[Bug 1025578] [NEW] espeak sound output very slow if bluez-alsa installed

[James Hunt]

Public bug reported:

Running espeak if bluetooth is enabled via the panel applet and bluez-
alsa is installed slows down espeak sound output *significantly*...

With bluetooth disabled...

$ time echo hello|espeak
ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:1018:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to open slave
ALSA lib pcm.c:2217:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.rear
ALSA lib pcm.c:2217:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.center_lfe
ALSA lib pcm.c:2217:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.side
ALSA lib audio/pcm_bluetooth.c:1614:(audioservice_expect) BT_GET_CAPABILITIES failed : Input/output error(5)
ALSA lib audio/pcm_bluetooth.c:1614:(audioservice_expect) BT_GET_CAPABILITIES failed : Input/output error(5)
ALSA lib audio/pcm_bluetooth.c:1614:(audioservice_expect) BT_GET_CAPABILITIES failed : Input/output error(5)
ALSA lib audio/pcm_bluetooth.c:1614:(audioservice_expect) BT_GET_CAPABILITIES failed : Input/output error(5)
ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:957:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) The dmix plugin supports only playback stream
ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:1018:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to open slave
Cannot connect to server socket err = No such file or directory
Cannot connect to server socket
jack server is not running or cannot be started

real    0m0.823s
user    0m0.032s
sys     0m0.064s
$ 


With bluetooth enabled...

$ time echo hello|espeak
ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:1018:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to open slave
ALSA lib pcm.c:2217:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.rear
ALSA lib pcm.c:2217:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.center_lfe
ALSA lib pcm.c:2217:(snd_pcm_open_noupdate) Unknown PCM cards.pcm.side
ALSA lib audio/pcm_bluetooth.c:1614:(audioservice_expect) BT_GET_CAPABILITIES failed : Input/output error(5)
ALSA lib audio/pcm_bluetooth.c:1614:(audioservice_expect) BT_GET_CAPABILITIES failed : Input/output error(5)
ALSA lib audio/pcm_bluetooth.c:1614:(audioservice_expect) BT_GET_CAPABILITIES failed : Input/output error(5)
ALSA lib audio/pcm_bluetooth.c:1614:(audioservice_expect) BT_GET_CAPABILITIES failed : Input/output error(5)
ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:957:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) The dmix plugin supports only playback stream
ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:1018:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to open slave
Cannot connect to server socket err = No such file or directory
Cannot connect to server socket
jack server is not running or cannot be started

real    0m21.329s
user    0m0.048s
sys     0m0.044s
$ 

"A" way (not ideal! ;-) to resolve the problem is to simply remove the
bluez-alsa package:

$ sudo apt-get remove blue-alsa


Notes:

- I have no bluetooth audio devices within range or enabled.
- I have no ~/.asoundrc so unclear why I'm getting all the alsa cruft.

Attached is the output of 'sudo hcidump -XYt'.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: bluez-alsa 4.98-2ubuntu7
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-26.41-generic-pae 3.2.19
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-26-generic-pae i686
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu8
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue Jul 17 10:06:48 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007)
InterestingModules: bnep rfcomm btusb bluetooth
MachineType: LENOVO 2516CTO
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=fr_CA.UTF8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-26-generic-pae root=UUID=7ad192e9-7b26-49d1-8e1c-fefc7dc495cb ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: bluez
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-01-12 (186 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 08/27/2010
dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.bios.version: 6IET72WW (1.32 )
dmi.board.name: 2516CTO
dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.board.version: Not Available
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.chassis.version: Not Available
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr6IET72WW(1.32):bd08/27/2010:svnLENOVO:pn2516CTO:pvrThinkPadT410:rvnLENOVO:rn2516CTO:rvrNotAvailable:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNotAvailable:
dmi.product.name: 2516CTO
dmi.product.version: ThinkPad T410
dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO
hciconfig:

** Affects: bluez (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: apport-bug i386 precise

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