[orca-list] Fwd: Do you have a solution?? [john boyer abilitiessoft org: Problem with lightdm]

[Didier Spaier <didier slint fr>]

[message re-sent from my usual email address, sorry for the duplicates]

Hello John,

I second the suggestion from Jason to start in console mode the type startx
wheneve needed to start Mate, at least as a workaround.

Now to have lightdm start in tty7 as previously, you could edit the file:
/etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf
and remove the leading # in this line:
#minimum-vt=7
Also check if this variable is set otherwise in this file.

About speech in the lightdm greeter and assuming you are running the gtk one,
edit the file:
/etc/lightdm/lightdm-gtk-greeter.conf and include these settings:

indicators = ~a11y;~session;~power
a11y-states = +reader
reader = orca

As I am not using Debian but maybe some Debian specific settings come into play,
I CC the Debian accessibility mailing list so that Debian users can tell if
something works differently in Debian Bookworm.

Friendly regards,
Didier

Le 04/07/2022 à 10:43, John J. Boyer a écrit :
> I sent this message to the blinux list and did not receive a reply. perhaps someone on this list knows what 
> is hapening. I am cuyrrently using Windows for my Web acces.
>
> Thanks,
> John
> ----- Forwarded message from "John J. Boyer" <john boyer abilitiessoft org> -----
>
> Subject: Problem with lightdm
> From: "John J. Boyer" <john boyer abilitiessoft org>
> Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2022 22:03:36 -0500
> To: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list redhat com>
>
> Until about six months ago, when I booted up  lightdm would ask what user to log into and the password. It 
> would then set up console 7, set the screen for this console to graphics mode and start  Orca. It would not 
> affect the other consoles, so i could continue to use them in command mode, with brltrty. Now lightdm just 
> sets the screen to graphics mode without asking anything. I have to use systemctl to disable it, so I can 
> use the machine. 
> How can I get the former behavior back? As it is, I can't use Mate at all.
>
> Thanks,
> John