Re: [orca-list] Orca Completely Broken!

[Steve Holmes <steve holmesgrown com>]

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Well, we're fixed now.  The only thing i ended up doing was  uninstall
and then re-install gdm from my Dropline distro. Then I did a 'orca
- -t' while I had tried a 'gdm -nodaemon' from a root console.  Orca
works fine after that.

I still can't get gdmsetup to work though.  At least now, it doesn't
lock up my machine.; it basically ignores my input.  What I did was an
alt-F2 to open the command window.  I then typed 'sudo gdmsetup' and
nothing ever gains focus.  I just have the currently running
processes; in this case it was just Orca.  I wanted to mess with
gdmsetup to see if I could work on enabling accessibility at login.
Instead, if I type gdm -nodaemon I get a login screen and I can
successfully login but I can't enter any commands from there.  Or at
least, I could not start Orca from there and I never could hear any
gnome startup sounds.  I was sitting at this point clear back around
January 9th and that's when  Adam Myro told me that he could  never
get his  gdm login to work either.  I think that's why us Slackware
users are using startx to start our X sessions.

So I guess I will be using startx from a text console for the
forseeable future to start Orca.

On Mon, Feb 11, 2008 at 04:00:47PM -0500, Willie Walker wrote:
> Hi Steve:
>
> We'll get you out of this (I hope).  Here's some stuff you can try, and 
> I'd do them in this order.  Of course, you should remember to back up 
> anything before you delete it, so I didn't mention that here:
>
> 0) Make sure accessibility is enabled for your gnome-session.  From your 
> mail, it sounds like this step is OK.
>
> 1) Depending upon how you are starting X, you might need to set 
> GTK_MODULES=gail:atk-bridge and you may also need to make sure 
> at-spi-registryd is running.  Logging in via gdm accomplishes this -- 
> I'm not sure if startx is going to do so unless you have the right stuff 
> set up for startx.
>
> 2) Make sure DISPLAY is set to your X Server (likely DISPLAY=:0).  Orca 
> cannot provide access to a session if it cannot find it.
>
> 3) Rebuild/install orca from a fresh pull from SVN trunk.  Don't pull 
> into an existing area -- pull into a brand new directory.
>
> 4) Run bonobo-slay and then restart your X server.  This will kill any 
> errant at-spi-registryd and bonobo things that might be causing issues.  
> Rebooting should accomplish the same thing, but that's a bit excessive.
>
> 5) rm -rf ~/.orca -- this will blow away any corrupted orca settings 
> that might be causing issues.
>
> 6) You can try "rm -rf ~/.gconf* ~/.gnome*" to trash GNOME settings that 
> might be causing issues.
>
> If possible, you can also join us in the #orca IRC chat room of 
> irc.gnome.org for more live debugging.
>
> Will
>
> Steve Holmes wrote:
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> > No I don't have x running when I was doing a 'orca -t' I thought that
> > was run from a text console.  That's what I did when I originally set
> > things up a while back.  Now I just updated to svn 3561 but still same
> > problem.  I get gnome startup sound, then "Welcome to orca" but then
> > it locks up.  I just got through trying to do ctrl-alt-f2 to get to my
> > text console and no response.  The only thing that works for me is
> > ctrl-alt-backspace.  Earlier today, I had been trying to run gdmsetup
> > and that's seems to be when the lock-ups began; now my gnome is no
> > good anymore! Is there any way to restore settings without having to
> > completely reinstall my system?
> >
> > On Mon, Feb 11, 2008 at 01:32:39PM -0500, Willie Walker wrote:
> >  
> > > Oops - sorry for the terseness.  I was entering that using Dasher and 
> > > pushed the wrong button.  From the GtkWarning, it looks like your 
> > > DISPLAY environment variable is not set and/or the X Server is not 
> > > running.
> > >
> > > Will
> > >
> > > Willie Walker wrote:
> > >    
> > > > Steve Holmes wrote:
> > > >      
> > > > > GtkWarning: could not open display
> > > > >        
> > > > Is your display environment variable set?
> > > > _______________________________________________
> > > > Orca-list mailing list
> > > > Orca-list gnome org
> > > > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/orca-list
> > > > Visit http://live.gnome.org/Orca for more information on Orca
> > > >      
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