[pulseaudio-discuss] Using pulseaudio with speakup

[Bill Cox]

Thanks for the info.  Is there a simple way to kill off the gdm
pulseaduio when the user logs in?  Some sort of hook I can tie into?

Thanks,
Bill

On Thu, Dec 31, 2009 at 11:26 AM, Colin Guthrie <gmane at colin.guthr.ie> wrote:
> 'Twas brillig, and Bill Cox at 31/12/09 16:07 did gyre and gimble:
>> The problem is that there is no audio at the console until I log in.
>> There is also no audio at the gnome login.  Grr...
>
> AFAIK, the GDM login relies on autospawning, so turing off auto spawning
> will result in no sound at gdm login.
>
> As for speechd-up I'd recommend running it as the gdm user, not as a
> system user, then when the real user logs in, the gdm user's PA and
> speechd-up processes should die and a version for the user who is
> logging in should be run in it's place.
>
> I think this configuration has been discussed quite thoroughly over the
> last couple weeks.
>
> I'm not familiar with it, so speechd-up may require modification to work
> this way but it certainly seems like the most logical and secure way to
> run the system (the same would be true of timidity too I believe).
>
> Col
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