Bug 396079

Summary: Kontact leaves multiple speech-dispatcher connections open after program close
Product: [Applications] kontact Reporter: dag
Component: notesAssignee: kdepim bugs <kdepim-bugs>
Status: REPORTED ---    
Severity: normal CC: bugs.kde.org
Priority: NOR    
Version: 5.7.3   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Other   
OS: Linux   
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Description dag 2018-07-02 08:36:51 UTC
The header say it all. Atarting kontact will open 4 (?) speech-dispatcher sessions to pulseaudio easily visible through kmix.

These connections should only be opened at need and closed after use!
Comment 1 Erik Quaeghebeur 2021-03-19 13:27:30 UTC
I think this is a more general KDEPIM thing. I have disabled speech-dispatcher on my system, because it messes up other audio connections (videocalling apps and websites). In my logs, I see kmail, akonadiconsole, etc. all trying to open speech-dispatcher instances. This generates entries in the logs:

Connection to speech-dispatcher failed

at the warning level. (These should be at the notice level, because speech-dispatcher is optional no?)

This part of the KDEPIM code needs some love, I think.