From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailhub-4.iastate.edu ([129.186.140.14]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1GDQc0-0007kY-00 for ; Wed, 16 Aug 2006 14:59:32 -0400 Received: from mailout-2.iastate.edu (mailout-2.iastate.edu [129.186.140.2]) by mailhub-4.iastate.edu (8.12.11.20060614/8.12.10) with SMTP id k7GIx1Pq010703 for ; Wed, 16 Aug 2006 13:59:01 -0500 Received: from (gene3.ait.iastate.edu [129.186.144.105]) by mailout-2.iastate.edu with smtp id 6f9d_256bfb3a_2d2f_11db_8524_001372578af6; Wed, 16 Aug 2006 08:57:24 -0500 Received: from gene3.ait.iastate.edu (really [127.0.0.1]) by gene3.ait.iastate.edu via in.smtpd with esmtp (ident collins using rfc1413) id (Debian Smail3.2.0.102) for ; Wed, 16 Aug 2006 13:58:02 -0500 (CDT) Message-Id: To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: speakfreely troubleshoot help please In-reply-to: Your message of Wed, 16 Aug 2006 18:03:53 +0100. <20060816170353.GA3248@bulldoghome.com> Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2006 13:58:02 -0500 From: "Gene Collins" X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.8rc1 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." 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, 16 Aug 2006 18:59:32 -0000 Hi Gena. It's not the pernmissions on your binaries, it's either the permissions on your audio devices in /dev, or you are using a sound card that needs the -dneeded-linear option. Look at the permissions on /dev/audio, and /dev/dsp0. Gene >Hi all > >For some time I've been trying to get speakfreely working on a lfs system. I as the user, is in the audio group and the sfmike etc binaries have the followi ng permisions: > > >-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 13402 2006-06-21 21:53 sfconvert >-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 36936 2006-06-04 21:30 sfecho >-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 8649 2006-06-21 21:53 sfinfo >-rwxr-xr-x 1 root audio 14672 2006-06-04 21:30 sflaunch >-rwxr-xr-x 1 root audio 10144 2006-06-04 21:30 sflwl >-rwxr-xr-x 1 root audio 18644 2006-06-04 21:30 sflwld >-rwxr-xr-x 1 root audio 125340 2006-06-04 21:30 sfmike >-rwxr-xr-x 1 root audio 45396 2006-06-04 21:30 sfreflect >-rwxr-xr-x 1 root audio 132052 2006-06-04 21:30 sfspeaker > >I can play audio files through ogg123 and mplayer etc but just get the followi ng error when I try to run speakfreely. From memery, it's a cvs version of spe akfreely and the changelog has this top line: > >2002-12-11 Wednesday 18:39 > >This is the error I get: > > > Gena Joyce >Talk: sfmike: unable to initialise audio. > Unable to initialise audio. > >This is a screenshot of having logged onto the reflector and initiating the wh o command, which only lists myself but when I tap the spacebar or someone talks it bails out. > >I can't seem to find any logs to which I can refer nor see what's wrong with m y permissions. Can anyone offer any ideas of what I haven't or have done that is causing this problem? > >Gena M0EBP > >root@orchid > >-- >Wow! Linux From Scratch > >_______________________________________________ >Speakup mailing list >Speakup@braille.uwo.ca http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup