speechdispatcher-git

[Linux for blind general discussion]

To be fully certain, you might try the command immediately after
booting. You should run the command before issuing any other having
absolutely anything to do with sound, i.e. not dispatching
speech-dispatcher.

Linux for blind general discussion writes:
> 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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