Espeakup and Arch

[kyle4jesus at gmail.com]

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Subject:	Re: Espeakup and Arch
Author:	"Austin Seraphin" <au at sunbeem.net>
Date:		July 22nd 2011 17:58

Hey. I did that but with no luck. I started thinking along similar lines. The alsa default works fine, I think the problem might because espeak uses portaudio. I'll keep trying. Thanks.

On Jul 22, 2011, at 5:49 PM, Chuck Hallenbeck wrote:

> Hi Austin,
> On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 05:13:22PM -0400, Austin Seraphin wrote:
>> I just upgraded to kernel 2.6.39 and espeak has changed its default
> output to a different soundcard. I think it might relate to PortAudio
> problems. Does anyone know how I can reset it? Thanks.
> 
> 
> Try adding a pair of lines in /etc/modprobe.d/modprobe.conf to
> explicitly assign a particular alsa driver to the default card, card 0,
> and the other alsa driver to the alternate card, card 1, something like
> this:
> 
> options snd-hda-intel index=1
> options snd-hdsp index=0
> 
> 
> Of course you have to modify these statements to correctly name the
> proper drivers for your two audio interfaces. But the trick here is
> that card 0 is the default output, and card 1 is the secondary or
> alternate ihterface.
> 
> Add the two lies, perhaps at the bottom of the file, then reboot and
> say an appropriate prayer.
> 
> 
> 
>> 
>> - Austin
>> 
>> _____________________________very nice. I have just been blacklisting my onboard sound, but this index option sounds much better.
~Kyle