Ibmtts: Could not create ECI instance.

[Sébastien Hinderer]

Dear Hynek,

Thanks a lot for your reply and advices.

> Well, it can't perform the basic IBM TTS initialization,
> but there is no finer detail about why it is not succesful.
> Either there is some problem or it can't see your IBM TTS
> as correctly installed.

I just removed and re-installed properly.
It still doesn't work, but it seems it now can do a bi more than in my
first, probably wrong install (I tried to install manually).

> One of the previous lines in the module logfile (when Debug is 1
> in ibmtts.conf) should read:
>
> Ibmtts: IBM TTS Output Module version %s, IBM TTS Engine version
>
> Could you plese send it exactly containing the versions information?

Ibmtts: IBM TTS Output Module version 0.1, IBM TTS Engine version 6.7.4.1

> Do you have a possibility to test with something else than Dispatcher
> that your IBM TTS is installed correctly?

Not easily...

> Please let me know and we will try to find where the problem
> is.

Thanks. I am attaching speechd.log and ibmtts.log, however I couldn't
see any clear error message.

Thanks in advance,
S?bastien.
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 Thu Oct 23 02:56:53 2008 [627110]: Configuration (pre) has been read from 
"/etc/speech-dispatcher/modules//ibmtts.conf"

 Thu Oct 23 02:56:53 2008 [627228]: Ibmtts: Module init().
 Thu Oct 23 02:56:53 2008 [627283]: Ibmtts: IBM TTS Output Module version 0.1, 
IBM TTS Engine version 6.7.4.1
 Thu Oct 23 02:56:53 2008 [627331]: Ibmtts: Creating ECI instance.
 Thu Oct 23 02:56:53 2008 [639590]: Ibmtts: Registering ECI callback.
 Thu Oct 23 02:56:53 2008 [639678]: Ibmtts: Registering an ECI audio buffer.
 Thu Oct 23 02:56:53 2008 [640582]: Ibmtts: Opening audio.
 Thu Oct 23 02:56:53 2008 [640626]: Ibmtts: Using OSS sound output.
 Thu Oct 23 02:56:53 2008 [762879] OSS: _oss_open()
 Thu Oct 23 02:56:53 2008 [763006] OSS: _oss_close()
 Thu Oct 23 02:56:53 2008 [763460]: Ibmtts: ImbttsAudioChunkSize = 20000
 Thu Oct 23 02:56:53 2008 [763504]: Ibmtts: Creating new thread for stop or 
pause.
 Thu Oct 23 02:56:53 2008 [763584]: Ibmtts: Creating new thread for playback.
 Thu Oct 23 02:56:53 2008 [763656]: Ibmtts: Creating new thread for IBM TTS 
synthesis.
 Thu Oct 23 02:56:53 2008 [763929]: CMD: <AUDIO
>
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[Thu Oct 23 02:39:55 2008 : 594828] speechd:  Speech Dispatcher Logging to file 
/var/log/speech-dispatcher//speechd.log
[Thu Oct 23 02:39:55 2008 : 608409] speechd:  Initializing output module ibmtts 
with binary /usr/lib/speech-dispatcher-modules//sd_ibmtts and configuration 
/etc/speech-dispatcher/modules//ibmtts.conf
[Thu Oct 23 02:39:55 2008 : 608435] speechd:  Output module is logging to file 
/var/log/speech-dispatcher//ibmtts.log
[Thu Oct 23 02:39:55 2008 : 610091] speechd:  Module ibmtts loaded.
[Thu Oct 23 02:39:55 2008 : 610175] speechd:    Trying to initialize ibmtts.
[Thu Oct 23 02:39:57 2008 : 556139] speechd:    Module set parameters.
[Thu Oct 23 02:39:57 2008 : 556232] speechd:  Error: Broken pipe to module.
[Thu Oct 23 02:39:57 2008 : 556256] speechd:   Output module working status: 0 
(pid:2798)
[Thu Oct 23 02:39:57 2008 : 556294] speechd:  Output module terminated 
abnormally, probably crashed.
[Thu Oct 23 02:39:57 2008 : 556317] speechd: ERROR: Can't initialize audio in 
output module, see reason above.
[Thu Oct 23 02:39:57 2008 : 556352] speechd:   Couldn't load specified output 
module
[Thu Oct 23 02:39:57 2008 : 571583] speechd:  Initializing output module dummy 
with binary /usr/lib/speech-dispatcher-modules//sd_dummy and configuration 
(null)
[Thu Oct 23 02:39:57 2008 : 571616] speechd:  Output module is logging to file 
/var/log/speech-dispatcher//dummy.log
[Thu Oct 23 02:39:57 2008 : 573681] speechd:  Module dummy loaded.
[Thu Oct 23 02:39:57 2008 : 573767] speechd:    Trying to initialize dummy.
[Thu Oct 23 02:39:57 2008 : 602650] speechd:    Module set parameters.
[Thu Oct 23 02:39:57 2008 : 603033] speechd: LINE here:|304 CANT LIST VOICES|
[Thu Oct 23 02:39:57 2008 : 603077] speechd:  Module dummy started sucessfully 
with message: 
---------------
Everything ok so far.
---------------

