I get that message when I try to install Speakup on my Raspberry PI. Glenn ----- Original Message ----- From: <covici@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at linux-speakup.org> Sent: Friday, February 08, 2013 8:25 AM Subject: Re: creating a speakup cli cd Why would you need jack for espeakup? AT least on grml I never saw that message. Don Raikes <DON.RAIKES at ORACLE.COM> wrote: > No Iam getting no speech. > > Even if I reboot the system, and run the following commands: > > $ modprobe Speakup_soft > $ invoke-rc.d espeakup start > > I still get the error about jack's not running, but if I press <enter> I > am returnedto the command-line but no speech. > > System: dell inspiron xxxx laptop I don't remember the exact version. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Gregory Nowak [mailto:greg at gregn.net] > Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2013 3:51 PM > To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. > Subject: Re: creating a speakup cli cd > > It seems in most cases that espeakup/espeak still works even though it > says the jack server couldn't be started. Are you saying you aren't > getting speech when you modprobe speakup_soft, and start espeakup by hand? > If so, then have you tried doing: > > invoke-rc.d espeakup start > > after modprobe speakup_soft, instead of starting espeakup directly by > hand? > > Greg > > > On Thu, Feb 07, 2013 at 11:22:16AM -0800, Don Raikes wrote: > > Vinux is still in production at: > > > > http://www.vinux-project.org > > > > They are working on getting ubuntu precise to work better for the > > visually impaired. > > > > As for debian, I got squeeze installed and installed espeakup nad > > Speakup-tools, but can't get Speakup to start. > > > > After boot and login, I run: > > > > Modprobe Speakup_soft > > Espeakup > > > > But I keep being told that the jack server is not started. So far I > > haven't found any information about how to start it. > > > > Unfortunately, I am discovering that squeeze doesn't include a couple of > > the packages I need for my livecd like dc3dd and the latest ewf-tools. > > > > > -- > web site: http://www.gregn.net > gpg public key: http://www.gregn.net/pubkey.asc > skype: gregn1 > (authorization required, add me to your contacts list first) > > -- > Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager at EU.org > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at linux-speakup.org > http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at linux-speakup.org > http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici covici at ccs.covici.com _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup at linux-speakup.org http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup
