From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: by befuddled.reisers.ca (Postfix, from userid 65534) id 1AACD1EFCBB; Fri, 27 May 2016 11:04:17 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mail-lb0-x235.google.com (mail-lb0-x235.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4010:c04::235]) by befuddled.reisers.ca (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 32D8E1EFC96 for ; Fri, 27 May 2016 11:04:15 -0400 (EDT) Received: by mail-lb0-x235.google.com with SMTP id k7so32472708lbm.0 for ; Fri, 27 May 2016 08:04:15 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to; bh=jKXX7b5UvIxZ9wIP8w6FlZRm3K15dXo4v8iOhi4qflE=; b=EJAt69yvOes4R5f6F3+TMvsoQeYgPUAqi5oQjAu+mZb7G9QSJKcE7YLwbSqzKSSR2z XerSS+f+rf2lt6uCsLwY6S7bAju7myUt7i+G/WQenvLGhx8yAfvBFNnEpu2DZZZPcorJ kEqb2CSTUhhyBwDp9+R/eI9bQfq2izKOL3ShdJINssJtWfEIN2TSPECl8vNtbJrWXA25 hCSYFmihSc37OJmnDqlTab7S1qrpVSrV1/BttqHMhIS1rlSeQh8lAy2SGH/oDv9axQzZ dUjcc7sQPYIBL7jLKWo+kUtOahbA5YGVM9NIYjEaV/zB4RvDBJsRrgejq7C8s30qi9/2 WQlA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to; bh=jKXX7b5UvIxZ9wIP8w6FlZRm3K15dXo4v8iOhi4qflE=; b=PopXjAEjPJOvqLZpeya0Ml7Xbsa/yQTRrDoegKOk9Z+eFduV0sQhxXcneEpbISu9cp RzFZ0cxqF0QJ1Ny9K9XWfMqx/vF2c3WALVCyPwh+sCIJ8FLBIFaGfIfurREQm5v9q71m H5AG0rOB9laqXGcTlCbXEM3jaxJB8lBuxQx4v84DM3XRQnHdatUNuDmT6nlsMwfNikhZ 59kc8qUWmqxoKbo664Bz6Ew0JIpJlgMkFY/sdIyI31MR2G98I8Vxf00dJww3RI9SqdY5 +NvOJxpdWW3IkTNfILmy6MVjh+hH/B3AvAmYo/I0bKUh1mtDpeeEe/MnK2wjAHAEmhJw efnA== X-Gm-Message-State: ALyK8tJsZBV+uxfpAkHrwdSlbd2qpGdV9BW08HH5mxGlqUenjlO2l/ycfx7RrqtxR7ynz2RjOU0HU/ruLvDniQ== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.112.126.230 with SMTP id nb6mr4503727lbb.11.1464361448125; Fri, 27 May 2016 08:04:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.25.18.205 with HTTP; Fri, 27 May 2016 08:04:07 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <8560eb0f-0638-510b-5c2d-1c1cf0e5f6bc@gmail.com> References: <78e290fd-ac88-1f6b-05e7-57ab429dfed4@gmail.com> <8560eb0f-0638-510b-5c2d-1c1cf0e5f6bc@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 27 May 2016 17:04:07 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: Re: espeakup From: Willem Venter To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 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: Fri, 27 May 2016 15:04:17 -0000 Can you get access to the files on the disk? You might try deleting some of the user pulseaudio configs. On 5/27/16, Mark Peveto wrote: > Oh, I'm sure it's good information, friend, I'm just not having much > luck. Think tha'ts more on my end. I'm not as good at this as I should be. > > Mark Peveto > Registered linux number 600552 > Sent from sonar using thunderbird. > > On 05/26/2016 02:11 PM, Willem Venter wrote: >> Hi. >> Pulseaudio takes complete control of the audio device, so when other >> devices try to use the soundcard through alsa things break. >> >> A work around I use is playing sound using dmix. This means a bit more >> processing and possibly a little latency for programs using pulse, but >> on the other hand it's better than broken sound. >> >> Remove package pulseaudio-alsa, which provides compatibility layer >> between ALSA applications and PulseAudio. After this your ALSA apps >> will use ALSA directly without being hooked by Pulse. >> Edit /etc/pulse/default.pa. >> Find and uncomment lines which load back-end drivers. Add device >> parameters as follows. Then find and comment lines which load >> autodetect modules. >> load-module module-alsa-sink device=dmix >> load-module module-alsa-source device=dsnoop >> # load-module module-udev-detect >> # load-module module-detect >> >> After rebooting pulseaudio won't grab the sound device, but instead >> plays it through dmix. >> >> hth >> Willem >> >> On 5/26/16, Mark Peveto wrote: >>> Here's the error I was talking about earlier. >>> >>> Back story: I'm trying to get console speech. Since i can't right now, >>> I'm doing this from a terminal, which reads badly. Once I type sudo >>> espeakup, it'll read the top of the console screen, and the login prompt >>> asking for a username. After that it gives an error which i'll post. I >>> know it's a pulseaudio problem. Most suggest I get rid of pulseaudio, >>> and if that's the only solution there is, I guess i'll have to, but that >>> creates more problems when it comes to having the system rediscover new >>> sound drivers. Long explanation short, it jacks things up! >>> >>> Error follows. >>> >>> [southernprince@roxie ~]$ sudo espeakup >>> [sudo] password for southernprince: >>> [southernprince@roxie ~]$ Assertion 'p' failed at pulse/simple.c:273, >>> function pa_simple_write(). Aborting. >>> >>> It should be noted here that the error does not appear until I start to >>> type. It reads the login prompt, and once i hit the s for >>> southernprinc, my username, the error appears. If I could figure out >>> how, I might turn keyecho off, which I wanna do anyway, but I don't know >>> if that'd help anything. >>> >>> There ya have it folks. >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 >