speechdispatcher-git

[Linux for blind general discussion]

The sound system isn't perfect.  When I used paplay to play an .oga file 
I got xcb_connection_has_error() returned true.
On Sun, 10 Sep 2017, Linux 
for blind general discussion wrote:

> Date: Sun, 10 Sep 2017 06:08:04
> From: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at redhat.com>
> To: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at redhat.com>
> Subject: Re: speechdispatcher-git
> 
> Linux for blind general discussion writes:
>> Curiosity for the most part.  I wouldn't do auto-login on a machine.
>>
>
> For the most part that's probably the best approach. However, there are
> exceptions, and the current discussion illustrates one such.
>
> We're being asked to help someone get their Orca plus speech-dispatcher
> setup working. As with any debugging situation, if the problem isn't
> immediately obvious, a good approach is to simplify the environment in
> order to isolate the issue.
>
> So, in the current instance, launching startx from a standard text
> console would quickly show whether there are issues specifically with
> the Orca setup, or not. The only caveat here is any required unique startx
> tweak, probably an .xinitrc with:
>
> exec gnome-session
>
> Yes, it's possibly the case that one could just as easily login on the
> text console, but that can require some configuration, too, e.g.
> possibly the beep on backspace hasn't been configured. That wouldn't be
> an issue with Speakup, or some other console level screen reader, of
> course. And, one could always test the console environment with with a
> beep command like:
>
> echo Ctrl+g
>
> Now, if the situation is such that multiple individuals use the
> computer, some solution involving gdm is clearly desirable. But, if
> there's only one person using the computer, I strongly question the
> value of gdm, though login to the computer is probably still advisable.
>
> But, if this individual, the only one using the computer, also lives
> alone and rarely entertains untrusted individuals, even an auto login
> could be reasonable.
>
> Just my thoughts here.
>
> Janina
>
>
>
>
>
>> On Fri, 8 Sep 2017, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
>>
>>> Date: Fri, 8 Sep 2017 18:59:25
>>> From: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at redhat.com>
>>> To: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at redhat.com>
>>> Subject: Re: speechdispatcher-git
>>>
>>> OK, let me try to be a bit more specific.
>>>
>>> Why do you think you need a graphical login manager? What, exactly is it
>>> doing for you?
>>>
>>> I ask this question because the easiest way to avoid the problems
>>> handing off speech from the dm to the gnome session with orca is to not
>>> use a dm at all. Options include autologin on the console, or standard
>>> console login, followed by startx which can reliably start Orca and
>>> speech-dispatcher.
>>>
>>> Linux for blind general discussion writes:
>>>> because I tried lightdm first and that didn't work either.
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, 8 Sep 2017, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Date: Fri, 8 Sep 2017 07:44:51
>>>>> From: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at redhat.com>
>>>>> To: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at redhat.com>
>>>>> Subject: Re: speechdispatcher-git
>>>>>
>>>>> Why do you need gdm?
>>>>>
>>>>> Linux for blind general discussion writes:
>>>>>> It builds but doesn't run.  Seems to be missing libdotconf.so.0 and the
>>>>>> libdotconf library doesn't appear to be in the archlinux repositories.  I
>>>>>> uncommented lines in speechdispatcher-git PKGBUILD file to enable
>>>>>> speechdispatcher to run as a system-wide process and this may be necessary
>>>>>> for speech to work in graphical user interface on archlinux but I could be
>>>>>> wrong about that.  If all of this doesn't work, I know what commands to use
>>>>>> to turn off gdm or lightdm with my archlinux system disk.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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