Re: [orca-list] Orca Completely Broken!

[Scott Haeger <scott bashautomation com>]

Hermann wrote:
> * Steve Holmes <steve holmesgrown com> [11.02.2008 19:24]:
>   
> > I Just did a 'svn update' a few minutes ago and now Orca doesn't work
> > anymore.  When I do 'startx' from a console, I hear the gnome startup
> > sound followed by "Welcome to Orca" and all silence after that. ...
> >     
>
> If you have real bad luck, you end up in completely setting up your 
> system. I experienced similar things with SVN Orca.
> So I would recommend to install a stable Orca in the system's path, and 
> do the experimental install in a different path, for example /opt or 
> completely in your home directory.
> Assume you install in /opt, it might look like this:
> Change into your SVN directory and type:
> ./configure --prefix=/opt
> make 
> make install
> (I'm not sure whether a "sudo" is necessary in that case).
> You can create a symlink in your system's path to point to the 
> experimental Orca in difference to your stable one.
> If SVN brakes down, you can continue working and take your time to look 
> for the cause of the brake-down.
> Just a thought.
> Hermann
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>   
I kicked the tires on revision 3561 and everything seems fine.

Scott