Re: [orca-list] can't start Orca

["Albert E. Sten-Clanton" <albert e sten_clanton verizon net>]

Daniel and Jude, thanks for your replies.

I'm sorry to say that I tried the suggested instructions below but got nothing, at least, nothing I could use.  I note that I got a beep right after entering the "gnome-terminal" command:  it didn't wait for the down-arrow.  In fact, the down-arrow didn't cause a beep at that point, though it did after two uses of the alt-tab keys.  At no point did I get orca talking.

Setting DISPLAY to :0 did not help, not even when I included the command in /etc/profile, so that it was set to this after boot-up.  the command "echo $DISPLAY" gave me nothing before.  Since you wrote that it also gave you nothing, but you apparently can use orca, maybe it doesn't matter.  But if it doesn't matter, of course, why have I received error messages saying that it does?

Thanks again, though.  Of course, I welcome any other suggestions for solving this problem.  (I'm beginning to fear that this is some quirk of my system, like whatever prevented me from installing FC6 from CD's but didn't prevent installation from an image on the hard drive.)

Al
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Daniel Dalton" <d dalton iinet net au>
To: "Albert E. Sten-Clanton" <albert e sten_clanton verizon net>
Cc: "orca list" <orca-list gnome org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 6:13 AM
Subject: Re: [orca-list] can't start Orca


> On Mon, 28 Jan 2008, Albert E. Sten-Clanton wrote:
> 
> > Greetings!
> 
> Hi,
> 
> >
> > I'm using Fedora 8.  I had the same trouble with Fedora 7; I didn't try Orca with an earlier version.
> >
> > In a console, and of course with runlevel 5, I type "orca -t" and go through the setup choices.  When I hit the enter key, though, I get "Cannot start Orca because it cannot connect to the Desktop.  Please make sure the DISPLAY environment variable has been set."
> 
> What does
> echo $DISPLAY
> say?
> 
> >
> > I've tried logging in via gnome.  I can't tell if I actually am logging in, but something happens, since the hard drive spins.  Pressing alt-f2, waiting, and typing orca (or Orca) does nothing, with or without the -t.
> 
> Hit alt f2
> then wait a moment and type "gnome-terminal"
> Then hit down arrow.
> Do you hear a beep?
> If not alt tab and hit down arrow again.
> Hopefully it beeps somewhere when you hit down arrow.
> This means your in a gnome-terminal.
> Now try
> orca -t
> 
> But orca -t should be really working from a standard console.
> So this makes me think that X isn't working correctly...
> 
> >
> > I forget exactly how, but I was led to see if gdmsetup might help.  That command results only in the message "(gdmsetup:2750):Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display:".
> 
> Not sure.
> 
> >
> > I considered blaming my monitor or its connection to the computer, since nothing showed up on the screen using either Fedora 7 or GRML.  (That's why I don't know if what happens is a login or not.) Also, though I didn't find much on Google about the DISPLAY variable, one item seemed to concern a possible hardware problem.  Still, I used the ubuntu 7.10 live cd, and Orca spoke fine.  I know of course that a new monitor's likely in order, but that ubuntu works tells mt, even if this is part of my problem, there's more to it.
> 
> Ok well it shouldn't have much to do with your monitor.
> I don't even have a monitor connected...
> Although I did setup with the monitor connected to the right settings for 
> my monitor.
> But I doubt it is your monitor...
> 
> >
> > I did try setting the DISPLAY variable manually, using an example from one of my books and the one I got by way of the set command while in a terminal in ubuntu.
> 
> Ok well if this helps mine is:
> 
> Actually echo $DISPLAY says nothing... Why?
> 
> >
> > I'll be grateful if somebody can tell me what I might do or where I might look for information to solve this problem.  Thanks!
> 
> Hope some of this helps a little bit.
> Sorry I don't really no much about this...
> 
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