Sorry, instead of: /etc/pulse/asound.conf please read: /etc/pulse/client.conf
Didier Le 04/01/2018 à 23:06, Linux for blind general discussion a écrit : > Hello Jude, > > Le 04/01/2018 à 04:15, Linux for blind general discussion a écrit : >> Jude DaShiell here, I haven't got the rc3 iso on drive here any longer >> so can't check it myself. That'll teach me to hold on to current rc >> and one past rc or current release and one past recent rc. > > Don't be sorry, what we need to do is find how to improve the current > situation if possible. > > I would like to test the assumption that the issue comes from spawning > pulseaudio in text mode, although espeak don't use it as it is built > against portaudio instead. > > If you are kind enough to hep me on that, please do this: > 1) Edit as root the file: > /etc/pulse/asound.conf, replacing in it this line: > autospawn=yes > by this one: > autospawn=no > 2) Make sure you will login next time in text mode typing as root this > command: > login-chooser text > Then reboot. > > Let me know if that makes a difference, for better or worse. > > Caveat: If I do that here, then the first time I type startx mate > doesn't speak at first, I don't know why. If that occurs, just press > Alt+F2 to bring up a Run menu and type: > orca -r > This should restart orca. > > Thanks in advance and best regards, > > Didier > http://slint.fr > > PS If there is an improvement, we will still have to deal with the > potential caveats associated with such a change. > >> On Wed, 3 Jan 2018, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: >> >>> Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2018 12:49:08 >>> From: Linux for blind general discussion <[email protected]> >>> To: Linux for blind general discussion <[email protected]> >>> Subject: Re: slint release install findings >>> >>> Hello Jude, >>> >>> Did this issue occur since RC3 or since the final release? >>> >>> I ask because I see this in the ChangeLog, cf. >>> http://slackware.uk/slint/x86_64/slint-14.2.1/ChangeLog.txt >>> cut here >>> Monday 27 November 2017 >>> Note: this batch of updates is the last applied in slint64-14.2.1RC3. >>> espeak-1.48.04-x86_64-4slint.txz: Rebuilt. >>> Use portaudio as backend to allow using orca in parallel without >>> having to start pulseaudio system wide. >>> portaudio-v19-x86_64-2slint: Re-added and rebuilt. >>> Dependency of espeak. >>> cut here >>> >>> other than that the espeak version didn't change. >>> >>> If that was also the case in RC3, I could rebuild an espeak >>> package with pulseaudio as backend that you could test. >>> >>> I would also be curious to know if this issue occurs for >>> other users. >>> >>> Greetings, >>> >>> Didier >>> >>> Le 03/01/2018 ? 17:56, Linux for blind general discussion a ?crit?: >>>> This is Jude here.? I haven't tried most yet and will do that next. This >>>> problem happens with or without usb speakers attached, so the usb speakers >>>> are not at fault here.? Had speakup for console got a version change that >>>> hadn't happened in the release candidates?? If that did happen, a possible >>>> regression in speakup could be the culprit. >>>> >>>> On Wed, 3 Jan 2018, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: >>>> >>>>> Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2018 04:23:10 >>>>> From: Linux for blind general discussion <[email protected]> >>>>> To: [email protected] >>>>> Subject: Re: slint release install findings >>>>> >>>>> Hello, >>>>> >>>>> Could you please indicate your first name when posting? I am not >>>>> comfortable speaking to anonymous and this list don't preserve senders' >>>>> address. >>>>> >>>>> You can increase swap, but I doubt that changes something as the system >>>>> should need less RAM in console mode that in graphical mode, at least if >>>>> you? use startx to start mate. >>>>> >>>>> I will try to investigate on the sound issue, however I don't have USB >>>>> speakers to try. >>>>> >>>>> Does the same issue occur if you use another page like most instead of >>>>> less? >>>>> >>>>> About the installation logs, they go in /dev/tty4, that you can hear >>>>> during installation typing Alt+F4 >>>>> >>>>> However, this is not very useful as you can't scroll. >>>>> >>>>> This is set in /etc/syslog.conf in the installer, so could be changed >>>>> there. >>>>> >>>>> When the system is running the logs go partly in /var/log/syslog, partly >>>>> in /var/log/messages, both are text files readable by root. >>>>> >>>>> You can also type as root dmesg|less or dmesg|most to check the messages >>>>> from starting the system. >>>>> >>>>> Thanks for your reports so far. >>>>> >>>>> Greetings, >>>>> >>>>> Didier >>>>> >>>>> Le 03/01/2018 ? 08:09, Linux for blind general discussion a ?crit?: >>>>>> I just had an idea and it will take another slint install to test it. >>>>>> Could swap partition size be under-stated for screen readers?? I have a >>>>>> root partition of 1996GB and a linux-swap partition of 4GB and available >>>>>> memory on the machine ram is 1GB.? I'll try taking the swap partition >>>>>> size up and see if this problem goes away. >>>>>> >>>>>> On Wed, 3 Jan 2018, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2018 02:03:31 >>>>>>> From: Linux for blind general discussion <[email protected]> >>>>>>> To: Linux for blind general discussion <[email protected]> >>>>>>> Subject: Re: slint release install findings >>>>>>> >>>>>>> When I ran the slint release earlier it was on only one set of speakers. >>>>>>> Adding the usb speaker set to the system had no effect on speech output >>>>>>> quality. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Wed, 3 Jan 2018, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> ?Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2018 01:34:10 >>>>>>>> ?From: Linux for blind general discussion <[email protected]> >>>>>>>> ?To: [email protected] >>>>>>>> ?Subject: slint release install findings >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> ?speech in console mode with mate as default graphical user interface >>>>>>>> ?dstarts sounding choked shortly after login.? Speech in graphical mode >>>>>>>> ?once startx gets run has no such problems.? To reproduce just run >>>>>>>> less on >>>>>>>> ?a document that's a few screens long and listen to the speech.? >>>>>>>> flushing >>>>>>>> ?speakup has very temporary improvement of speech before speech goes >>>>>>>> back >>>>>>>> ?to sounding choked. >>>>>>>> ?One thing that may be useful for slint in future is to have ability to >>>>>>>> ?preserve installation logs which also detect hard? I have two sets of >>>>>>>> ?speakers on this computer and will try disconnecting usb speakers and >>>>>>>> see >>>>>>>> ?if that helps speakup work better. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> ?-- >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> ?_______________________________________________ >>>>>>>> ?Blinux-list mailing list >>>>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>>>> ?https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Blinux-list mailing list >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Blinux-list mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list >> > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list [email protected] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list
