Re: [orca-list] Orca install

[Michael Whapples <mwhapples aim com>]

Hello,
My thoughts are that this is suitable sort of stuff for the list, even
if only related to the main topic. If I hadn't known of GRML, I would
have thought ubuntu with orca was the only way to install Linux (so may
have only asked about if any other distro uses orca for accessible
install), so I think it is worth mentioning GRML as that is another way
to install Linux, and even knowning about GRML, I didn't know that it
might be so difficult to get orca running on it. So if orca is the thing
actually being sought then GRML may not be the thing. I had understood
from a quick search on the internet that you should be able to install
the gnome desktop all through apt with very little difficulty on GRML.

Just to answer your comment regarding speechd-up, yes it is the version
GRML use according to the information you have given, update it and you
will have solved the international character problems.

The main point I would make is that no tool is best for all tasks, and
it is always worth knowing about what is out there and their various
strengths so you can make the right choice.

From
Michael Whapples
On Fri, 2007-12-14 at 13:42 +0100, Hermann wrote:
> OK, i answer to the list too, although it may be a little bit OT:
> GRML uses speechd-up 0.1, and there's no -t option. Updating apt-get and 
> aptitude results in no newer version. However I remember, that in Ubuntu 
> Feisty, where Speakup was implemented, that umlaut problem does not 
> appear.
> GRML is Debian based, but in order to build Orca from the source, you 
> need a lot of packages, not provided over the GRML repository. So you 
> have to extend your sources.list file or collect the packages manually. 
> In the end I succeeded in finding all packages, but couldn't get the 
> x-session to start. I don't know very much about GRML's GUI, they don't 
> use Gnome, but some Xwindow systems such as  Fluxbox, and I've no idea 
> What's this all about. I use GRML in text mode only.
> Hermann