Re: [orca-list] can't start Orca

[Jude DaShiell <jdashiel shellworld net>]

Hi, a display in terms of Linux is an environment variable.  Nothing to do 
with your monitor.  If I remember properly a command as root like export 
display=:0 may move you a little forward.  This is one of the speakup 
howto's places where it could do with some additions.



On Mon, 28 Jan 2008, Albert E. Sten-Clanton wrote:

> Greetings!
>
> I'm using Fedora 8.  I had the same trouble with Fedora 7; I didn't try Orca with an earlier version.
>
> In a console, and of course with runlevel 5, I type "orca -t" and go through the setup choices.  When I hit the enter 
> key, though, I get "Cannot start Orca because it cannot connect to the Desktop.  Please make sure the DISPLAY environment 
> variable has been set."
>
> I've tried logging in via gnome.  I can't tell if I actually am logging in, but something happens, since the 
> hard drive spins.  Pressing alt-f2, waiting, and typing orca (or Orca) does nothing, with or without the -t.
>
> I forget exactly how, but I was led to see if gdmsetup might help.  That command results only in the message 
> "(gdmsetup:2750):Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display:".
>
> I considered blaming my monitor or its connection to the computer, since nothing showed up on the screen 
> using either Fedora 7 or GRML.  (That's why I don't know if what happens is a login or not.) Also, though I 
> didn't find much on Google about the DISPLAY variable, one item seemed to concern a possible hardware 
> problem.  Still, I used the ubuntu 7.10 live cd, and Orca spoke fine.  I know of course that a new monitor's 
> likely in order, but that ubuntu works tells mt, even if this is part of my problem, there's more to it.
>
> I did try setting the DISPLAY variable manually, using an example from one of my books and the one I got by 
> way of the set command while in a terminal in ubuntu.
>
> I'll be grateful if somebody can tell me what I might do or where I might look for information to solve this 
> problem.  Thanks!
>
> Al
>
>
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