Saturday sam update2

[Didier Spaier]

Hello Jude,

To investigate further, please run this command as root:
alsa-info.sh --no-upload --output alsa.txt
then just press Enter to acknowledge the message saying:
"Your ALSA information is in alsa.txt"
and send me alsa.txt.
Maybe next time post on the Slint mailing list as this could be
considered off-topic here.

Also, PulseAudio is not in concern as none of the screen readers rely on
it in Slint (well, to be 100% accurate, loading the RHVoice module of
speech-dispatcher spawns a pulse process, but it dies after a few
seconds, even if a RHVoice voice is in use).
As an aside I will request to Olga that the the dependency to PulseAudio
be removed if possible.

Best,

Didier

On 14/04/2019 01:15, Jude DaShiell wrote:
> Fortunately when I installed slint, I did so on two separate disks.
> Doing anything with /etc/asound.conf killed the sound system on the first.
> The aplay -l command showed the desired card as 2.  So I had the default
> /etc/asound.conf file and added the two suggested lines in replacing <card
> number> with 2 on the ctl and pcm lines.  Rebooting the system got the
> usual speaker sounds and no speech.  So, before I wipe the other disk
> clean, I'm going to try adding those lines and use 1 for the card number
> figuring aplay -l isn't exactly accurate.  It's possible pulseaudio is
> seeing these cards differently. On Sat, 13 Apr 2019, Didier Spaier wrote:
> 
>> Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2019 16:45:11
>> From: Didier Spaier <didier at slint.fr>
>> Reply-To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.
>>     <speakup at linux-speakup.org>
>> To: speakup at linux-speakup.org
>> Subject: Re: Saturday sam update2
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> AFAIK there is no ALSA command to do that.
>>
>> Jude, if you mean to change the default card, just edit or create
>> /etc/asound.conf so it includes these lines:
>> defaults.pcm.card=<card number>
>> default.ctl.card=<card number>
>>
>> In Slint if you want to apply the change specifically to
>> espeakup or speechd-up, edit instead the relevant config file:
>> /etc/espeakup.conf
>> /etc/speechd-up.conf
>> and set the value of ALSA_CARD to your liking.
>>
>> If you use fenrir, I believe that you have to rely on
>> the content of /etc/asound.conf. Can someone
>> confirm or infirm?
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Didier
>>
>>
>> On 13/04/2019 22:09, Willem van der Walt wrote:
>>> If you ask if sam can change the default soundcard, no, but if you or someone else can send me a alsactl command to change the default, I can add it in as part of sam.
>>> I have never had more than one internal soundcard and one PCI one, so always either had it set through the alsa configuration files or through the Bios. Regards, Willem
>>>
>>> On Sat, 13 Apr 2019, Jude DaShiell wrote:
>>>
>>>> [The e-mail server of the sender could not be verified (SPF Record)]
>>>>
>>>> Can this software switch sound cards and if alsactl store gets run as root
>>>> once sam is finished when the computer reboots sound will be playing out
>>>> of the new sound card?? If not, is this a feature intended to become
>>>> available in the future?
>>>> Once pulseaudio got introduced the whole sound system due to the strange
>>>> language used with pulseaudio got lots more complex.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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