From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: by befuddled.reisers.ca (Postfix, from userid 65534) id 04DE61EFE30; Wed, 7 Sep 2016 14:14:45 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mail0205.smtp25.com (mail0205.smtp25.com [174.37.170.205]) by befuddled.reisers.ca (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3C0D21EFD7A for ; Wed, 7 Sep 2016 14:14:44 -0400 (EDT) Received: from ccs.covici.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ccs.covici.com (8.14.9/8.14.8) with ESMTP id u87IEeBv018876 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NOT) for ; Wed, 7 Sep 2016 14:14:40 -0400 Received: (from covici@localhost) by ccs.covici.com (8.14.9/8.13.7/Submit) id u87IEeVT018875; Wed, 7 Sep 2016 14:14:40 -0400 Date: Wed, 07 Sep 2016 14:14:40 -0400 Message-ID: From: John Covici To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: WARNING: Latest Linphone on Arch breaks device access In-Reply-To: <20160907173128.GC1838@opera.rednote.net> References: <20160907135053.GE1834@opera.rednote.net> <871t0vok6k.fsf@mushroom.localdomain> <20160907173128.GC1838@opera.rednote.net> User-Agent: Wanderlust/2.15.9 (Almost Unreal) SEMI-EPG/1.14.7 (Harue) FLIM/1.14.9 (=?ISO-8859-4?Q?Goj=F2?=) APEL/10.8 EasyPG/1.0.0 Emacs/25.1.50 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) MULE/6.0 (HANACHIRUSATO) Reply-To: covici@ccs.covici.com Organization: Covici Computer Systems MIME-Version: 1.0 (generated by SEMI-EPG 1.14.7 - "Harue") Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-SpamH-OriginatingIP: 70.109.53.110 X-SpamH-Filter: s-out-001.smtp25.com-u87IEe50007454 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, 07 Sep 2016 18:14:46 -0000 I think you can use names instead of numbers, maybe a different variable in your asoundrc. On Wed, 07 Sep 2016 13:31:28 -0400, Janina Sajka wrote: > > It was a great suggestion, Chris. Unfortunately, it seems there's yet > another bug in how alsa handles usb devices. > > I have 2 usb devices. No matter how I specify things, the card that gets > invoked is the first of those two. > > Now, if I were really clever, I suppose I'd know how to write udev rules > to insure that the Sennheiser gets a lower card ID than the C-Media > device. This really should be an exact science, but my experience says > it's anything but. > > Sigh. > > Janina > > Chris Brannon writes: > > Janina Sajka writes: > > > > > Hi, All: > > > > > > If you use Linphone on Arch, beware. The latest release built 31 August > > > introduced what for me is a showstopper bug. I'm referring to > > > Linphone-3.10.2-1. > > > > Hi Janina, > > I think I might have a solution for you. > > The only reason this will work is that you are using the headset for all > > three functions: ringer, playback, and capture. If you needed something > > fancier, this falls flat. > > You can set a specific default card for a given application using the > > ALSA_CARD environment variable. > > For instance, > > ALSA_CARD=Headset espeak 'Hello there.' > > should cause espeak to speak the string through your headset. > > So try setting ALSA_CARD when starting linphone. > > > > Now there's another problem in that Linphone seems to want to use > > pulseaudio for the default sound output. Can't help you with that one. > > Maybe the config file would at least let you specify alsa rather than > > pulse? > > > > -- Chris > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup@linux-speakup.org > > http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > -- > > Janina Sajka, Phone: +1.443.300.2200 > sip:janina@asterisk.rednote.net > Email: janina@rednote.net > > Linux Foundation Fellow > Executive Chair, Accessibility Workgroup: http://a11y.org > > The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) > Chair, Accessible Platform Architectures http://www.w3.org/wai/apa > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@linux-speakup.org > http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici covici@ccs.covici.com