No problem with sound on our build. Everything is working great! We have worked around the pulse audio problem. I can get you everything we have done to get it working. We also overclocked the pi.
On 07/08/2014 04:48 PM, Mike Ray wrote: > Jonathan, > > I have had desktop working for some time but tts is still flaky because > of the sound-driver issues. > > I am working on some code which will convert espeak to render audio > directly on the GPU and stabilize things and prevent kernel oops > crashes. I have not taken desktop development any further until this is > fixed because flaky tts with either alsa or speech-dispatcher using > pulse will bring the thing crashing into a heap. > > It just isn't stable using the Broadcom sound driver. > > Mike > > > On 08/07/2014 19:54, Jonathan Nadeau wrote: >> Thanks Charles, >> >> Yes I've been busy to say the least. One thing that is exciting is that >> we now have an accessible image for the raspberry pi using the Mate >> desktop based off of >> Arch. I know Mike has een working on something like this for a while so >> if he wants to compare notes we can let him know what we did to get it >> running. We should have this image up for download on the Sonar website >> next week. Also the final release of Sonar should be out next week. >> >> >> On 07/08/2014 02:06 PM, Mike Ray wrote: >>> Like I said...my mistake. I was possibly not paying enough attention to >>> every minute of a two hour show. >>> >>> >>> >>> On 08/07/2014 18:13, Charles Thayer wrote: >>>> The comment that seems to have started all of this was an off-hand remark >>>> to the effect that Orca is "something that Jonathan Nadeau has been >>>> working on." I think the comment referred to the fundraising effort that >>>> Jonathan conducted at the beginning of the year to pay for some developer >>>> hours needed for bug fixes and features. >>>> >>>> Ahuka made this comment in the middle of a segment about the recent >>>> comments about Jon Kulp's episode on Blather. Since I believe that he >>>> contributed to the IndieGoGo campaign, I'm pretty sure that Ahuka did not >>>> mean to imply that Jonathan was the project lead or the inventor of Orca. >>>> I think he was indicating that we have a community member with an active >>>> interest in that project, not that Jonathan has taken the reins for Orca. >>>> I think Jonathan has enough to do to get Sonar rebased on Manjaro, and in >>>> moving the new Sonar GNU/Linux beta version into production. >>>> >>>> >>>> I do see how someone might possibly make the inference that Ahuka was >>>> making that kind of suggestion. I didn't hear it on the first try myself, >>>> because I was familiar with the project, with Ahuka's history of >>>> contributions and statements, and (to a small degree) with Jonathan's >>>> efforts in promoting accessible computing. >>>> >>>> It didn't hurt that we set the record straight here, so thanks to everyone >>>> who has commented. >>>> >>>> Don't worry, Jonathan. I won't be sending Orca bug reports to you. >>>> There's a perfectly good bug tracker on the project site for all of us to >>>> contribute our bug reports and patches to help push the development work >>>> forward. :-) >>>> >>>> Charles in NJ >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ________________________________ >>>> From: Jonathan Nadeau <[email protected]> >>>> To: Mike Ray <[email protected]>; [email protected] >>>> Sent: Tuesday, July 8, 2014 9:08 AM >>>> Subject: Re: [Hpr] Orca >>>> >>>> >>>> sorry I haven't listened to that episode yet. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On 07/08/2014 09:06 AM, Mike Ray wrote: >>>>> Jonathan, I was just responding to a comment in the community news >>>>> podcast for June. I think I may have misunderstood the remark but it >>>>> sounded like somebody was mistaken in thinking you wrote Orca. That's >>>>> all. >>>>> >>>>> Mike >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On 08/07/2014 13:55, Jonathan Nadeau wrote: >>>>>> Who in the world said i wrote Orca? I don't even know why this was >>>>>> nessecery to write. I didn't see any post recently that said I wrote >>>>>> Orca. What is the point of this? >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On 07/08/2014 01:26 AM, Mike Ray wrote: >>>>>>> Just a quick heads-up...Jonathan Nadau didn't write Orca. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orca_%28assistive_technology%29 >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Currently the project is led by Joan-Marie Diggs. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Not another person who is in the habit of using the adjectives 'alpha' >>>>>>> and 'stable' in the same sentence. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Hpr mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://hackerpublicradio.org/mailman/listinfo/hpr_hackerpublicradio.org > _______________________________________________ Hpr mailing list [email protected] http://hackerpublicradio.org/mailman/listinfo/hpr_hackerpublicradio.org
