your screen reader is still alive.
# If you fail this, the script dies so you don't get trapped in silence.
sudo -v || exit 1

# 1. Kill the kernel reader
sudo systemctl stop espeakup

# 2. Resurrect the Pipewire trash fire (as your user, obviously)
systemctl --user restart pipewire wireplumber

# Give the audio server a second to stop crying and wake up
sleep 2

# 3. Test it. Use -w so the script actually WAITS for it to finish speaking.
spd-say -w "Pipewire restarted successfully."

# 4. Summon the GNOME demon
sudo systemctl start gdm

# 5. Wait for the bloated mess to load
sleep 5

# 6. Hunt down the TTY. 
# The greeter runs under the 'gdm' user. Grab the TTY of its gnome-shell.
GDM_TTY=$(ps -u gdm -ho tty,comm | grep -m 1 gnome-shell | awk '{print $1}')

# Fallback just in case GNOME is being extra miserable today and already switched users
if [ -z "$GDM_TTY" ]; then
    GDM_TTY=$(ps -eo tty,comm | grep -m 1 '[g]nome-shell' | awk '{print $1}')
fi

# 7. Announce the damage
if [ -n "$GDM_TTY" ]; then
    # Usually outputs something like 'tty2', spd-say will just spell it out.
    spd-say -w "Greeter is on $GDM_TTY"
else
    spd-say -w "It broke. Have fun in the void."
fi