speakfreely and the speakup reflector

speakfreely and the speakup reflector

[Chris Nestrud]

Hello all. I'm trying to get speakfreely compiled so I can chat on the
speakup reflector. This is redhat-6.2 with a soundblaster live and the
emu10k drivers from opensource.creative.com. Recording and playback from
other applications works with no problems, and speakfreely compiles with
no errors, but cores when I try to connect to the reflector. I'm using the
"reflector" script from ftp.braille.uwo.ca, slightly modified to use csh
instead of bash. I'm including it below. Any suggestions? I'm assuming
this is an audio issue, and not something to do with the reflector.

Chris

Script follows:
#!/bin/csh
echo "Attempting to connect."
setenv SPEAKFREE_LWL_TELL=lwl.braille.uwo.ca
setenv SPEAKFREE_ID="Chris"
sfspeaker -j -p4074 &
sfspeaker -j  &
sfmike -T lwl.braille.uwo.ca:4074

Re: speakfreely and the speakup reflector

[Kirk Reiser]

The one thing you didn't tell us is what happens when you run the
script?  Also, the -t flag is not strictly necessary. Your id variable
should have more data in it but that wouldn't cause you not to be able
to connect.

  Kirk

-- 

Kirk Reiser				The Computer Braille Facility
e-mail: kirk@braille.uwo.ca		University of Western Ontario
phone: (519) 661-3061

Re: speakfreely and the speakup reflector

[Chris Nestrud]

Actually, after a bit more testing... sfspeaker seems to work, but sfmike
dumps core as soon as it is run. It doesn't print out any
information. I've looked at the Makefile, but I don't see anything that
seems as-if it needs to be changed.

Chris



On 5 Jul 2000, Kirk Reiser wrote:

> The one thing you didn't tell us is what happens when you run the
> script?  Also, the -t flag is not strictly necessary. Your id variable
> should have more data in it but that wouldn't cause you not to be able
> to connect.
> 
>   Kirk
> 
> -- 
> 
> Kirk Reiser				The Computer Braille Facility
> e-mail: kirk@braille.uwo.ca		University of Western Ontario
> phone: (519) 661-3061
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Speakup mailing list
> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
> 

Re: speakfreely and the speakup reflector

[Chris Nestrud]

Victor,
I'm compiling it from the tar.gz source. I wasn't aware that rpm's
existed, but if they do, I'd imagine they were built with the standard
Makefile options. Still, it's something to look into. I have /dev/audio
and /dev/audio1, but perhaps that isn't useful for sfmike and it's coring
on that.

Chris



On Wed, 5 Jul 2000, Victor Tsaran wrote:

> Chris, are you compiling from .rpm files or from .tgz or .tar.gz? The
> problem is that Emu10k1 drivers use /dev/dsp to read and write the audiodata
> to and from. Speak_freely, however, uses /dev/audio to accomplish that.
> Kerry once suggested that I recompile Speak_freely to redirect its
> input&output to /dev/dsp by using the
> 
> LINEAR_NEEDED_DSP
> 
> parameter (or something of that sort, you will be able to uncomment it in
> the Makefile), but it worked for me only partially.  Let me know if you get
> it working finally.
> Regards,
> Vic
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Chris Nestrud" <cnestru@comp.uark.edu>
> To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2000 2:57 PM
> Subject: speakfreely and the speakup reflector
> 
> 
> > Hello all. I'm trying to get speakfreely compiled so I can chat on the
> > speakup reflector. This is redhat-6.2 with a soundblaster live and the
> > emu10k drivers from opensource.creative.com. Recording and playback from
> > other applications works with no problems, and speakfreely compiles with
> > no errors, but cores when I try to connect to the reflector. I'm using the
> > "reflector" script from ftp.braille.uwo.ca, slightly modified to use csh
> > instead of bash. I'm including it below. Any suggestions? I'm assuming
> > this is an audio issue, and not something to do with the reflector.
> >
> > Chris
> >
> > Script follows:
> > #!/bin/csh
> > echo "Attempting to connect."
> > setenv SPEAKFREE_LWL_TELL=lwl.braille.uwo.ca
> > setenv SPEAKFREE_ID="Chris"
> > sfspeaker -j -p4074 &
> > sfspeaker -j  &
> > sfmike -T lwl.braille.uwo.ca:4074
> >
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Speakup mailing list
> > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Speakup mailing list
> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
> 

Re: speakfreely and the speakup reflector

[Chris Nestrud]

It segmentation faults and also dumps core. It being sfmike.

