Re: [orca-list] Couldn't start orca

[Willie Walker <William Walker Sun COM>]

> 3. pressed alt+f2 to open vc2 then excuted export and xdpyinfo which you
> mentioned. It seemed work normally.

Just to verify: you got no error messages from xdpyinfo and you seemed
to get lots and lots of information about the X Server?

> What should I do in step 4?

At this point, I think running orca from the same terminal where you ran
xdpyinfo would be the thing to do.  But, we're working with a very
non-standard configuration at this point.  It would be much better if
you were able to use gdm.  Is there a reason you need to use startx?

Will

> On Wed, 8 Aug 2007, Willie Walker wrote:
>
> > Hi:
> >
> > What are the results when you do the following commands?
> >
> > Ctrl+Alt+F1 (takes you to a virtual console where you need to login)
> > export DISPLAY=:0
> > xdpyinfo
> >
> > In addition, do you have to use startx, or can you log in via the normal
> > GDM way?
> >
> > Will
> >
> > On Thu, 2007-08-02 at 20:51 +0800, coscell mail batol net wrote:
> > > Hi:
> > >
> > > I found another message. I'm sure that is critical:
> > > ** (gnome-panel:18613): WARNING **: Failed to establish a connection with
> > > GDM: no such file or directory
> > >
> > > Please help me to solve this problem. Thank you very much!
> > >
> > > On Tue, 24 Jul 2007, Willie Walker wrote:
> > >
> > > > If you have access at the console level, you might try this after you've
> > > > started the X session:
> > > >
> > > > Ctrl+Alt+F1 (takes you to a virtual console where you need to login)
> > > > export DISPLAY=:0
> > > > xdpyinfo
> > > >
> > > > If you get errors from xdpyinfo, then the problem is that the DISPLAY
> > > > cannot be reached.  I'm not sure how to resolve this.  Can you do
> > > > something in a different way besides startx?
> > > >
> > > > Will
> > > >
> > > > On Tue, 2007-07-24 at 23:08 +0800, coscell mail batol net wrote:
> > > > > For example: I pressed alt+f1, left, up, enter, enter,
> > > > > I returned to console mode.
> > > > >
> > > > > On Tue, 24 Jul 2007, Willie Walker wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > I'm confused.  :-(  If you cannot test anything without Orca, how do you
> > > > > > know the GNOME environment is working?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Will
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On Tue, 2007-07-24 at 21:39 +0800, coscell mail batol net wrote:
> > > > > > > Without orca I couldn't test any thing. But I can operate gnome
> > > > > > > enviromnent properly.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > On Tue, 24 Jul 2007, Willie Walker wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > This usually means that the Orca process cannot get to the X Window
> > > > > > > > System server.  Can you run any other GUI app (e.g., gcalctool) from the
> > > > > > > > same shell where Orca is failing to start?
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > On Mon, 2007-07-23 at 11:39 +0800, coscell mail batol net wrote:
> > > > > > > > > Hello
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > I've installed and setup orca svn 2550 properly.
> > > > > > > > > But I couldn't start it while startx. I found the following messages:
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > Cannot start Orca because it cannot connect
> > > > > > > > > to the Desktop.  Please make sure the DISPLAY
> > > > > > > > > environment variable has been set.
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > Why and how to fix it?
> > > > > > > > > Thank you!
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