block 581910 by 577217 thanks I just discovered #577217, which is the speech-dispatcher part of this bug.
Note that the init.d script do not report the failure to start timidity, which should be fixed in timidity even if speech-dispatcher stock blocking the audio device. The issue can be reproduced like this: r...@tjener:~# /etc/init.d/speech-dispatcher restart Restarting Speech Dispatcher: speech-dispatcher[Tue May 18 23:19:40 2010 : 63633] speechd: Speech Dispatcher 0.6.7 starting [Tue May 18 23:19:40 2010 : 68467] speechd: Directory .speech-dispatcher not found in home . r...@tjener:~# /etc/init.d/timidity start ; echo $? Starting TiMidity++ ALSA midi emulation.... 0 r...@tjener:~# /etc/init.d/timidity status timidity is not running ... failed! r...@tjener:~# Happy hacking, -- Petter Reinholdtsen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
