Re: [orca-list] Arch linux mate, orca issue

[austinAustin quesada <austin arq gmail com>]

Got it fixed. The only thing i had to end up doing was reconfiguring
speech dispatcher. Orca works fine with mate now. Thanks guys.

On 2/6/15, B. Henry <burt1iband gmail com> wrote:
> I think I know where you read that about removing pulse, or at least I knoow
> one place where that is incorrectly stated.
> As Kyle says, you can indeed change to a pure alsa system, but I would not
> try libao, at least not first. It did not work for me and is certainly not
> needed.
> Just select pure alsa in your speechdispatcher configurations.
> I am not sure pulse is the problem, but it might be.
> Did you follow all the instructions, i.e. did  you export the gtk module or
> modules that are  recommended, and did  you apply the gsettings commands to
>
> enable accessibility?
> I have had excellent luck running a pure alsa system on Arch, but there are
> two cases where I had to make some changes in what I would have other wise
> installed.
> Mangler must be rolled back to the next to the last release, think it ends
> in -3, and the newest version is ending in -4. That is no  biggy, easiest
> done with downgrader or similar from the AUR.
> If you use skype however you will need pulse, period.
> As I said, I do not run pulse on my arch installations, but on manjaro I do.
>
> You can use espeakup, but try the following to  keep console speech.
> You will probably need to run espeakup first as a user, not a system systemd
> service. The easiest way to do this if you are not used tto working with
> systemd service files would be to install the espeakup-git package from the
> AUR.
> It has rather huge steps between voice rates, more than doublew in the
> default package. I can help you fix that if need be off list.
> Or, just save the espeakup file from /usr/bin before installing espeakup-git
> in case you are not happy with the new rate configuration possibilities.
> Then follow instructions, but use the  espeakup user service option instead
> of espeakup.service.
> Now when you want to start your GUI do
> sudo systemctl stop espeakup user service  Run startx, and then in a
> mate-terminal type sudo espeakup.
> This should get you your console voice, i.e. speakup, espeakup and espeak
> back.
> I run this as a script using gksudo.
> If that does not work for you, auto start your gui with  slim or similar and
> the  for sure starting espeakup with sudo will work,.
> Write me off list and  we can talk about anything that is unclear, or come
> on the talkingarch irc channel.
>
>
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>   austinAustin quesada wrote:
> Fri, Feb 06, 2015 at 03:58:44AM -0800
>
> > Hi guys. So, i got mate and arch installed on a system yesterday and
> > before reboot, i got orca running in the mate session without issue.
> > Here is where things get hairy. So i reboot and type startx with
> > speakup on so i could read errors. I had set orca to start
> > automatically, but it didn't start because it was conflicting with
> > espeakup. But even after killing espeakup in the arch consle, still no
> > orca after typing startx. Admitedly, i accidently installed the pulse
> > audio mate package, i'm not sure if this is causing issues. I read
> > somewhere that i can't remove it without breaking everything. So any
> > ideas? Maybe there is a demon conflict or something?
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