Hello Continuation of my problems with 9.04 (Jaunty).
I've stopped using the talking install option, since it left me with high speed speech, which I could not at the time resolve. Using the accessibility profile: If I install from the live CD, I get the high speed speech. However, if I install from the live CD, and do a purge of pulseaudio (which removes ubuntu-desktop), I get a fully functioning orca. Now, interestingly, even doing that, there appears to be a pulse running at some level, so not sure what's up with that. The third option: I can install from the LiveCD without purging pulseaudio, and get the highspeed speech. If I then purge pulseaudio, I have normal speed speech again. A dist-upgrade still breaks everything (sound goes away completely), somewhere shortly after the configuration of the Ekiga softphone takes place. It may be a laptop hardware oddity, but the startup (post-login) sound clip sometimes skips a little. It did it on the live CD about 70% of the times I booted that CD (which I did about 20 times in the past few days). Luke On Fri, 18 Dec 2009, Nimer Jaber wrote: > You can start orca after it logs you on and the log on sound is heard by > pressing alt+f2 and typing orca. You can invoke it from the virtual consol as > well. > > Thanks > Nimer J > > Nimer M. Jaber > > The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which > it > is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any > review, > retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in > reliance > upon this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient > is > prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender via reply > e-mail, and delete the > material from any computer. > > Phone: > (720) (251-4530) > > > luke Davis wrote: > > It's been a while since I did this: what is the method to start orca in > > the regular install? > > As simple as going to a virtual console and invoking it? > > I tried an alt-F2 during the install just for kicks, and it failed to > > invoke a run dialog. > > > > Yes, I can try it, but not until later in the day--my time is up, and I > > have to go with what I have, which is having to run from the jaunty live > > CD, and hope that I don't need anything I can't do from an ssh connection > > from gnome-terminal. > > I should have a few hours downtime during the day, and will try it then. > > > > Thank you for your advice. > > > > Luke > > > > On Fri, 18 Dec 2009, Nimer Jaber wrote: > > > > > Can you try an installation of ubuntu with the regular profile where you > > > purge pulseaudio before starting the install or after installation > > > commences? > > > > > > Thanks > > > Nimer J > > > > > > Nimer M. Jaber > > > > > > The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to > > > which > > > it > > > is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any > > > review, > > > retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in > > > reliance > > > upon this information by persons or entities other than the intended > > > recipient > > > is > > > prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender via > > > reply > > > e-mail, and delete the > > > material from any computer. > > > > > > Phone: > > > (720) (251-4530) > > > > > > > > > luke Davis wrote: > > > > Those were exactly the keystrokes used, and their effect was visually > > > > verified when I started the installation. > > > > > > > > All of the .pulse files appeared; and the dbus launches of pulse-session > > > > were running; and purgeing pulseaudio made alsa think there was no sound > > > > card, so I would say that pulse was definitely installed. > > > > > > > > Luke > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, 18 Dec 2009, Nimer Jaber wrote: > > > > > > > > > Then you shouldn't have to disable pulseaudio, as by default, 9.04 > > > > > uses > > > > > alsaaudio. Is it possible that the accessibility profile didn't get > > > > > applied? > > > > > On boot, enter for English, f5, 3, enter, enter should get you an > > > > > accessibility profile. Otherwise, just use the regular profile and > > > > > remove > > > > > or > > > > > purge pulseaudio. > > > > > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > Nimer J > > > > > > > > > > Nimer M. Jaber > > > > > > > > > > The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity > > > > > to > > > > > which > > > > > it > > > > > is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. > > > > > Any > > > > > review, > > > > > retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action > > > > > in > > > > > reliance > > > > > upon this information by persons or entities other than the intended > > > > > recipient > > > > > is > > > > > prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender > > > > > via > > > > > reply > > > > > e-mail, and delete the > > > > > material from any computer. > > > > > > > > > > Phone: > > > > > (720) (251-4530) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > luke Davis wrote: > > > > > > If by accessibility profile, you mean hitting F5, 3, enter before > > > > > > installing, then yes, I did that. > > > > > > > > > > > > Luke > > > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, 18 Dec 2009, Nimer Jaber wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I assume you didn't install using the accessibility profile? If > > > > > > > so, do > > > > > > > you > > > > > > > have the option or reinstalling? If so, try with the accessibility > > > > > > > profile. > > > > > > > You can try purging pulseaudio, but doing a dist-upgrade seemingly > > > > > > > messed > > > > > > > up > > > > > > > your system. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > > Nimer J > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Nimer M. Jaber > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The information transmitted is intended only for the person or > > > > > > > entity > > > > > > > to > > > > > > > which > > > > > > > it > > > > > > > is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged > > > > > > > material. > > > > > > > Any > > > > > > > review, > > > > > > > retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any > > > > > > > action > > > > > > > in > > > > > > > reliance > > > > > > > upon this information by persons or entities other than the > > > > > > > intended > > > > > > > recipient > > > > > > > is > > > > > > > prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the > > > > > > > sender > > > > > > > via > > > > > > > reply > > > > > > > e-mail, and delete the > > > > > > > material from any computer. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Phone: > > > > > > > (720) (251-4530) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > luke Davis wrote: > > > > > > > > Update: I will still get this if I re-install, which I may do. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > However for now, I have dist-upgraded within jaunty. At that, > > > > > > > > orca > > > > > > > > produced no sound at all. > > > > > > > > I installed sox, and trying to play an mp3 file got me no sound > > > > > > > > at > > > > > > > > all. > > > > > > > > I installed aumixer, and changed the system volume from 0 to > > > > > > > > 100. > > > > > > > > The mp3 plaied, but orca still wouldn't speak. Rebooting yet > > > > > > > > again > > > > > > > > got > > > > > > > > me > > > > > > > > a system with seemingly no sound. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > So maybe 9.04 is not as functional as I thought. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > figuring I have nothing to lose, I am purging pulseaudio. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Luke > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, 18 Dec 2009, luke Davis wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hello > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I have recently had to reinstall Ubuntu on my laptop, and went > > > > > > > > > with > > > > > > > > > 9.04. > > > > > > > > > Starting to regret it, since I wanted LVM, but the installer > > > > > > > > > doesn't > > > > > > > > > include it, but that's neither here nor there. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > My urgent usability problem is: orca is starting when I alt-F2 > > > > > > > > > and > > > > > > > > > type > > > > > > > > > orca, but it says everything at an incomprehensible high > > > > > > > > > speed, as > > > > > > > > > described previously on this list. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I have tried the "touch ~/.pulse_a11y_nostart" solution > > > > > > > > > oft-described > > > > > > > > > on > > > > > > > > > these lists, but it had absolutely no effect. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I need this laptop for a job in a few hours--are there any > > > > > > > > > other > > > > > > > > > solutions > > > > > > > > > which might be implemented, since the touch option doesn't > > > > > > > > > work? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > an "ls .pulse*" gets: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > .pulse_a11y_nostart .pulse-cookie > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > .pulse: > > > > > > > > > 1f9aa7f71fe9e9c03ed0552a4b2b0d12:default-sink > > > > > > > > > 1f9aa7f71fe9e9c03ed0552a4b2b0d12:default-source > > > > > > > > > 1f9aa7f71fe9e9c03ed0552a4b2b0d12:device-volumes.i486-pc-linux-gnu.gdbm > > > > > > > > > 1f9aa7f71fe9e9c03ed0552a4b2b0d12:runtime > > > > > > > > > 1f9aa7f71fe9e9c03ed0552a4b2b0d12:stream-volumes.i486-pc-linux-gnu.gdbm > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Luke > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility