Re: [orca-list] system admin

["Mohammed Al-shar'" <mohammed atexplorer com>]

hi Willie:

I am not exactly new to Linux, I keep going and coming back. so I am 
confident I will not mess my system up if I enable root, (not that I care if 
that happens anyway). . what I want to be able to do is make orca speak if I 
enter one of the administrative menus, or launch such applications as super 
user. imho, my pc is boring if I can't get access to whatever I like to 
access in it. so, unless I experiment, I will never learn.

to say the truth, and to give credit to you people, each time I come back to 
Linux I find things improving. last time we had the problem of playing audio 
and orca at the same time, but that is now taken care of in the latest 
ubuntu. all that a user have to do is insure that pulse audio is taking care 
of their sound. the second annoyance was having to install Firefox and orca 
from sources, again, the latest ubuntu works out of the box. to me, the 
third annoyance is making orca speak when I need access to an application 
that requires super user's privilege. that's why I am posting this question.

thank you very much for your patience.

Mohammed Al-shar'

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Willie Walker" <William Walker Sun COM>
To: "Mohammed Al-shar'" <mohammed atexplorer com>
Cc: <Orca-list gnome org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2008 4:04 PM
Subject: Re: [orca-list] system admin


> Hi Mohammed:
>
> Unfortunately, doing things as the 'root' user is a very risky thing if 
> you are not familiar with Linux.  You risk trashing your system (i.e., 
> needing to reinstall it), opening it up to security risks, etc.  As such, 
> if you do not know how to edit files yet, you may not be at the point 
> where you should be doing things as the root user.
>
> I wish there were currently a more automated/foolproof way to configure 
> this stuff.  Right now, however, you need to have basic file editing 
> skills and some level of Linux knowledge to do the work.  Ideally, your 
> distribution would come with things already configured and ready to go, 
> but it's not at the point yet.
>
> Will
>
> Mohammed Al-shar' wrote:
> > hi list.
> >  on the Orca page there are instructions to enable system administration 
> > on hardy with Orca as follows:
> >  "SYS ADMIN:
> >
> > 1) Create root's ~/.orbitrc file (/root/.orbitrc, with and owner.group of 
> > root.root with a mode of 644 on my system):
> >
> >  ORBIIOPIPv4=1
> > ORBIIOPUNIX=0
> >
> >  2) Edit /etc/sudoers to add the following line after the line with 
> > "env_reset" in it:
> >
> >  Defaults env_keep+="GTK_MODULES"
> >
> >  Everything else seems to have been taken care of by Luke and Ubuntu 
> > (thanks Luke!), at least for my decrepit Toshiba Tecra M2 laptop. "
> >  can anyone of you help me by rewriting this in a clear step by step 
> > instructions? I don't know how to create a file yet, and I forgot how to 
> > edit a file as root.
> >  thanks.
> > Mohammed Al-shar'
> >
> >
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