Re: [orca-list] ATSPI Regestry

[Steve Holmes <steve holmesgrown com>]

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YES! YES! YES!
It's all good now.  Thanks Adam for the excellent advice.  I am now
composing this message with mutt under a terminal window.  I think the
big fix was removal of the .xsystem file and I went ahead and ran
xwmconfig for good measure.  Both managers were listed there; I
couldn't tell which was default at the time so I just arrowed to the
choice I wanted and chose it.  Starting x after that got me all the
way in and I could start up Orca as expected.  I now have it starting
up automatically so all that startup effort should be behind me now.

I'll try and come up with some concise notes that I'll keep for my
future use if I have to do it all over again some day and could put
something in the wikky page if appropriate..

On Wed, Jan 09, 2008 at 08:36:35PM -0600, Adam Myrow wrote:
> Are you still trying to log in using "gdm?"  I have never gotten that to 
> work.  What works for me is to not have a ".xsession" file in my home 
> directory.  First, as root, I run "xwmconfig."  This sets the system-wide 
> window manager.  I then make sure it's set to Gnome.  This should only 
> need to be done once, and may not even be necessary after a fresh install 
> of Dropline as you did.  Next, before trying to start X, Speech Dispatcher 
> must already be running since you've chosen it as your default speech 
> system.  I have added a line in /etc/rc.d/rc.local that starts up 
> speech-dispatcher.  If you are using Festival, you would also want to 
> start the Festival server.  In my case, I have it start, then I have 
> Speech-dispatcher start.  Once you know they are running, try typing 
> "startx" from a normal text terminal.  X should start up, you should get 
> the Gnome startup sound, and should give Orca another shot.  BTW, you can 
> set things up so that Orca comes up automatically.  To do this, assuming 
> you've got Orca talking, hit alt-f1 to get to the menus, then left arrow 
> to get to the system menu.  Navigate to the "preferences" menu, hit right 
> arrow, and select the "preferred applications" option.  This brings up a 
> dialog with several tabs.  Go to the "accessibility" tab, make sure that 
> Orca is set for your default visual application, which it probably is, 
> then check the box that says "run at startup."  Then, go over to the 
> "close" button and hit it.  This should set up things so that Orca comes 
> up at startup.  From then on, you just type "startx" when you want to use 
> Gnome, and select the "log out" option from the system menu when you are 
> through.  This will actually return you to the command prompt from which 
> you started X.
>
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