I'm trying to build a Vinux (blind-user Linux distro) release based on Ubuntu/Lucid. There's too much code to rewrite to have everything working the "right" way with pulseaudio by May, so I want to release Vinux/Ubuntu Lucid with the system-wide hack. I've enabled PA to start in system wide mode by editing /etc/defaults/pulseaudio, and enabling it there. I've added gdm, root, speech-dispatcher, and my user name to the pulse-access group. Pulseaudio starts, and speech-dispatcher and speechd-up work with it just fine at boot. Since this is a distro for the blind, I boot into a console, not gdm. The login prompt is read nicely, as is text when I log in. However, if I try to play a .wav file, there is no sound. None of the apps with PA back-ends will play sound for me. When I type 'startx', Gome comes up, but the sound preference dialog tells me there's no sound card. I suspect that rights to use it have been granted to the speech-dispatcher user, and I'm not able to access it. If there is anyone who can help me get such a settup working, I'd really appreciate it! Thanks, Bill