Chris



On Wed, 5 Jul 2000, Jacob Schmude wrote:

> Hi
> 	Does it just dump core, or does it also give a segmentation fault?
> 
> 
> On Wed, 5 Jul 2000, Chris Nestrud wrote:
> 
> > Actually, after a bit more testing... sfspeaker seems to work, but sfmike
> > dumps core as soon as it is run. It doesn't print out any
> > information. I've looked at the Makefile, but I don't see anything that
> > seems as-if it needs to be changed.
> > 
> > Chris
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > On 5 Jul 2000, Kirk Reiser wrote:
> > 
> > > The one thing you didn't tell us is what happens when you run the
> > > script?  Also, the -t flag is not strictly necessary. Your id variable
> > > should have more data in it but that wouldn't cause you not to be able
> > > to connect.
> > > 
> > >   Kirk
> > > 
> > > -- 
> > > 
> > > Kirk Reiser				The Computer Braille Facility
> > > e-mail: kirk@braille.uwo.ca		University of Western Ontario
> > > phone: (519) 661-3061
> > > 
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > Speakup mailing list
> > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
> > > 
> > 
> > 
> > _______________________________________________
> > Speakup mailing list
> > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
> > 
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Speakup mailing list
> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
> 

Re: speakfreely and the speakup reflector

[Jacob Schmude]

Hi
	Does it just dump core, or does it also give a segmentation fault?


On Wed, 5 Jul 2000, Chris Nestrud wrote:

> Actually, after a bit more testing... sfspeaker seems to work, but sfmike
> dumps core as soon as it is run. It doesn't print out any
> information. I've looked at the Makefile, but I don't see anything that
> seems as-if it needs to be changed.
> 
> Chris
> 
> 
> 
> On 5 Jul 2000, Kirk Reiser wrote:
> 
> > The one thing you didn't tell us is what happens when you run the
> > script?  Also, the -t flag is not strictly necessary. Your id variable
> > should have more data in it but that wouldn't cause you not to be able
> > to connect.
> > 
> >   Kirk
> > 
> > -- 
> > 
> > Kirk Reiser				The Computer Braille Facility
> > e-mail: kirk@braille.uwo.ca		University of Western Ontario
> > phone: (519) 661-3061
> > 
> > _______________________________________________
> > Speakup mailing list
> > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
> > 
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Speakup mailing list
> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
> 

Re: speakfreely and the speakup reflector

[Victor Tsaran]

Chris, are you compiling from .rpm files or from .tgz or .tar.gz? The
problem is that Emu10k1 drivers use /dev/dsp to read and write the audiodata
to and from. Speak_freely, however, uses /dev/audio to accomplish that.
Kerry once suggested that I recompile Speak_freely to redirect its
input&output to /dev/dsp by using the

LINEAR_NEEDED_DSP

parameter (or something of that sort, you will be able to uncomment it in
the Makefile), but it worked for me only partially.  Let me know if you get
it working finally.
Regards,
Vic

----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Nestrud" <cnestru@comp.uark.edu>
To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2000 2:57 PM
Subject: speakfreely and the speakup reflector


> Hello all. I'm trying to get speakfreely compiled so I can chat on the
> speakup reflector. This is redhat-6.2 with a soundblaster live and the
> emu10k drivers from opensource.creative.com. Recording and playback from
> other applications works with no problems, and speakfreely compiles with
> no errors, but cores when I try to connect to the reflector. I'm using the
> "reflector" script from ftp.braille.uwo.ca, slightly modified to use csh
> instead of bash. I'm including it below. Any suggestions? I'm assuming
> this is an audio issue, and not something to do with the reflector.
>
> Chris
>
> Script follows:
> #!/bin/csh
> echo "Attempting to connect."
> setenv SPEAKFREE_LWL_TELL=lwl.braille.uwo.ca
> setenv SPEAKFREE_ID="Chris"
> sfspeaker -j -p4074 &
> sfspeaker -j  &
> sfmike -T lwl.braille.uwo.ca:4074
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Speakup mailing list
> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup

Re: speakfreely and the speakup reflector

[Christopher Moore]

Chris,
I have the sblive card and have had noproblems using speak-freely.  The
difference is that I am using alsa drivers which support full duplex and
midi.  If you need a hand, I can send you some config files.
 

73, Chris w1gm@sdf.lonestar.org
SDF Public Access UNIX System - http://sdf.lonestar.org

Re: speakfreely and the speakup reflector

[Kirk Reiser]

Hi Chris: I recomend you recompile and also check to make sure your
/dev/audio works as you suspect it does.  Speak freely uses the audio
device which is ulaw encoded and as Vick pointed out I couldn't get
the oss drivers working with his.  You might also want to get the alsa
drivers and utilities.  They work much nicer than the standard oss
stuff does.

Even if the oss drivers don't work though, you shouldn't be getting
segfaults.  The speak freely stuff pretty much compiles right out of
the box so you shouldn't have to make any changes to the Makefile
either.

  Kirk

-- 

Kirk Reiser				The Computer Braille Facility
e-mail: kirk@braille.uwo.ca		University of Western Ontario
phone: (519) 661-3061

Re: speakfreely and the speakup reflector

[Victor Tsaran]

Hi, Chris!
Could you please give me a hand on this?
Thanks,
Vic

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Christopher Moore" <w1gm@sdf.lonestar.org>
To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2000 11:56 PM
Subject: Re: speakfreely and the speakup reflector


> Chris,
> I have the sblive card and have had noproblems using speak-freely.  The
> difference is that I am using alsa drivers which support full duplex and
> midi.  If you need a hand, I can send you some config files.
>  
> 
> 73, Chris w1gm@sdf.lonestar.org
> SDF Public Access UNIX System - http://sdf.lonestar.org
> 
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Speakup mailing list
> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup