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speech-dispatcher package

  1. Bug #914575
  2. Comment #53

Comment 53 for bug 914575

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David Clayton (dgclayton1) wrote : Re: [Bug 914575] Re: speech-dispatcher grabs alsa hw device

Luke

I don't know if this will be much help

There was no log, so I reinstalled speech-dispatcher. Initially sound
was OK, but when I started speech-dispatcher, speaker-test failed:

david@david-samsung:~$ speaker-test

speaker-test 1.0.24.2

Playback device is default
Stream parameters are 48000Hz, S16_LE, 1 channels
Using 16 octaves of pink noise
ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:1018:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to open slave
Playback open error: -16,Device or resource busy
d

log file is attached.

I then killed speech-dispatcher, but speaker-test still gives the same
error, and there is no sound on the speaker.

D

On 01/02/12 11:18, Luke Yelavich wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 01, 2012 at 08:21:17PM EST, David Clayton wrote:
>> Actually I was not even aware that speech-dispatcher was installed on my
>> system, and I'm at a bit of a loss to understand how it came to be
>> installed.
> it has been installed by default since as far back as at least Lucid I
> think, but since you didn't need ti and since it didn't cause you
> problems, it has been keeping out of your way.
>
> if you can get logs, that would be much appreciated.
>