Re: Orca Access to system administration apps (Re: has it ben fixed)

[Joanmarie Diggs <j-diggs comcast net>]

Hi Will.

I didn't see it anywhere, so I just whipped up something for Ubuntu (see 
below).

One of my multi-drive systems has Solaris installed so I figured I'd see 
what was different there.  I haven't yet gotten sound working in that 
environment, but using braille monitor it seems that Orca provided 
access without the need for messing around with .orbitrc.  Is it safe to 
assume that this is just a Linux issue?

Finally, I have vague recollections that in non-Debian-based distros you 
don't "sudo su" you just "su".  If folks using other distros could look 
over the following and tell me what needs to be changed for your 
particular distro that would be great!  Other feedback??

With no further ado....

Accessing System Administration Tools - Ubuntu

When you attempt to use any of GNOME's system administration tools from 
your user account, you will be prompted for a password.  Once you 
provide it, you will be interacting with these tools as root rather than 
as you.  Currently, using assistive technology to access these tools 
from your user account requires the presence of a .orbitrc file in 
/root.  To create this file:

1. Launch gnome-terminal
2. Type sudo su and press Return
3. Type in your password and press Return
4. Type cd /root
5. Type nano .orbitrc press Return
6. Add these lines:
   ORBIIOPIPv4=1
   ORBIIOPUNIX=0
7. Press Control O to write out the changes, followed by Return when 
prompted for the file name
8. Press Control X to exit nano
9. Reboot

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Willie Walker wrote:
> Hi All:
>
> Has anyone written up step-by-step instructions for how to get system 
> administration tools to work nicely with the AT-SPI?  If so, can they 
> please post them here?  We also need to get this on the WIKI to help 
> other users get going with this.  For example, some sort of step-by-step 
> distillation of the conclusions in 
> http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=163132 might be a good start.
>
> Will
>
> mike coulombe wrote:
> > No I checked that. 
> > Some of the admin tools say enter your password.
> > Those are not accessible, but I don't get that message either.
> > Others like users and groups say enter the administrative password.
> > After three tries it says to run password and exits.
> > The only password I have is the one I gave it when I installed ubuntu.
> > Mike. 
> > X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 000721-1, 03/03/2007), Outbound message
> > X-Antivirus-Status: Clean
> >
> > ----- (Original Message) -----
> > From: "Willie Walker" <William Walker Sun COM>
> > Date: Monday, March 5,  at 11:51 AM
> > To: mike coulombe <kb8aey verizon net>
> > Subject: Re: has it ben fixed
> >
> >
> > Hey Mike:
> >
> > Glad to hear you're getting farther.  Is it possible your Caps Lock key
> > might be on?
> >
> > Will
> >
> > mike coulombe wrote:
> >   
> > > Hi, I notice orca now says more when I try to use users and groups.
> > > It asks for the admin password.
> > > However it never excepts the one I enter.
> > > This is the same one I use to login so what is going on?
> > > Mike.
> > > X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 000721-1, 03/03/2007), Outbound message
> > > X-Antivirus-Status: Clean
> > >
> > >
> > >   
> > >     
>    
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