Re: [orca-list] For those wishing to install Ubuntu 9.04 alpha 3

[Jacob Schmude <j schmude gmail com>]

Hi Mike
Try separating the two modprobe commands. It seems sometimes it will  
load them both, sometimes it will not. Try like this:
sudo modprobe snd-pcm-oss
sudo modprobe snd-mixer-oss
Also, snd-mixer-oss doesn't seem to be completely necessary. snd-pcm- 
oss is the important one.



On Jan 24, 2009, at 12:09, mike wrote:

> Hi, that didn't seem to work on my system. But I will try again.
> Mike.
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> ----- (Original Message) -----
> From: "Jacob Schmude" <j schmude gmail com>
> Date: Saturday, January 24,  at 9:22 AM
> To: orca-list gnome org
> Subject: [orca-list] For those wishing to install Ubuntu 9.04 alpha 3
>
>
> Hi Everyone
> For those wishing to install Ubuntu 9.04 alpha 3, I've encountered the
> following problem and workaround. This, for me, was preventing the
> boot-up accessibility option from working.
> Problem: Portaudio, on which espeak depends, is compiled to use OSS by
> default and, via padsp, is wrapped to using Pulseaudio. However, the
> snd-pcm-oss and snd-mixer-oss modules required for oss output are not
> loaded, rendering espeak unable to speak. I'm unsure if this happens
> on all systems, but I've verified it on mine, and this issue is still
> present as of the most recent lived build. While padsp does wrap
> espeak to use pulse, it needs to be able to communicate with the oss
> device for it to do so, hense these modules need to be loaded.
> Solution: Once the livecd is booted up (note, these alpha builds do
> not seem to play a login sound) open gnome-terminal (alt+f2 followed
> by gnome-terminal). Issue the following command:
> sudo modprobe snd-mixer-oss snd-pcm-oss
> Now, to test, issue the command:
> espeak hello
> Espeak should say hello. Now, run orca and go through the setup. When
> it asks you to log out, say no as this isn't working properly on the
> livecd, at least not for me.
> To log out manually, do the following (note: ctrl-alt-backspace is
> disabled so this shortcut won't work anymore to kill the X session):
> alt+f1, left arrow, down arrow, l, alt+l.
> The disk should spin and you should then get the drum sound,
> indicating that you are at the login prompt. Login with the username
> "ubuntu" without the quotes. press enter twice as this user has no
> password. From here on out, it is exactly like installing Ubuntu 8.10:
> envoke gnome-terminal, sudo su, start orca with --no-setup and run
> ubiquity.
> I hope this helps someone out. I'm unsure if all systems encounter
> this issue, but if you do encounter it hopefully this helps you get
> around the bug.
>
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