* Sebastian Humenda <shume...@gmx.de> [2016-08-17 07:59 +0200]: > Hi, > > Elimar Riesebieter schrieb am 11.08.2016, 19:40 +0200: > >* Sebastian Humenda <shume...@gmx.de> [2016-08-10 20:30 +0200]: > > > >> Package: libasound2 > >> Version: 1.1.2 > >> Severity: serious > >> Tags: patch > >> Justification: breaks system for blind users [RC, stretch] > >> > >> After an upgrade to the specified version, BRLTTY starts up with speech > >> working > >> (brltty-espeak is using libao -> libasoun2), but speech stops working after > >> roughly a minute. The BRLTTY process is still running, but speech cannot be > >> brought back, only a restart of BRLTTY fixes this issue. All other > >> playback of > >> sound using ALSA works fine. Since it is not related to any changes in > >> BRLTTY > >> (tried several stable versions), the issue must be in libasound2. The > >> provided > >> patch fixes the issue reliably for me. > > > >Thanks for the patch. > The patch seems to introduce another issue. Aplay does not terminate after > playback and keeps the handle to the file open as well. I use aplay for > notifications on my system, so ended up with no free file descriptors after a > while. This behaviour is not present in the unpatched version. > Please let me know if there is anything else I can do.
So I cancelled the upload. I think we have to wait for a response from alsa-devel to Samuels post there. http://mailman.alsa-project.org/pipermail/alsa-devel/2016-August/111836.html Elimar -- You cannot propel yourself forward by patting yourself on the back.