Hello, Another thing you can do to share the soundcard is use the dmix alsa plug-in with your audio output programs. This is done by adding plug:dmix to the alsa device you are using. Chris On 5/11/2013 3:15 PM, Janina Sajka wrote: > Hi, Chuck: > > My apologies. I misunderstood your problem, but I see you have an > answer. And, I think I might want to adopt it myself! > > Janina > > Chuck Hallenbeck writes: >> Hi Janina, >> >> Thanks for sharing this, but I'm still puzzled. How do I tell speakup, or >> espeakup, or espeak, to use a card other than the default card0? I don't >> see how assigning audio interfaces to particular index values accomplishes >> that. >> >> >> Chuck >> >> >> On Sat, 11 May 2013, Janina Sajka wrote: >> >>> Hi, Chuck: >>> >>> Hoping this finds you well ... >>> >>> I also have several audio devices on each of my computers, even the >>> laptop. It's perfectly possible to configure Linux to assign them >>> predictable alsa device designations. Here's how I do it on Fedora 18. >>> Your distro may do it a bit differently, but I suspect the basics remain >>> the same. >>> >>> Before I lay this out, however, let me point out that I believe there's >>> an even better way that I haven't yet stopped to learn involving udev >>> configuration. >>> >>> >>> Here's my pre udev approach ... >>> >>> Sometime ago Fedora moved /etc/modprobe.conf to a set of files in >>> /etc/modprobe.d/. In that directory I have two files of interest: >>> >>> 1.) blacklist.conf >>> In this file I find it important to comment out Fedora's default >>> silencing of the system beep, so that the line now reads: >>> #blacklist snd-pcsp >>> >>> 2.) local.conf >>> Here's the complete contents of this file from my main machine. >>> >>> alias snd-card-0 snd-hda-intel >>> options snd-card-0 index=0 >>> options snd-hda-intel index=0 >>> alias snd-card-2 snd-usb-audio >>> options snd-card-2 index=2 >>> options snd-usb-audio index=2 >>> alias snd-card-3 snd-usb-audio >>> options snd-card-3 index=3 >>> options snd-usb-audio index=3 >>> alias snd-card-4 snd-hdsp >>> options snd-card-4 index=4 >>> options snd-hdsp index=4 >>> alias snd-card-5 snd-ice1724 >>> options snd-card-5 index=3 >>> options snd-ice1724 index=5 >>> alias snd-card-6 snd-pcsp >>> options snd-card-6 index=6 >>> options snd-pcsp index=6 >>> >>> >>> As I'm sure you've noticed, the two usb devices aren't differentiated. >>> Fortunately, they do tend to load in the same order for me, but this >>> where udev should be of help once I get my head around how to use it. >>> >>> hth >>> >>> Janina >>> >>> Chuck Hallenbeck writes: >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> I am using speakup with espeakup and espeak, on a system with several audio >>>> devices supported by alsa. I would like to preserve the motherboard device >>>> as the default card0, and direct screen reader output to a different >>>> interface, such as card1 or card2. Is there a way to do this? Would >>>> speechdispatcher be able to do it? >>>> >>>> Thanks >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> >>>> Chuck in Hudson. >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Speakup mailing list >>>> Speakup at linux-speakup.org >>>> http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup >>> >>> >> >> -- >> >> Chuck in Hudson. >> _______________________________________________ >> Speakup mailing list >> Speakup at linux-speakup.org >> http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
