Chuck, I should have been more clear. The way the drop-in snippets work is to add bits to various sections of the files they complement. So you also need to put [Service] above your single line of additional code. Another “systemctl edit,” should do it. Hope this helps, Zack. > On Aug 31, 2016, at 4:18 PM, Chuck Hallenbeck <chuckhallenbeck@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Wed, Aug 31, 2016 at 12:10:07PM -0700, Zachary Kline wrote: >> Dear Chuck, >> >> You missed some discussion on this a few weeks ago. >> >> To sum up, it’s a Portaudio bug which has been noticed thanks to an Alsa upgrade, and there is a temporary workaround. All you need to do is edit “espeakup.service,” or create a drop-in snippet. In the [Service] section, put the line >> Environment=LIBASOUND_THREAD_SAFE=0 >> >> Case is important here, and the way I did it was to just do “sudo systemctl edit espeakup.service.” I hope this helps. >> Best, >> Zack. >>> On Aug 31, 2016, at 12:01 PM, Chuck Hallenbeck <chuckhallenbeck@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> >>> Hello everyone, >>> >>> I've been away for some time, but have just resubscribed. >>> I currently use ArchLinux on a Dell Optiplex 780, refurbished, from Amazon. >>> Also still stubbornly using only command line interface, >>> just can't warm up to a GUI. >>> >>> I'm Currently having an issue involving random failures of speech, >>> and am able to restore speech by issuing two systemctl commands, >>> one to stop espeakup.service, and the next to start it again. >>> How can I get further information to narrow the problem down to >>> espeakup, or speakup, or espeak? Recovery from the failures is reliable, >>> but I'd rather find and fix the cause. >>> >>> Chuck >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Willoughby Ohio >>> Temperature 75�F >>> Conditions Light Rain >>> The Moon is New >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 > > -- > Willoughby Ohio > Temperature 75�F > Conditions Overcast > Dear Zach, > > I applied the steps you suggested, which resulted in the creation of the file: > > /etc/systemd/system/espeakup.service.d/override.conf > > with the single line you indicated should be added. > However, I still get the speech failures, even after rebooting. Have I overlooked something? > > Chuck > The Moon is New > _______________________________________________ > 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
