From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: by befuddled.reisers.ca (Postfix, from userid 65534) id 56EE81EFCEC; Wed, 31 Aug 2016 19:18:56 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mail-it0-x230.google.com (mail-it0-x230.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4001:c0b::230]) by befuddled.reisers.ca (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A25ED1EFCBA for ; Wed, 31 Aug 2016 19:18:54 -0400 (EDT) Received: by mail-it0-x230.google.com with SMTP id c198so13874753ith.1 for ; Wed, 31 Aug 2016 16:18:54 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:references:mime-version :content-disposition:content-transfer-encoding:in-reply-to :user-agent; bh=SN8ltwPz1ZwiLahtBpSCVj+X/6HoiUPdSt/pS//Rel4=; b=ZOVXiFxYxHbOdFXM/h1v6yUjdyMTrpR95gGqeCNjXxFbdcFyH6P1wJyGH5geKmyuM8 Lw+ZDwzlK7D4WG8ig7wTo7rfWcvk9iI/oWGcTWSasoRjbcrhxZeUoFfVr32uf00m1cjC dQEkPpEioVRiUXrLpOG91Rbi5X1kt8+wpoEPIM7gbzGBMWqlnEBrVvQCv/GjG7Bvlh+g jkKVluq2e583F44HyQaVgPj894CGfW6pcwKj4s6jL7LjxRPFxe7PhjOSMvgpXtaNQ9CK a4pEvGj3UL9zRS4Pv/ODXMk4bTx5CLc0BCNcZi7NFvvFrEvDe4argeBWEkeJoVa0aqWq 0Cfg== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:date:from:to:subject:message-id:references :mime-version:content-disposition:content-transfer-encoding :in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=SN8ltwPz1ZwiLahtBpSCVj+X/6HoiUPdSt/pS//Rel4=; b=gakwjew0Uk/UKrzMRaG9OzhgNna4tw3KzSg8cpdgF9NPaKKvQKThEjdfPx/UDobsoS zA2yuIGop3Zdh7i0bkJCXoiXqJc+T8esyZ3ioGnsNmr0PklQb4YhqG5z4JhSCt2Jv663 /hQ2vis1v6Vv6a46UuWmqgvfo4T2DVlu29Cyry5Z+cAfKWYSTgUyT/9jnczLLA14C79P emtN0WGwr1kx1x4dVKp7Wict3T20gIHmLczCc6BB0kqDM0MqVL0E7t6Y0hPUIODRPk+a HyXcnND2Mw/nqpJUgodD7gb9Gb/bLU9NKZtQUKzHdFQjEfQIJH01//kVULkjvHF5a0bo MjRg== X-Gm-Message-State: AE9vXwOUVXdBDjLZeZHnj1oJol7cC63cj/WiMm33lhXaEPrF8iojHYZYT1Nkro96nTBL4Q== X-Received: by 10.36.225.134 with SMTP id n128mr4140084ith.30.1472685534022; Wed, 31 Aug 2016 16:18:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost ([2602:306:30d2:9040::44]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id u185sm4826549itc.3.2016.08.31.16.18.53 for (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305 bits=256/256); Wed, 31 Aug 2016 16:18:53 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2016 19:18:52 -0400 From: Chuck Hallenbeck To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: greetings Message-ID: <20160831231852.GA3654@dell1.attlocal.net> References: <20160831190121.GA27647@dell1.attlocal.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.7.0 (2016-08-17) X-Bogosity: Ham, tests=bogofilter, spamicity=0.000000, version=1.2.4 X-BeenThere: speakup@linux-speakup.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.22 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: Wed, 31 Aug 2016 23:18:56 -0000 On Wed, Aug 31, 2016 at 12:10:07PM -0700, Zachary Kline wrote: > Dear Chuck, > > You missed some discussion on this a few weeks ago. > > To sum up, it’s a Portaudio bug which has been noticed thanks to an Alsa upgrade, and there is a temporary workaround. All you need to do is edit “espeakup.service,” or create a drop-in snippet. In the [Service] section, put the line > Environment=LIBASOUND_THREAD_SAFE=0 > > Case is important here, and the way I did it was to just do “sudo systemctl edit espeakup.service.” I hope this helps. > Best, > Zack. > > On Aug 31, 2016, at 12:01 PM, Chuck Hallenbeck wrote: > > > > Hello everyone, > > > > I've been away for some time, but have just resubscribed. > > I currently use ArchLinux on a Dell Optiplex 780, refurbished, from Amazon. > > Also still stubbornly using only command line interface, > > just can't warm up to a GUI. > > > > I'm Currently having an issue involving random failures of speech, > > and am able to restore speech by issuing two systemctl commands, > > one to stop espeakup.service, and the next to start it again. > > How can I get further information to narrow the problem down to > > espeakup, or speakup, or espeak? Recovery from the failures is reliable, > > but I'd rather find and fix the cause. > > > > Chuck > > > > > > -- > > Willoughby Ohio > > Temperature 75�F > > Conditions Light Rain > > The Moon is New > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 -- Willoughby Ohio Temperature 75F Conditions Overcast Dear Zach, I applied the steps you suggested, which resulted in the creation of the file: /etc/systemd/system/espeakup.service.d/override.conf with the single line you indicated should be added. However, I still get the speech failures, even after rebooting. Have I overlooked something? Chuck The Moon is New