<html> <head> <style></style></head> <body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>Hello, I finally recieved my repaired braille notetaker device and found the time to use it as a braille display with my talkingarch CD. When the CD's boot menue pops up I press escape and enter: arch64 brltty=auto,ttyUSB0,en_US and braille support activates properly durring the boot process. I did some exploration on my own, but can't find anything obvious that is preventing speech output. I used my notetaker to transcribe, as best I could, the various messages left on the screen at the end of the boot process. I kept switching back and forth between braille-terminal mode and the notetakers word-processer. I provided the transcript below: [ ok ] started dhcp. [ ok ] reached target network. archlinux 3.6.6-1 ARCH (tty1) login: root (automatic login) [ ok ] started restore soundcard state. [ kvm : disabled by bios. starting udev wait for complete device initialization. [ ok ] started target sound card. [ok ] started udev wait for complete device initialization. starting unmute all sound controls for use with tarlkingarch live environment. starting software speech output for speakup. [ ok ] started unmute all sound controls for use with talkingarch live environment. [ ok ] started initializes packman keyring. [ ok ] started software speech output for speakup. root@archiso ~# [failed] failed to start login service see `systemctl status systemd-logind.service' for details. [ ok ] started target multiuser. *** end of transcript *** The systemd-logind failure and the multiuser messages pop up a minute or two after the system gets to the roott@archiso prompt. By the time I finished transcribing down to that point, that is where they appeared. On other occasions, when I did some exploring, they appear mixed after the output from commands I issue. tty1 is the only connected terminal. I navigated to some of the other terminals and they are blank, no prompt or text of any kind. I'm not sure if that's normal for a live-CD. I did notice that with the braille terminal, when scrolling around the edge of the screen, the computer does produce the system beep. I used my headphones to confirm that the beep is coming from the computer and not the notetaker. I used the script command to capture the status of the systemd-logind as well as the espeakup services. Script started on Mon 20 May 2013 09:12:59 AM UTC # [J[34m[37m[01;31mroot[00m@archiso ~ # systemctl status systemd-logind.servicesystemd-logind.service - Login Service Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/systemd-logind.service; static) Active: activating (start) since Mon, 2013-05-20 09:13:05 UTC; 19s ago Docs: man:systemd-logind.service(8) man:logind.conf(5) http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/multiseat Main PID: 1969 (systemd-logind) CGroup: name=systemd:/system/systemd-logind.service „ 1969 /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-logind May 20 09:13:05 archiso systemd[1]: [1;31mFailed to start Login Service.[0m May 20 09:13:05 archiso systemd[1]: [1;39mUnit systemd-logind.service entered failed state[0m May 20 09:13:05 archiso systemd[1]: Stopping Login Service... May 20 09:13:05 archiso systemd[1]: Starting Login Service... May 20 09:13:05 archiso systemd-logind[1969]: New seat seat0. May 20 09:13:05 archiso systemd-logind[1969]: Watching system buttons on /dev/input/event2 (Power Button) May 20 09:13:05 archiso systemd-logind[1969]: Watching system buttons on /dev/input/event4 (Video Bus) May 20 09:13:05 archiso systemd-logind[1969]: Watching system buttons on /dev/input/event0 (Power Button) May 20 09:13:05 archiso systemd-logind[1969]: Watching system buttons on /dev/input/event1 (Lid Switch) May 20 09:13:05 archiso systemd-logind[1969]: New session 1 of user root. # [J[34m3 [37m[01;31mroot[00m@archiso ~ # systemctl status espeakup.serviceespeakup.service - Software speech output for Speakup Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/espeakup.service; enabled) Active: [1;32mactive (running)[0m since Mon, 2013-05-20 08:40:54 UTC; 32min ago Process: 365 ExecStart=/usr/bin/espeakup (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Main PID: 686 (espeakup) CGroup: name=systemd:/system/espeakup.service „ 686 /usr/bin/espeakup May 20 09:13:49 archiso espeakup[365]: Expression 'SetApproximateSampleRate( pcm, hwParams, sr )' failed in 'src/hostapi/alsa/pa_linux_alsa.c', line: 1963 May 20 09:13:49 archiso espeakup[365]: Expression 'PaAlsaStreamComponent_InitialConfigure( &self->playback, outParams, self->primeBuffers, hwParamsPlayback,... line: 2641 May 20 09:13:49 archiso espeakup[365]: Expression 'PaAlsaStream_Configure( stream, inputParameters, outputParameters, sampleRate, framesPerBuffer, &inputLat... line: 2762 May 20 09:13:50 archiso espeakup[365]: Expression 'SetApproximateSampleRate( pcm, hwParams, sr )' failed in 'src/hostapi/alsa/pa_linux_alsa.c', line: 1963 May 20 09:13:50 archiso espeakup[365]: Expression 'PaAlsaStreamComponent_InitialConfigure( &self->playback, outParams, self->primeBuffers, hwParamsPlayback,... line: 2641 May 20 09:13:50 archiso espeakup[365]: Expression 'PaAlsaStream_Configure( stream, inputParameters, outputParameters, sampleRate, framesPerBuffer, &inputLat... line: 2762 May 20 09:13:50 archiso espeakup[365]: wave_open_sound > Pa_OpenStream : err=-9997 (Invalid sample rate) May 20 09:13:50 archiso espeakup[365]: Expression 'SetApproximateSampleRate( pcm, hwParams, sr )' failed in 'src/hostapi/alsa/pa_linux_alsa.c', line: 1963 May 20 09:13:50 archiso espeakup[365]: Expression 'PaAlsaStreamComponent_InitialConfigure( &self->playback, outParams, self->primeBuffers, hwParamsPlayback,... line: 2641 May 20 09:13:50 archiso espeakup[365]: Expression 'PaAlsaStream_Configure( stream, inputParameters, outputParameters, sampleRate, framesPerBuffer, &inputLat... line: 2762 # [J[34m[37m[01;31mroot[00m@archiso ~ # exit Script done on Mon 20 May 2013 09:15:31 AM UTC I'm not sure if there's more than one issue going on; or if my speakup problem and the systemd-logind failures are cascading from the same root cause. Does anyone recognize what's going on here? Any suggestions on where to look to troubleshoot or fix the problem(s) I am having would be appreciated. Thank you, and sorry for the lengthy post. </div></body> </html>