Zach, Ok, done. I have not messed with the contents of units before now. Many thanks for your help. Chuck On Wed, Aug 31, 2016 at 04:23:25PM -0700, Zachary Kline wrote: > 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 -- Willoughby Ohio Temperature 75�F Conditions Overcast The Moon is New
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