I am using espeakup and it's possible it doesn't release the alsa device. On Fri, 6 Nov 2020, John Covici wrote:
> Date: Fri, 6 Nov 2020 08:28:04 > From: John Covici <[email protected]> > Reply-To: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] wiki alsa article > > On Fri, 06 Nov 2020 07:21:40 -0500, > Jude DaShiell wrote: > > > > Has anyone figured out how to get usb speakers playing after a boot into a > > new gentoo system? If so, please update that alsa article in gentoo wiki. > > With speakup.synth=soft as boot parameter usb speakers work fine but not > > after boot into new gentoo install. If I do what I can, I can get the > > 3.5mm jack speakers to work. Use of alsamixer finds the usb speakers but > > cannot enable them. > > > > I wonder are you using espeakup or speech dispatcher? Maybe espeakup > does not release the alsa device, just a guess. > > -- United States has 633 Billionaires with only 10 doing any annual significant giving.
