Orca possible problem with latest edgy updates

[Joanmarie Diggs <j-diggs comcast net>]

Hi all.  I just updated both of my Edgy machines and had some rather
unfortunate results with respect to Orca.  Since I have not yet figured
out what is going on, I figured I'd post it here.

The post-update symptoms:  

1.  When I run Orca from the Applications menu, nothing seems to occur.

2.  When I run Orca from a terminal window I get the following error:

    Cannot start Orca because it cannot connect to the Desktop. 
    Please make sure the DISPLAY environment variable has been set.

3.  When I check to see if the DISPLAY environment variable has been
set, it *seems* to be:

    jd pokey:~$ echo $DISPLAY
    :0.0

4.  I tried deleting my user-settings.py (and later on my entire ~/.orca
directory).  Then when I run Orca from the terminal, I go through the
normal setup routine (which is spoken as expected).  However, after I
log off and back on and launch Orca, I'm back to the above problem.

5.  I tried completely removing the Orca package (including ~/.orca) and
reinstalling it.  No difference.  

6. I (re)built from CVS.  No difference.

Somehow, I managed to get Orca working again on my primary desktop.  I'm
afraid I don't know what did the trick, however.  Sorry! You see, I
initially thought the problem was related to that computer's setup
(tri-head using Xinerama) and therefore messed around in an admittedly
unsystematic fashion with xorg.conf and anything else I thought might be
related.  

My secondary desktop is pretty straightforward (one monitor, original
xorg.conf, and mostly devoid of "development" versions of software).
It's on this system that I have not yet figured out how to get Orca
running again.  I figured that if I'm having this problem on my "normal"
system as a result of the latest edgy updates, there's a healthy chance
that I wouldn't be the only one, hence the note.

Finally:  After having the problem with my primary desktop, I figured
I'd should pay attention to what was being updated.  Here's the list
from the secondary desktop:

eog 
evolution 
evolution-dbg 
evolution-exchange 
evolution-plugins 
gnome-about 
gnome-desktop-data 
libgnome-desktop-2 
libgnome-desktop-dev 
libmetacity0
libmono-cairo1.0-cil 
libmono-corlib1.0-cil 
libmono-data-tds1.0-cil
libmono-security1.0-cil 
libmono-sharpzip0.84-cil 
libmono-sqlite1.0-cil
libmono-system-data1.0-cil 
libmono-system-web1.0-cil 
libmono-system1.0-cil
libmono0 
libmono1.0-cil 
libwnck-common 
libwnck18 
mcpp 
metacity
metacity-common 
mono-common 
mono-gac 
mono-jit 
mono-runtime 
python-glade2
python-gobject 
python-gobject-dev 
python-gtk2 
python-gtk2-dev
system-tools-backends 
ubuntu-standard 
xrdb 
yelp

Take care.
Joanie