Re: [arch-general] too many brick walls for graphical archlinux install
I commented some lines out in /etc/pulse/client.conf and /etc/pulse/daemon.conf. Next thing to try is install speech-dispatcher and festival and voices for festival and see if I can get spd-say talking. If so, that will mean the edits on those pulse files were adequate and then gnome and orca theoretically will install and work correctly using alsa. I read about a nopulse package on the arch bbs site in messages but couldn't find that on aur so decided to do some edits on the pulse configuration files. If I ever get this working, I'll probably get myself an arch account and write something for the wiki so others won't have to guess the way I have if they want to install gnome on archlinux and have orca talking. --
On Monday, January 6, 2020 6:55 PM, Jude DaShiell <jdashiel@panix.com> wrote:
[...] I read about a nopulse package on the arch bbs site in messages but couldn't find that on aur so decided to do some edits on the pulse configuration files. [...]
I used to use `apulse`, a minimal layer that worked at least to have audio in firefox and other pulse-only applications. Once I wanted to activate my microphone in firefox, though, this setup did no longer work. I since installed pulse on my work laptop, while staying on alsa on my personal setups. cheers! mar77i Sent with ProtonMail Secure Email. ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐
I commented some lines out in /etc/pulse/client.conf and /etc/pulse/daemon.conf. Next thing to try is install speech-dispatcher and festival and voices for festival and see if I can get spd-say talking. If so, that will mean the edits on those pulse files were adequate and then gnome and orca theoretically will install and work correctly using alsa. If I ever get this working, I'll probably get myself an arch account and write something for the wiki so others won't have to guess the way I have if they want to install gnome on archlinux and have orca talking.
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On Mon, 06 Jan 2020 18:10:24 +0000, mar77i via arch-general wrote:
On Monday, January 6, 2020 6:55 PM, Jude DaShiell wrote:
[...] I read about a nopulse package on the arch bbs site in messages but couldn't find that on aur so decided to do some edits on the pulse configuration files. [...]
I used to use `apulse`, a minimal layer that worked at least to have audio in firefox and other pulse-only applications. Once I wanted to activate my microphone in firefox, though, this setup did no longer work. I since installed pulse on my work laptop, while staying on alsa on my personal setups.
Hi, apulse does not help to get rid of pulseaudio dependencies, you still need a pulseaudio dummy package or to disable pulseaudio. It could be helpful to use apps that require pulseaudio for audio, if pulseaudio isn't installed. I've got apulse installed, but stopped using it a while ago, since it doesn't works without hiccups. Btw. firefox from the extra repository is build with alsa and jack enabled and doesn't require pulseaudio or apulse at all. [rocketmouse@archlinux tmp]$ grep Features -A2 firefox/repos/extra-x86_64/PKGBUILD # Features ac_add_options --enable-alsa ac_add_options --enable-jack Unfortunately firefox with jack and alsa support suffers from hiccups, too. It's better to run google-chrome, since it doesn't suffer from audio hiccups when using it with plain alsa. I don't know if a "nopulse" package does exist. Assuming there should be a "nopulse" package available, what does it provide? Regards, Ralf
There is a distro that aims to do this, https://talkingarch.tk/ On Mon, Jan 6, 2020, 9:56 AM Jude DaShiell <jdashiel@panix.com> wrote:
I commented some lines out in /etc/pulse/client.conf and /etc/pulse/daemon.conf. Next thing to try is install speech-dispatcher and festival and voices for festival and see if I can get spd-say talking. If so, that will mean the edits on those pulse files were adequate and then gnome and orca theoretically will install and work correctly using alsa. I read about a nopulse package on the arch bbs site in messages but couldn't find that on aur so decided to do some edits on the pulse configuration files. If I ever get this working, I'll probably get myself an arch account and write something for the wiki so others won't have to guess the way I have if they want to install gnome on archlinux and have orca talking.
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I am pretty sure I got all of this figured out and it will likely need a new install. First install fenrir-screenreader not espeak. Next install espeak-ng and speech-dispatcher and gnome. Once that's done get fenrir working then run spd-conf and take espeak-ng and pulse for choices and do the tests. If that works orca with gnome ought to work. espeak and espeakup do not work with spd-cay with pulseaudio on the system and they're a command line interface dead end by themselves as is festival. I'll try doing this actual install to test and see if it will work and post my findings here and if it does write something for the wiki a little later. On Mon, 6 Jan 2020, Jude DaShiell wrote:
Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2020 12:55:59 From: Jude DaShiell <jdashiel@panix.com> Reply-To: General Discussion about Arch Linux <arch-general@archlinux.org> To: arch-general@lists.archlinux.org Subject: Re: [arch-general] too many brick walls for graphical archlinux install
I commented some lines out in /etc/pulse/client.conf and /etc/pulse/daemon.conf. Next thing to try is install speech-dispatcher and festival and voices for festival and see if I can get spd-say talking. If so, that will mean the edits on those pulse files were adequate and then gnome and orca theoretically will install and work correctly using alsa. I read about a nopulse package on the arch bbs site in messages but couldn't find that on aur so decided to do some edits on the pulse configuration files. If I ever get this working, I'll probably get myself an arch account and write something for the wiki so others won't have to guess the way I have if they want to install gnome on archlinux and have orca talking.
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Jude DaShiell
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Justin Capella
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mar77i＠protonmail.ch
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Ralf Mardorf