[Thu Oct 23 02:39:57 2008 : 621409] speechd:   Reading configuration for 
pattern emacs:*
[Thu Oct 23 02:39:57 2008 : 621683] speechd:   Reading configuration for 
pattern *:gnomespeech:*
[Thu Oct 23 02:39:57 2008 : 621747] speechd:  Configuration has been read from 
"/etc/speech-dispatcher/speechd.conf"
[Thu Oct 23 02:39:57 2008 : 621797] speechd:  Speech Dispatcher Logging to file 
/var/log/speech-dispatcher//speechd.log
[Thu Oct 23 02:39:57 2008 : 621832] speechd:   Speech Dispatcher started with 1 
output module
[Thu Oct 23 02:39:57 2008 : 621856] speechd: Speech Dispatcher will use port 
6560
[Thu Oct 23 02:39:57 2008 : 621916] speechd:   Openning socket connection
[Thu Oct 23 02:39:57 2008 : 622615] speechd:    Creating new thread for speak()
[Thu Oct 23 02:39:57 2008 : 622746] speechd: Speech Dispatcher 0.6.7-rc1 
started on port 6560 and waiting for clients ...
[Thu Oct 23 02:56:53 2008 : 583973] speechd:  Speech Dispatcher Logging to file 
/var/log/speech-dispatcher//speechd.log
[Thu Oct 23 02:56:53 2008 : 584277] speechd:  Initializing output module ibmtts 
with binary /usr/lib/speech-dispatcher-modules//sd_ibmtts and configuration 
/etc/speech-dispatcher/modules//ibmtts.conf
[Thu Oct 23 02:56:53 2008 : 584337] speechd:  Output module is logging to file 
/var/log/speech-dispatcher//ibmtts.log
[Thu Oct 23 02:56:53 2008 : 595355] speechd:  Module ibmtts loaded.
[Thu Oct 23 02:56:53 2008 : 595457] speechd:    Trying to initialize ibmtts.
[Thu Oct 23 02:56:53 2008 : 763816] speechd:    Module set parameters.
[Thu Oct 23 02:56:53 2008 : 764017] speechd:  Error: Module reported error in 
request from speechd (code 3xx): 300 ERR UNKNOWN COMMAND
.
[Thu Oct 23 02:56:53 2008 : 764043] speechd: ERROR: Can't initialize audio in 
output module, see reason above.
[Thu Oct 23 02:56:53 2008 : 764088] speechd:   Couldn't load specified output 
module
[Thu Oct 23 02:56:53 2008 : 764286] speechd:  Initializing output module dummy 
with binary /usr/lib/speech-dispatcher-modules//sd_dummy and configuration 
(null)
[Thu Oct 23 02:56:53 2008 : 764311] speechd:  Output module is logging to file 
/var/log/speech-dispatcher//dummy.log
[Thu Oct 23 02:56:53 2008 : 771305] speechd:  Module dummy loaded.
[Thu Oct 23 02:56:53 2008 : 771364] speechd:    Trying to initialize dummy.
[Thu Oct 23 02:56:53 2008 : 771473] speechd:    Module set parameters.
[Thu Oct 23 02:56:53 2008 : 771846] speechd: LINE here:|304 CANT LIST VOICES|
[Thu Oct 23 02:56:53 2008 : 771883] speechd:  Module dummy started sucessfully 
with message: 
---------------
Everything ok so far.
---------------

