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I've only ever dabbled in the use of linux so I'm
not as proficient as I'd like to be so I'll apologize in advance for the
babbling. I've read all kinds of instructions from all kinds of people using all
kinds of versions of all kinds of variants of linux describing just how simple
it is to be able to use gdmsetup. I've tried everything I could find, most of it
without speech since it requires you to edit files that you can only save
changes to as root. My question is what is the correct procedure to get orca to
read the gdmsetup dialog? Is it not yet or no longer possible in ubuntu 8.04? I
read that I would have to go into gnome-terminal and then type sudo su and then
enter my password. Then killall orca, and then enter orca -n -d main-window&
and then launch another terminal window, typing sudo su and my password again,
and then typing gdmsetup. What usually happens is I hear welcome to orca, and
then nothing more. when I close all those terminal windows and then alt+f2 and
type orca, it comes back up and will only read while on the desktop or scrolling
through menus, but not any dialogs including the orca preferences. I then have
to log out and back in to get it to operate normally. Another set of
instructions had me editing /etc/gdm/gdm.conf-custom, going to the [security]
section and adding AllowRoot=true under it. Another page of instructions I found
had me editing /etc/gdm/gdm.conf and removing comments before certain lines,
which I didn't do after reading somewhere that gdm.conf-custom would override
gdm.conf. Still another set of instructions says:
The first thing you need to do is create a ~/.orbitrc file for the root user: sudo su - root cat > ~/.orbitrc << EOF ORBIIOPIPv4=1 ORBIIOPUNIX=0 EOF. So after having done all of that in different orders and multiple times, I'm still wondering how to get orca to speak in the gdmsetup dialog... I would be thankful if someone could refer me to some instructions for the latest version of ubuntu or help me get an idea of anything I might have missed. |