Hi, on my system I cannot reproduce it:
glaurung:/home/joost# /etc/init.d/speech-dispatcher restart Restarting Speech Dispatcher: speech-dispatcher[Fri May 21 10:59:36 2010 : 770125] speechd: Speech Dispatcher 0.6.7 starting [Fri May 21 10:59:36 2010 : 770728] speechd: Directory .speech-dispatcher not found in home . glaurung:/home/joost# /etc/init.d/timidity start ; echo $? Starting TiMidity++ ALSA midi emulation.... 0 glaurung:/home/joost# /etc/init.d/timidity status timidity is running. glaurung:/home/joost# ps -ef | grep timi timidity 25339 1 0 10:59 pts/1 00:00:00 /usr/bin/timidity -Os -iAD root 25357 25202 0 10:59 pts/1 00:00:00 grep timi Thanks, Joost On Monday 17 May 2010 07:59:50 Petter Reinholdtsen wrote: > Package: timidity-daemon > Version: 2.13.2-37 > Severity: normal > > I just discovered this bug in testing. At boot, timidity failed to > start as it used to, and I tracked this down to speech-dispatcher > (version 0.6.7-8) keeping the ALSA sound device busy. Here is an > example on how to reproduce the problem, by first stopping timidity, > then starting speech-dispatcher and last calling start-stop-daemon the > same way the init.d script is calling it, to get the messages > suppressed during boot: > > r...@tjener:~# /etc/init.d/timidity stop > * Stopping TiMidity++ ALSA midi emulation... [ > ok ] r...@tjener:~# /etc/init.d/speech-dispatcher start > * Starting Speech Dispatcher speech-dispatcher > [Mon May 17 07:56:29 2010 : 126858] speechd: Speech Dispatcher 0.6.7 > starting [Mon May 17 07:56:29 2010 : 127170] speechd: Directory > .speech-dispatcher not found in home [ ok ] r...@tjener:~# fuser -v > /dev/snd/pcmC0D* > USER PID ACCESS COMMAND > /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p: speech-dispatcher 6833 F...m sd_espeak > r...@tjener:~# start-stop-daemon --start --chuid timidity --quiet --exec > /usr/bin/timidity --pidfile /var/run/timidity/timidity.pid -- -Os -iAD > r...@tjener:~# Can't open pcm device 'default'. > Couldn't open ALSA pcm device (`s') > > r...@tjener:~# > > -- System Information: > Debian Release: squeeze/sid > APT prefers testing > APT policy: (500, 'testing') > Architecture: i386 (i686) > > Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-3-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core) > Locale: LANG=nb_NO.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=nb_NO.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) > Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash > > Versions of packages timidity-daemon depends on: > ii adduser 3.112 add and remove users and > groups ii timidity 2.13.2-37 Software sound > renderer (MIDI sequ > > timidity-daemon recommends no packages. > > timidity-daemon suggests no packages. > > -- no debconf information -- Joost Yervante Damad - http://damad.be/joost/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org