Short answer: it's not serious, long answer in my reply to your post in the orca mailing list, cf https://mail.gnome.org/archives/orca-list/2018-June/msg00189.html Anyway, thanks for reporting, I will take care of that one way or another. Best, Didier Le 23/06/2018 à 15:45, Linux for blind general discussion a écrit : > Okay, upgrade complete and /etc/asound.conf has been removed. > Whenever I run orca-off and orca-on I get the following warning in this > environment: > (process:1420): dconf-WARNING **: failed to commit changes to dconf: > Error spawning command line 'dbus-launch > --autolaunch=1029b2d79b4da8ff62d6b7bf5a1d0b3d --binary-syntax > --close-stderr': Child process exited with code 1 > Orca has been enabled for user jude. > > I don't know what that means and don't know if it's serious or > potentially serious but figured to pass it along. > On Sat, 23 Jun 2018, > Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > >> Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2018 18:19:27 >> From: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> >> To: blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx >> Subject: Re: slint and vlc >> >> 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 ? 23:13, Linux for blind general discussion a ?crit?: >>> 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 > _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list