Re: [g-a-devel] success with gnopernicus 0.8.4 Gnome 2.6 in Debian

[Igor Gueths <igueths lava-net com>]

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Hmm...So this would imply that without Java installed, things appear to work better...If so, I suppose its time to strip the java packages off this system...?
On Thu, Nov 11, 2004 at 01:59:58PM -0600, Kenny Hitt wrote:
> Hi.  Since both boxes are running Debian unstable, the versions 
> of Gnome libs and programs are the same.
> The only difference is the Java support.  From the messages over the
> last 1.5 years on this list, I've always thought Java was a requirement
> for Mozilla as well.
> 
>           Kenny
> 
> On Thu, Nov 11, 2004 at 11:50:35AM -0800, Peter Korn wrote:
> > Hi Kenny,
> > 
> > Without a detailed list of the versions of all of the bits that you are 
> > running, it is difficult to attempt to diagnose anything.  I'm very pleased 
> > to hear you have a very stable system with Gnopernicus now - the internal 
> > stuff we're running in Sun is reasonably stable for us.
> > 
> > Java is NOT a requirement for Mozilla access; only for StarOffice and of 
> > course for Java applications.
> > 
> > 
> > Regards,
> > 
> > Peter Korn
> > Sun Accessibility team
> > 
> > 
> > Kenny Hitt wrote:
> > >Hi.  I recently installed a new Debian system.  I upgraded the box to
> > >unstable.  I installed the Debian packages for Gnome and Gnopernicus.
> > >In Debian, Gnome 2.6 and Gnopernicus 0.8.4 are the latest available.  I
> > >haven't installed any Java support.  Since Debian doesn't allow Java in
> > >it's main distro, I don't believe any Java packages were installed
> > >as dependencys.
> > >I've noticed I have a very stable system. I haven't crashed Gnopernicus
> > >or any gnome app in the over 2 months I've been running it this way.
> > >There are some problems with accessibility, but no problems with
> > >stability.  On my other Debian box which has Sun's JDK installed,
> > >Gnopernicus is very unstable.  That box's Gnome is basically useless.
> > >Does anyone have an idea why a system using only Debian packages is so
> > >stable while a box with Java support isn't?  The box with Java install
> > >is completely stable for my sighted girl friend who doesn't use any
> > >Gnome accessibility features.  That would suggest the stability problems
> > >are part of the accessibility and not a general problem.
> > >
> > >One other strange thing is Mozilla access.  the box with Java installed
> > >doesn't have much access to Mozilla.  the box with all Debian packages
> > >will allow me to read web pages using Mozilla-firefox.  The access isn't
> > >perfect, but it is noticably better than anything I've had before.
> > >I thought Java was a requirement for Mozilla access.  Can someone pleas
> > >explain what is going on?
> > >
> > >          Kenny
> > >
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