This system is not completely up to date. Please remove these lines in /etc/asound.conf pcm.default pulse ctl.default pulse or just remove the file. Also, speech dispatcher should now be at version 0.8.8, so check in /etc/slapt-get/slapt-getrc that you have exactly this line: SOURCE=http://slackware.uk/slint/x86_64/slint-14.2.1/:PREFERRED then to get the updated package type: slapt-get -u # just in case slapt-get -i speech-dispatcher As an aside, I tried to use libao as audio backend of speech-dispatcher and I get better results that using alsa directly. This confirms what Halim Sahin posted today on the orca mailing list in response to a post from Janina (and what already told me Samuel Thibault or Kyle IIRC). But I will do more testing before uploading an updated package and anyway you should already get better settings doing what I wrote above. Best, Didier Le 22/06/2018 à 23:13, Linux for blind general discussion a écrit : > Now I'm going to check vlc but did want to say putting the dmix line and > the dsnoop line in /etc/pulse/default.pa enabled orca to work. Speech > sounds like it's coming through a napkin held close to a comb when orca > starts up and when orca shuts down but once inside orca I think seems to > work. I set preferences and all that speech sounded clear but > environment outside of orca preferences seems a bit silent every so > often. Some parts of the desktop seem a little silent but I may be > typing too fast again. This machine has much more memory on it than the > old machine had so we shouldn't be having problems for lack of memory. > > On Thu, 21 Jun 2018, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > >> Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2018 17:31:43 >> From: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> >> To: blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx >> Subject: Re: slint and vlc >> >> Hello Jude, >> >> The output of alsacap indicates that your card 0 is currently in use >> by orca or espeakup, as that's why it says: >>> Error opening sound device for card 0, device 0: Device or resource >>> busy. Skipping. >> >> This is a good thing, as currently if the HDMI card was the first one >> you would get no sound at all, unless you attach an audio equipment >> to the HDMI port. >> >> As an aside, in next Slint ISO this will be fixed as the working sound >> card will be probed during installation, but that's not the issue here. >> >> To investigate further I need to know the exact version of some >> packages. Please indicate their whole full name in /var/log/packages: >> espeak >> espeak-ng >> orca >> portaudio >> speech-dispatcher >> >> Also, please provide the content of /etc/asound.conf and the output of: >> grep dmix /etc/pulse/default.pa >> grep dsnoop /etc/pulse/default.pa >> >> To elaborate, if your system is up to date you should have an absent or >> empty /etc/asound.conf (commented lines put aside) >> and /etc/pulse/default.pa should include these two lines: >> load-module module-alsa-sink device=dmix >> load-module module-alsa-source device=dsnoop >> >> Best, >> >> Didier >> >> Le 21/06/2018 ? 16:35, Linux for blind general discussion a ?crit?: >>> Okay, here is alsacap output: >>> jude@taf:~$ alsacap >>> *** Scanning for playback devices *** >>> Card 0, ID `SB', name `HDA ATI SB' >>> Device 0, ID `ALC892 Analog', name `ALC892 Analog', 1 subdevices (0 >>> available) >>> Error opening sound device for card 0, device 0: Device or resource >>> busy. Skipping. >>> Card 1, ID `NVidia', name `HDA NVidia' >>> Device 3, ID `HDMI 0', name `HDMI 0', 1 subdevices (1 available) >>> 2..8 channels, sampling rate 32000..192000 Hz >>> Sample formats: S16_LE, S32_LE >>> Subdevice 0, name `subdevice #0' >>> Device 7, ID `HDMI 1', name `HDMI 1', 1 subdevices (1 available) >>> 2..8 channels, sampling rate 32000..192000 Hz >>> Sample formats: S16_LE, S32_LE >>> Subdevice 0, name `subdevice #0' >>> j >>> >>> On Thu, >>> 21 Jun 2018, Linux for blind >>> general >>> discussion wrote: >>> >>>> Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2018 19:09:17 >>>> From: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> >>>> To: blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx >>>> Subject: Re: slint and vlc >>>> >>>> Then, my assumption is that the issue is having both alsa and >>>> pulseaudio working at the same time, which works now but not >>>> so well previously. I will make some tests myself on a previous version >>>> tomorrow (it's late here), but probably you need to upgrade Slint >>>> to the current version. >>>> >>>> Please tell if you tried both in a console (aka tty) and in a graphical >>>> environment, so that I can reproduce your situation. >>>> >>>> Best, >>>> >>>> Didier >>>> >>>> >>>> Le 21/06/2018 ? 