This situation is strange. Earlier I had orca running and espeakup and had turned espeak off to run startx and both worked. Now only espeakup works with orca not starting. This new system does have an hdmi port and I got a strange acpi warning and the only warning in dmesg output which may have bearing on this situation or may not. sudo -i dmesg|grep -i "warn" [ 0.000000] ACPI BIOS Warning (bug): Optional FADT field Pm2ControlBlock has zero address or length: 0x0000000000000000/0x1 (20150930/tbfadt-654) I have alsacap on this machine now and will send that output next since it may be helpful.
On Thu, 21 Jun 2018, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2018 19:09:17 > From: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@redhat.com> > To: blinux-list@redhat.com > Subject: Re: slint and vlc > > Then, my assumption is that the issue is having both alsa and > pulseaudio working at the same time, which works now but not > so well previously. I will make some tests myself on a previous version > tomorrow (it's late here), but probably you need to upgrade Slint > to the current version. > > Please tell if you tried both in a console (aka tty) and in a graphical > environment, so that I can reproduce your situation. > > Best, > > Didier > > > Le 21/06/2018 ? 00:54, Linux for blind general discussion a ?crit?: > > Okay, I have sound with espeakup and orca. I do not use a braille > > device. > > On Thu, 21 Jun 2018, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > > > >> Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2018 18:07:46 > >> From: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@redhat.com> > >> To: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@redhat.com> > >> Subject: Re: slint and vlc > >> > >> Both work here, so there should be an issue with your sound settings > >> or installation. Example: > >> > >> didier[~]$ play /usr/share/sounds/purple/login.wav > >> > >> /usr/share/sounds/purple/login.wav: > >> > >> File Size: 192k Bit Rate: 706k > >> Encoding: Signed PCM > >> Channels: 2 @ 16-bit > >> Samplerate: 22050Hz > >> Replaygain: off > >> Duration: 00:00:02.18 > >> > >> In:100% 00:00:02.18 [00:00:00.00] Out:48.1k [ | ] Clip:0 > >> Done. > >> didier[~]$ > >> > >> I did hear the "tune". > >> > >> Do you have sound with other apps, including espeakup and/or orca? > >> > >> I ask because you don't say if you use speech or a Braille device. > >> > >> Best, > >> > >> Didier > >> > >> Le 20/06/2018 ? 23:55, Linux for blind general discussion a ?crit?: > >>> A little more background, I haven't been able to get > >>> /usr/share/sounds/purple/login.wav to play with aplay or play or paplay. > >>> No error returns but neither does any sound. > >>> > >>> On Wed, 20 Jun 2018, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > >>> > >>>> Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2018 14:55:15 > >>>> From: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@redhat.com> > >>>> To: blinux-list@redhat.com > >>>> Subject: Re: slint and vlc > >>>> > >>>> Hello, > >>>> > >>>> Le 20/06/2018 ? 20:38, Linux for blind general discussion a ?crit?: > >>>>> I have an old version of slint running on the new computer. What I am > >>>>> curious about is if vlc can play any url or local files on the machine > >>>>> once downloaded. So far it doesn't on this older version of slint. > >>>> > >>>> That's weird, vlc should play pretty much any file, local or remote. > >>>> > >>>> The version of Slint shouldn't matter at all. > >>>> > >>>> >From "vlc -h": > >>>> > >>>> <quoted text begins below> > >>>> Usage: vlc [options] [stream] ... > >>>> You can specify multiple streams on the commandline. > >>>> They will be enqueued in the playlist. > >>>> The first item specified will be played first. > >>>> > >>>> Options-styles: > >>>> --option A global option that is set for the duration of the program. > >>>> -option A single letter version of a global --option. > >>>> :option An option that only applies to the stream directly before it > >>>> and that overrides previous settings. > >>>> > >>>> Stream MRL syntax: > >>>> [[access][/demux]://]URL[#[title][:chapter][-[title][:chapter]]] > >>>> [:option=value ...] > >>>> > >>>> Many of the global --options can also be used as MRL specific :options. > >>>> Multiple :option=value pairs can be specified. > >>>> > >>>> URL syntax: > >>>> file:///path/file Plain media file > >>>> http://host[:port]/file HTTP URL > >>>> ftp://host[:port]/file FTP URL > >>>> mms://host[:port]/file MMS URL > >>>> screen:// Screen capture > >>>> dvd://[device] DVD device > >>>> vcd://[device] VCD device > >>>> cdda://[device] Audio CD device > >>>> udp://[[<source address>]@[<bind address>][:<bind port>]] > >>>> UDP stream sent by a streaming server > >>>> vlc://pause:<seconds> Pause the playlist for a certain time > >>>> vlc://quit Special item to quit VLC > >>>> <end of quoted text> > >>>> > >>>> Doesn't this syntax work for you? > >>>> > >>>> Here (but I don't think that the VLC version matter either): > >>>> didier[~]$ LANG=en_US.utf8 vlc --version > >>>> VLC media player 2.2.8 Weatherwax (revision 2.2.7-14-g3cc1d8cba9) > >>>> VLC version 2.2.8 Weatherwax (2.2.7-14-g3cc1d8cba9) > >>>> Compiled by root on stable.slint.net (Jan 18 2018 00:49:03) > >>>> Compiler: gcc version 5.3.0 (GCC) > >>>> This program comes with NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. > >>>> You may redistribute it under the terms of the GNU General Public > >>>> License; > >>>> see the file named COPYING for details. > >>>> Written by the VideoLAN team; see the AUTHORS file. > >>>> didier[~]$ > >>>> > >>>> Best, > >>>> > >>>> Didier > >>>> -- > >>>> Slint distribution > >>>> http://slint.fr > >>>> http://slackware.uk/slint/x86_64/slint-14.2.1/ > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Blinux-list mailing list > >>> Blinux-list@redhat.com > >>> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Blinux-list mailing list > >>> Blinux-list@redhat.com > >>> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > >>> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Blinux-list mailing list > >> Blinux-list@redhat.com > >> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list@redhat.com > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list -- _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list
