Re: Adjusting lightdm screenreader volume (How do I...)

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

 



Ah a mix of both ways sorted it, it's now less loud

On 7/22/21 2:58 PM, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
I know of two things you can do to set the speech volume in lightdm. The easiest option is to open Orca preferences and set the volume under the voice tab. However, this will only set the speech volume. Since this is all you really need here, it shouldn't cause a problem. It also has the benefit of setting the volume immediately right on the lightdm screen, so you won't have to reboot or log out of your session to wait for the change to be effective.


The other method is a bit more complicated, but it will set your system and application volumes, as well as your default device if you have more than one and want to use something else. First, login as your normal user and set your volumes the way you want them. Then as root, copy your user's .config/pulse to /var/lib/lightdm/.config like so, noting that the # at the beginning of this line represents a root shell and should not be copied:

# cp -R /home/<username>/.config/pulse /var/lib/lightdm/.config/

replacing <username> with the name of your normal unprivileged user. Now, also as root, run

# chown -R lightdm:lightdm /var/lib/lightdm/.config/pulse

This will set the ownership of that configuration folder to lightdm so that it will be able to read it. On the next reboot, lightdm should speak at a more acceptable volume. Hope this helps.

~Kyle

_______________________________________________
Blinux-list mailing list
Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx
https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list


_______________________________________________
Blinux-list mailing list
Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx
https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list




[Index of Archives]     [Linux Speakup]     [Fedora]     [Linux Kernel]     [Yosemite News]     [Big List of Linux Books]