Kirk et al, This is a problem I’ve ran into before as well. I ended up just adding kernel parameters to my boot command line. It’s hardly ideal, but at least I understand what all is going on now, more or less. > On Jun 29, 2016, at 10:00 AM, Kirk Reiser <kirk@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I will say that the link posted pointed to some interesting > information. I was having a very similar problem on my Chromebook. It > took a long time to figure out that it was because alsa was trying to > talk to the HDMI and not letting me get espeakup running. The thing > that sort of bugs me is that udev should be smart enough to know if it > doesn't see an hdmi device connected it should ignore it and move on > to the next available device. Oh well. Alsa documentation has always > been the pits. > > > On Wed, 29 Jun 2016, Janina Sajka wrote: > >> No, dmix is part of alsa. >> >> >> Jude DaShiell writes: >>> If I have this right, dmix is part of pulseaudio. >>> On Tue, 28 Jun 2016, Kristoffer Gustafsson wrote: >>> > Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2016 17:21:07 >>> > From: Kristoffer Gustafsson <kg.kristoffer@xxxxxxxxx> >>> > Reply-To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. >>> > <speakup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >>> > To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. <speakup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >>> > Subject: Re: espeakup alsa errors >>> > > Hi. >>> > I've just discovered something. I can't run any tts at all i think. >>> > I'm trying festival too, and I get much errors about pcm-dmix, cannot >>> > open slave device. >>> > Everything worked fine before, and now on this computer... :( >>> > /Kristoffer >>> > > 2016-06-28 21:12 GMT+02:00, Chris Brannon <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: >>> > > Kristoffer Gustafsson <kg.kristoffer@xxxxxxxxx> writes: >>> > > > > > but when I type espeakup I get just much errors about alsa. >>> > > > What is going on here? >>> > > > > Hi, >>> > > Can you save those errors to a file and post it? >>> > > > > -- Chris >>> > > _______________________________________________ >>> > > Speakup mailing list >>> > > Speakup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >>> > > http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup >>> > > > > > -- > Kristoffer Gustafsson >>> > Sal?ngsgatan 7a >>> > tel:033-12 60 93 >>> > mobil: 0730-500934 >>> > _______________________________________________ >>> > Speakup mailing list >>> > Speakup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >>> > http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup >>> -- >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Speakup mailing list >>> Speakup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >>> http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup >> >> -- >> >> Janina Sajka, Phone: +1.443.300.2200 >> sip:janina@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> Email: janina@xxxxxxxxxxx >> >> Linux Foundation Fellow >> Executive Chair, Accessibility Workgroup: http://a11y.org >> >> The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) >> Chair, Accessible Platform Architectures http://www.w3.org/wai/apa >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Speakup mailing list >> Speakup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > -- > Well that's it then, colour me secure! > > -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- > Version: GnuPG v1 > > mQENBFYV5DMBCAC060mbsnLhGPjnFkf0R0p+7MxcfxlOuy5wc8y59y9ZNF0RZD1s > OTEsDih4vD9YJ3zA78VsBUDK47aiDWduh3nHzYN2ZSuxAQ9u7qPqphCG0jPagTU8 > p7+Ceeya4I5odWtq+Nkf1UrHB7KKEtexphStSwUG5Bhi4bb84YinmX/a3I+OGV1D > by4QBSdPvSuDw0qFkt/ucLyEwv4L6lDjoH2GF+tnCew4SJtliJFvA1k7NpWO6HW9 > aWtBxfYU85ccZKBSE25y+9KprUCncVTpaVs3FztCWG0dQRXHvEbV+Damp/IBd9Jv > HZX7azqbERUa/FjPTIlZhhI9VtaZaFfJSH+5ABEBAAG0HUtpcmsgUmVpc2VyIDxr > aXJrQHJlaXNlcnMuY2E+iQE+BBMBAgAoBQJWFeQzAhsDBQkADS8ABgsJCAcDAgYV > CAIJCgsEFgIDAQIeAQIXgAAKCRAHTEsk7UQUUoeuB/wIqsdLCfDrSvr3qg7rKBDg > ru44OMuRit6hbdWFZjmxccCdjeNhBJRVd5wrEqjj5YoqQAhmacXaEB0DO/TZlDgo > kUfJM7lrtQD4mYU9GVtrzJxCJoBUyeMVnMJt39F91tBu0mYM6oI/dv81dwxIv++4 > hj55TZ4GG7DGYAy4LwNb+noNbivgOFHlnfNq8nxhZkHbJdYKP+sptZOL5sagmBQZ > iS9STB54g/U7Jtt1Fe+JwDmbxQhbSHa9JuWn0xZ8CtYhrz06xSqZl5vpMlak3eW2 > x6m6IcqZfyuI2K7W/9BCgcsQyYzufO4Gk9KyPNISskX6pFBLuNxIH6hdfxSYYm9y > uQENBFYV5DMBCACtMyhHog5MR6eQUPTx7fWH5ntkgCtmWvQp4lcKj0HHbteDWglS > NVbWKWEk9PAKA4UeQVUH4vOhTRhAPpuDUavLdp2tDtT7ZBVh91B3AWIM6+7fIvyU > 2uYt1q/CNjga8RllXBT7mW2zHGEYQFIkBJvqlU0PN1HlxRZIbSSEb+zQuVAd+ph3 > kt/oZon3ZbNmKg+arsYMmKkYJ0REwKQib7h5Xl31aK74XmWBp2Ky+lopsJSP8wpH > AfC71h4s3LDm8ADHF1Ns4KuGZdLTugr8uiPm5kEJFGes1uYKy8R7OTFko0NEuJkv > STfpPYnTU2qDCJBH08zZErI/6YBIlSsCSde3ABEBAAGJASUEGAECAA8FAlYV5DMC > GwwFCQANLwAACgkQB0xLJO1EFFKAmgf/d3dk1/HgmF8rmvYVru/hJvmIpmiLqPl5 > bYSwdZeU+k82qp3xACM2yMJhOh89SgHsaaqQAE1qo5rAJcSG7/+7M/kzf4u/WM/E > unXDtLkbzi5Zl+gjoikrfOhgF0NmuGdlrOme8a6ue7+iE4XLAo0/jhVlh45O6Iq0 > 0DGyeFr22cR3jZj4wRmPw5zj4r/sWc06UfquVAEMmfIvJMaGYvwBI+TU6gI8MjLe > VDY0vay/nQ79fXSLQmYEvjwKXIavQu9c8TFt0z9EDdoIMx69ZunqZuYQInxaT+cL > i9zhihMGz4XA1q3blLNX3I0jWzAa23ZchI7htc3kfxp1jWqrGyGEIg== > =nrPH > -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup