Re: [orca-list] system admin

[Kenny Hitt <kenny hittsjunk net>]

Hi.  If the instructions at:

http://live.gnome.org/Orca/SysAdmin

don't make since to you, then google any term you don't understand until they make since.  I've checked them 
again, and I can't see how they could be made any easier without suggesting something that would compromise 
security or break your system. 

          kenny

On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 05:05:43PM +0300, Mohammed Al-shar' wrote:
> 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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