RE: Problems with accessibility using gnome as built by gentoo

[John covici <covici ccs covici com>]

As an update to this thread, I found out that when I was using startx
or xinit, gnome was not starting at all and this is why I was not
getting speech -- no gnome-session or anything -- when I ran gdm and
logged in, things worked much better.

on Tuesday 02/20/2007 Dorado Martínez, Francisco Javier(FDMA once es) wrote
 > Hi,
 > 
 > You have to logout and login back in order to accessibility support take effect.
 > 
 > Regards
 > 
 > Javier
 > 
 > 
 > 
 > > -----Mensaje original-----
 > > De: John covici [mailto:covici ccs covici com] 
 > > Enviado el: martes, 20 de febrero de 2007 14:05
 > > Para: Dorado Martínez, Francisco Javier
 > > CC: covici ccs covici com; gnome-accessibility-list gnome org
 > > Asunto: RE: Problems with accessibility using gnome as built by gentoo
 > > 
 > > 
 > > When I just tried to run orca -- I got a bonobo generalerror 
 > > either orca -t from a text console, or orca & from a bash 
 > > with DISPLAY set. How can I get accessibility going in gnome?
 > > 
 > > on Tuesday 02/20/2007 Dorado Martínez, Francisco 
 > > Javier(FDMA once es) wrote  > Hi all  > 
 > >  > John, how are you launching Orca?
 > >  > You can launch it in a gnome-terminal by typing alt + f2 
 > > and then write gnome-terminal plus enter key.  > In that 
 > > terminal launch Orca by typing 
 > >  > Orca&
 > >  > 
 > >  > Now Orca should say "welcome to Orca"  if it stops could 
 > > you tell us what output gives orca after launching it in the 
 > > terminal window?  > 
 > >  > You could subscribe to the orca-list mailing list for 
 > > going on the discussion  > 
 > > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/orca-list
 > >  >  
 > >  > Thanks!
 > >  > 
 > >  > Regards
 > >  > 
 > >  > Javier
 > >  > 
 > >  > > -----Mensaje original-----
 > >  > > De: gnome-accessibility-list-bounces gnome org 
 > >  > > [mailto:gnome-accessibility-list-bounces gnome org] En nombre 
 > >  > > de John covici
 > >  > > Enviado el: martes, 20 de febrero de 2007 10:10
 > >  > > Para: gnome-accessibility-list gnome org
 > >  > > Asunto: Problems with accessibility using gnome as built 
 > > by gentoo  > > 
 > >  > > 
 > >  > > Hi.  I have a gentoo installation and I installed gnome with 
 > >  > > whatever accessibility I could get by saying 
 > > USE=accessibility .  > > 
 > >  > > Now I am having problems using orca with this install.  For 
 > >  > > one thing, if I run test-speech I get multiple voices at the 
 > >  > > same time!  I have festival started, I have the software 
 > >  > > Dectalk installed and espeak 1.20 installed.  My main problem 
 > >  > > is that orca does not say anything but welcome to focus 
 > >  > > tracking mode -- and even not that all the time.  I did an 
 > >  > > orca -t from a text console (using speakup and a hardware 
 > >  > > synth), and it seemed to work, but no joy.  I am starting 
 > >  > > gnome using startx or xinit.  It looks like I have gnome 2.16 
 > >  > > from some of the versions of the packages I have.
 > >  > > 
 > >  > > Any assistance would be appreciated as I have had no response 
 > >  > > from the gentoo list at all.
 > >  > > 
 > >  > > -- 
 > >  > > Your life is like a penny.  You're going to lose it.  The 
 > >  > > question is: How do you spend it?
 > >  > > 
 > >  > >          John Covici
 > >  > >          covici ccs covici com 
 > >  > > _______________________________________________
 > >  > > gnome-accessibility-list mailing list 
 > >  > > gnome-accessibility-list gnome org
 > >  > > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-accessibility-list
 > >  > > 
 > > 
 > > -- 
 > > Your life is like a penny.  You're going to lose it.  The 
 > > question is: How do you spend it?
 > > 
 > >          John Covici
 > >          covici ccs covici com
 > > 

-- 
Your life is like a penny.  You're going to lose it.  The question is:
How do
you spend it?

         John Covici
         covici ccs covici com