00:54, Linux for blind general discussion a ?crit?: >>>>> Okay, I have sound with espeakup and orca. I do not use a braille >>>>> device. >>>>> On Thu, 21 Jun 2018, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2018 18:07:46 >>>>>> From: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> >>>>>> To: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> >>>>>> Subject: Re: slint and vlc >>>>>> >>>>>> Both work here, so there should be an issue with your sound settings >>>>>> or installation. Example: >>>>>> >>>>>> didier[~]$ play /usr/share/sounds/purple/login.wav >>>>>> >>>>>> /usr/share/sounds/purple/login.wav: >>>>>> >>>>>> File Size: 192k Bit Rate: 706k >>>>>> Encoding: Signed PCM >>>>>> Channels: 2 @ 16-bit >>>>>> Samplerate: 22050Hz >>>>>> Replaygain: off >>>>>> Duration: 00:00:02.18 >>>>>> >>>>>> In:100% 00:00:02.18 [00:00:00.00] Out:48.1k [ | ] Clip:0 >>>>>> Done. >>>>>> didier[~]$ >>>>>> >>>>>> I did hear the "tune". >>>>>> >>>>>> Do you have sound with other apps, including espeakup and/or orca? >>>>>> >>>>>> I ask because you don't say if you use speech or a Braille device. >>>>>> >>>>>> Best, >>>>>> >>>>>> Didier >>>>>> >>>>>> Le 20/06/2018 ? 23:55, Linux for blind general discussion a ?crit?: >>>>>>> A little more background, I haven't been able to get >>>>>>> /usr/share/sounds/purple/login.wav to play with aplay or play or paplay. >>>>>>> No error returns but neither does any sound. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Wed, 20 Jun 2018, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2018 14:55:15 >>>>>>>> From: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> >>>>>>>> To: blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx >>>>>>>> Subject: Re: slint and vlc >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Hello, >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Le 20/06/2018 ? 20:38, Linux for blind general discussion a ?crit?: >>>>>>>>> I have an old version of slint running on the new computer. What I am >>>>>>>>> curious about is if vlc can play any url or local files on the machine >>>>>>>>> once downloaded. So far it doesn't on this older version of slint. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> That's weird, vlc should play pretty much any file, local or remote. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> The version of Slint shouldn't matter at all. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >From "vlc -h": >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> <quoted text begins below> >>>>>>>> Usage: vlc [options] [stream] ... >>>>>>>> You can specify multiple streams on the commandline. >>>>>>>> They will be enqueued in the playlist. >>>>>>>> The first item specified will be played first. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Options-styles: >>>>>>>> --option A global option that is set for the duration of the program. >>>>>>>> -option A single letter version of a global --option. >>>>>>>> :option An option that only applies to the stream directly before it >>>>>>>> and that overrides previous settings. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Stream MRL syntax: >>>>>>>> [[access][/demux]://]URL[#[title][:chapter][-[title][:chapter]]] >>>>>>>> [:option=value ...] >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Many of the global --options can also be used as MRL specific :options. >>>>>>>> Multiple :option=value pairs can be specified. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> URL syntax: >>>>>>>> file:///path/file Plain media file >>>>>>>> http://host[:port]/file HTTP URL >>>>>>>> ftp://host[:port]/file FTP URL >>>>>>>> mms://host[:port]/file MMS URL >>>>>>>> screen:// Screen capture >>>>>>>> dvd://[device] DVD device >>>>>>>> vcd://[device] VCD device >>>>>>>> cdda://[device] Audio CD device >>>>>>>> udp://[[<source address>]@[<bind address>][:<bind port>]] >>>>>>>> UDP stream sent by a streaming server >>>>>>>> vlc://pause:<seconds> Pause the playlist for a certain time >>>>>>>> vlc://quit Special item to quit VLC >>>>>>>> <end of quoted text> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Doesn't this syntax work for you? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Here (but I don't think that the VLC version matter either): >>>>>>>> didier[~]$ LANG=en_US.utf8 vlc --version >>>>>>>> VLC media player 2.2.8 Weatherwax (revision 2.2.7-14-g3cc1d8cba9) >>>>>>>> VLC version 2.2.8 Weatherwax (2.2.7-14-g3cc1d8cba9) >>>>>>>> Compiled by root on stable.slint.net (Jan 18 2018 00:49:03) >>>>>>>> Compiler: gcc version 5.3.0 (GCC) >>>>>>>> This program comes with NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. >>>>>>>> You may redistribute it under the terms of the GNU General Public License; >>>>>>>> see the file named COPYING for details. >>>>>>>> Written by the VideoLAN team; see the AUTHORS file. >>>>>>>> didier[~]$ >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Best, >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Didier >>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>> Slint distribution >>>>>>>> http://slint.fr >>>>>>>> http://slackware.uk/slint/x86_64/slint-14.2.1/ _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list