Re: [orca-list] Incredibly frustrated!

[Jon <j orcauser googlemail com>]

Hi,

If you want to use wireless on the go, then dont use ubuntu and Orca, 
unless you have some vision, and can get to the nm-applet on the control
pannel. The control pannel is currently unaccessable, and Orca can not 
do anything about this, we keep and need to keep bugging the people that 
are incharge of gnome-control pannel.

best thing to do is to dual boot with xp until this issue gets resolved.

If you wish you can also comment on the bug tracker, to remind them that 
blind people do not currently have a easy way of wireless connection, 
without the gnome-control-pannel.
Espesially if you need to connect to WPA enabled wireless networks.

For getting Orca to talk during administration applications, visit:

http://live.gnome.org/Orca/SysAdmin
and simply typing nm-app in the command line brings up an additional 
icon on the control pannel, which again we cant access.
I wish that they had a -open or -foreground or something, to bring the 
application to life, rather than making more icons.


http://live.gnome.org/Orca/DocIndex
The documentation index contains links to all wikipages.

There is a lot of knowledge on the list, but unfortunaely this has not 
made it onto the wikipages as of yet.

-Jon

On Tue 17/07/2007 at 13:14:19, Chris Gilland wrote:
> OK, guys, I use my laptop for business, and so, this is kind of an ergent 
> thing that I need to get fixed.  The one person who's name I won't mention 
> who may could help me with this has told me he'd help for $15 an hour.  Well 
> exucse me, $15 an hour to me anyway, just seems a bit expensive for an open 
> source OS.  Any way, enough venting, let me get to my question.  OK, I am 
> running at this point on my laptop Feisty 7.04.  I am also running Orca, 
> quite obviously.  OK, well, if I plug an ethernet cable in to my laptop, I 
> can get online perfectly, but, I have looked in the top and the bottom 
> pannels and do not see Network Manager there at all.  I went into 
> applications/add remove, and network manager deffinently is checked.  So, it 
> is apparently installed.  I however can't find it in my pannel anywhere.  I 
> have looked and looked.  It just simply put, isn't there.  I went online and 
> tried desperetly using my windows box to find an installer for network 
> manager but had no luck I even checked the apt repositories.  I even went 
> into /etc/apt/sources.list and added the multiverse repository.  I also with 
> a hard wired internet connection via eithernet cable went to a terminal and 
> did:
>
> sudo apt-get update
>
> This is incredibly weird.  I even tried downloading and installing the 
> debian package using gdebi of gtkwifi
>
> Yeah, right.  that worked very well will Orca.  Not?  I'm just totally 
> confused.  I've waisted almost half a day just trying to figure this dad 
> blamed thing about wireless out.  I'd not think it should take that long to 
> configure a wireless connection.  Then, of corse, if I go to 
> system/administration/networks, then Orca absol;utely refuses to speak. 
> Again, this guy I mentioned above said there is a work around but he wants 
> to be paid to help me fix it.  I frankly thought that was kind a silly 
> myself.  I know he runs a business, but, this is Ubuntu we're talking here. 
> Doesn't our mission state that we are to help each other, not for money, not 
> for fame, not for anything jsut help.  I'm not asking you all to hold my 
> hand while we cross the street, sota speak, but can someone please just 
> direct me on what things to do or check or where online to read up?  I've 
> looked on the Orca wiki forums, and have even looked on the Ubuntu forums 
> with no luck.  I just know if I cannot get this thing up on wifi then most 
> likely I'm not do to frustration, but more due to me being required to have 
> an inte3rnet connection with my notebook, I may have to go back to Win XP 
> Home, which I r'r'r'r'r'r'r'r'r'really! don't wanna do!
>
> Please please can someone help.  If you think it would be easier just to 
> call me and walk me through it... then, it's...
>
> 704-899-5290
>
> Please someone help.  I'm totally outta suggestions to myself.
>
>
> Chris. 
>
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