I use gnome and speech dispatcher and espeak, but I am always cautious, so I did not upgrade the library when I was asked. Chris Brannon <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Mike Ray <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > Could this be what is causing the sd_espeak module of speech-dispatcher > > to regularly crash and be unloaded when using speech-dispatcher set to > > 'AudioOutputMethod "alsa' ? > > Mike, > It might be a similar issue on the Speech Dispatcher side. They're not > directly related, since Speech Dispatcher uses its own audio output > code, rather than letting espeak handle audio output on its own. If you > started noticing new and unexpected sd_espeak crashes after upgrading > your alsa library, then Speech Dispatcher's alsa code may not be playing > well with the new library either. > > -- Chris > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > 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@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup