[orca-list] orca not reading dialogs in fresh ubuntu 7.10 desktop

["Dave" <dmehler26 woh rr com>]

Hello,
   Last night i did an installation of Ubuntu 7.10 desktop. I've clearly 
done something wrong, it's not happy.
   First of all i couldn't get it to talk, so i brought in the eyes and we 
went through it again. This time i got f5, selected screen reader and 
continued. When the live CD loaded i did not get speech, to get speech i had 
to go to run, and enter orca. I then had speech, but when i went to the 
desktop and hit install, the installation box came up but orca wouldn't read 
it. I mean it's like it was a blank screen.
   So, i aborted that install and had assistance with it. Basically the box 
is up, but orca still isn't happy. I can log in, go to run, start orca, it 
does great reading the desktop, or terminal. My issue is my network card was 
not detected during installation or i should say configured. I went 
terminal, and su-d to root, and then entered network-admin. This brought up 
another of those dialogs that again orca acted as if there was a blank 
screen.
   Both of the above tell me i do not have a working system. Two 
possibilities i can think of, please feel free to suggest others, one 
accessibility hooks and options were not enabled by the install, and or two 
orca/the system needs updates that will resolve these issues.
   Thanks.
Dave.