Re: [orca-list] Orca in Linux Mint 19

[Jace Kattalakis <khalfang1366 gmail com>]

    Have you tried bringing up a terminal and starting Orca? For me 
with some distros it takes a few tries of doing that to get Orca to stay on.

Here's how I personally do it.

1. Boot live USB/installed system


2. Ctrl+alt+T to open terminal


3. orca --replace


4. If the screenreader shuts off, repeat step 3 until it stays on.


5. If step 4 fails, try the Mate desktop version of Mint or reset system 
and try again. Strangely I've had Orca work fine after powering down a 
live session and resetting the system..


I'm not sure what the progress on Cinnamon being useable is, last I 
heard was it was being worked on a while ago so any updates to that, I'm 
wondering what the status is on Cinnamon.


On 08/25/2018 07:32 PM, Francisco Javier Dorado Martínez via orca-list 
wrote:
> Hi all
>
> Has anyone had luck with Linux Mint 19. When it's boot and press alt  
> + f2 and type Orca
>
> Orca starts for 5 seconds and then deactivate. Seems that a11y 
> infrastructure is not loaded.
>
> In forums I have read that you have to turn on accessibility on 
> Cinnamon settings
>
> but is there any trick for a blind user can activate it?
>
> I would like to test Cinnamon on Mint 19.
>
>
> Thanks for any help
>
> regards,
>
> Javier
>
>
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