[Thu Oct 23 02:56:53 2008 : 797641] speechd:   Reading configuration for 
pattern emacs:*
[Thu Oct 23 02:56:53 2008 : 797889] speechd:   Reading configuration for 
pattern *:gnomespeech:*
[Thu Oct 23 02:56:53 2008 : 797954] speechd:  Configuration has been read from 
"/etc/speech-dispatcher/speechd.conf"
[Thu Oct 23 02:56:53 2008 : 798004] speechd:  Speech Dispatcher Logging to file 
/var/log/speech-dispatcher//speechd.log
[Thu Oct 23 02:56:53 2008 : 798040] speechd:   Speech Dispatcher started with 1 
output module
[Thu Oct 23 02:56:53 2008 : 798065] speechd: Speech Dispatcher will use port 
6560
[Thu Oct 23 02:56:53 2008 : 798126] speechd:   Openning socket connection
[Thu Oct 23 02:56:53 2008 : 798728] speechd:    Creating new thread for speak()
[Thu Oct 23 02:56:53 2008 : 798901] speechd: Speech Dispatcher 0.6.7-rc1 
started on port 6560 and waiting for clients ...
[Thu Oct 23 02:57:17 2008 : 744413] speechd:    Activity on fd 11 ...
[Thu Oct 23 02:57:17 2008 : 744496] speechd:    Adding client on fd 17
[Thu Oct 23 02:57:17 2008 : 761936] speechd:    Data structures for client on 
fd 17 created
[Thu Oct 23 02:57:17 2008 : 761969] speechd:    Activity on fd 17 ...
[Thu Oct 23 02:57:17 2008 : 762112] speechd:    Updating client specific 
settings "root:spd-say:main" against emacs:*
[Thu Oct 23 02:57:17 2008 : 762148] speechd:    Updating client specific 
settings "root:spd-say:main" against *:gnomespeech:*
[Thu Oct 23 02:57:17 2008 : 762343] speechd:    Activity on fd 17 ...
[Thu Oct 23 02:57:17 2008 : 762517] speechd:    Activity on fd 17 ...
[Thu Oct 23 02:57:17 2008 : 762559] speechd:    Switching to data mode...
[Thu Oct 23 02:57:17 2008 : 762699] speechd:    Activity on fd 17 ...
[Thu Oct 23 02:57:17 2008 : 762753] speechd:    Activity on fd 17 ...
[Thu Oct 23 02:57:17 2008 : 762896] speechd:    Message in queue p3
[Thu Oct 23 02:57:17 2008 : 762987] speechd:   Warning: Didn't find prefered 
output module, using default
[Thu Oct 23 02:57:17 2008 : 763012] speechd:   Couldn't load default output 
module, trying other modules
[Thu Oct 23 02:57:17 2008 : 763036] speechd:   Trying other output modules
[Thu Oct 23 02:57:17 2008 : 763063] speechd: Error: No output module seems to 
be working, using the dummy output module
[Thu Oct 23 02:57:17 2008 : 763094] speechd:    Module set parameters.
[Thu Oct 23 02:57:17 2008 : 811964] speechd:    Activity on fd 17 ...
[Thu Oct 23 02:57:17 2008 : 812004] speechd:    Removing client on fd 17
[Thu Oct 23 02:57:17 2008 : 812028] speechd:    Tagging client as inactive in 
settings
[Thu Oct 23 02:57:17 2008 : 812055] speechd:    Removing client from the 
fd->uid table.
[Thu Oct 23 02:57:17 2008 : 812143] speechd:    Closing clients file descriptor 
17
[Thu Oct 23 02:57:17 2008 : 812213] speechd:   Connection closed
[Thu Oct 23 02:57:17 2008 : 832648] speechd:    Module speak!
[Thu Oct 23 02:57:17 2008 : 836953] speechd:    Message sent to output module