Re: [gdm-list] GDM 2.28 a11y issues

[Willie Walker <William Walker Sun COM>]

Brian Cameron wrote:
> > Integrating MouseTweaks in the panel is a great idea, and I think that 
> > would be a sufficient solution.  In addition, the MouseTweaks 'hover' 
> > area is probably the thing that we'd want to put in the lower left 
> > instead of the a11y icon.
> >
> > I can open an RFE for this if this seems reasonable to everyone.
>
> Sounds like a good idea to me.  The RFE can highlight that there are a
> few different ways to solve the problem (integrate MouseTweaks or make
> GDM just support hover directly), and we can discuss how to best
> implement this.

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=599113, with my bias towards
just putting MouseTweaks in the panel shown. ;-)

> Since the "gdm" user has its own GConf configuration settings in the
> gdm $HOME directory, it should be possible for the gdm user to specify
> the commands that are appropriate for the login screen separately from
> the user session.  I believe the commands that are used to launch
> various default AT programs are stored in GConf, so I would think this
> should work.

Where in the gdm git sources are the default settings held?  Is this the
data/session-setup.entries file?

> > They work once the user session starts, but not at the GDM login 
> > screen.  I'm not sure, but I wonder if those dialogs that warn you 
> > about a feature being turned on or off have a side effect?  These 
> > dialogs appear on the user session, but not the gdm login screen.
>
> That sounds like a bug, then.  That is odd since the same Xserver
> process is used for both the login screen session and the user session.
> I'd file a bug so we can look at this.

For additional info - I can in fact enable StickyKeys, SlowKeys, and 
MouseKeys using the X server hot keys.  I can only enable StickyKeys 
from the a11y dialog on the login screen, but I can enable StickyKeys, 
SlowKeys, and BounceKeys from the dialog in the normal user session.

Here's some related bugs I just opened:

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=599115
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=599117

> > > > - When any of the AccessX keys are enabled, the "Keyboard 
> > > > Accessibility Status" applet should appear in the panel (it 
> > > > currently does not).  This applet provides the user with AccessX 
> > > > feedback, such as which modifiers are latched/locked.
> > >
> > > That seems a reasonable enhancement request, and something that would be
> > > good to file a bug about.

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=599114

> > > > - Ctrl+Alt+Backspace doesn't seem to work any more (maybe an X 
> > > > Server configuration issue?).

http://who-t.blogspot.com/2009/04/zapping-server.html

> > > > - Entering Ctrl, Alt, Tab in sequence when StickyKeys is enabled 
> > > > doesn't seem to permit the selection of the bottom panel.  It should.
> > >
> > > Again, this sounds like an Xserver issue.
> >
> > Odd.  It seems to work in the user session.

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=599116

> fixed quickly.  It would help if you could file a bug at
> defect.opensolaris.org to help track it.  I believe this is really a
> Solaris specific issue, though.  So it is probably better to continue
> discussing this issue at defect.opensolaris.org instead of here.

http://defect.opensolaris.org/bz/show_bug.cgi?id=12125

Call me "Willie the Bug Man".

Thanks!

Will