Problem with speech dispatcher

Question

I had some problems with shutdown/restarting Ubuntu 13.04. It used to hang in a black screen with some codes about speech dispatcher. I searched the web and found a solution:

sudo nano /etc/default/speech-dispatcher

Inside the file I changed the RUN property to yes, so the file started looking like this:

# Defaults for the speech-dispatcher initscript, from speech-dispatcher

# Set to yes to start system wide Speech Dispatcher
RUN=yes

I did so, the problem was solved but it disabled my internal speaker and mic. It looks like I have to choose between proper shutdowns and working mic/speaker.

Is there any solution to have them both working?

Hardware: DELL Inspiron n5110

Distro: Ubuntu 13.04 64bit

Answer 1

You don't need to uninstall/remove the speech-dispatcher to achieve a proper shutdown. Just remove it from automatic start/stop at the time of system boot/shutdown.

Use the command:

sudo update-rc.d -f speech-dispatcher remove

Answer 2

Unless you need speech-dispatcher, you can just disable it. I installed Boot-up-manager:

sudo apt-get install bum

..and then I disabled speech-dispatcher:

Answer 3

I had an issue with rebooting and would get errors about speech dispatcher and using BUM and disabling it worked but I don't think my built in mic works. I'm on a HP tc4200 with ubuntu 12.04 and loving it.

Answer 4

Open file /etc/default/speech-dispatcher on your favorite editor with sudo.

Example: sudo nano /etc/default/speech-dispatcher

Chage:

RUN=yes

To:

RUN=no

Restart and you are ready.