Re: [orca-list] Pulseaudio and speech-dispatcher/gnome-speech in Ubuntu.

[Hermann <meinelisten onlinehome de>]

am Mi 16. Apr 2008 um 09:35:34 schrieb Eitan Isaacson <eitan ascender com>:
> Hi Luke.
>
> I don't understand how this setup works.
 
The same here!

> speech-dispatcher starts at system start up. It uses the ALSA espeak
> driver, which in turn blocks the audio device.
> Then pulseaudio starts at session start up, and fails to initialize
> audio devices because speech dispatcher is sitting on top of that
> device.
>
> I don't know why I am the only one experiencing this.
 
Your are not the only one.

> I highlighted this in a launchpad bug:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/213755
 
Suggestion: Let's shorten this thread! Can someone explain an easy and 
simple way to get rid of the Pulseaudio stuff in Hardy and reset the state 
known from Gutsy. If this isn't possible, we should refuse to switch to 
Hardy and stay with Gutsy (for those using Ubuntu).
Hermann