Re: [orca-list] Setting up orca as a blind newbie

[Willie Walker <William Walker Sun COM>]

Hi Ari:

Darn.  Sorry - the DISPLAY thing is a red herring.  I just performed 
the following test on my Ubuntu Intrepid box:

1) Logged out of the desktop and made sure it was sitting at the login 
prompt.  This is not a necessary step to run "orca --text-setup" -- I 
just did it to make sure I wasn't able to access the display.

2) Ran "orca --text-setup" from a virtual console.

I got the display warnings mentioned, but the setup actually ran.  So, 
it looks like the Bonobo.GeneralError is the thing that's really the 
problem.

Which version of Orca are you using (orca --version).

Will

On Nov 19, 2008, at 11:20 AM, Ari Moisio wrote:

> Hello Willie
>
>  Here comes the typescript.  Shell is executed in ssh session if it 
> matters. D$DISPLAY was not set initially.
>
> Script started on ke 19. marraskuuta 2008 18:08:12
> arimo ubuntu:~$ export DISPLAY=:0
> arimo ubuntu:~$ orca --text-setup
> No protocol specified
> xmodmap:  unable to open display ':0'
> No protocol specified
> xmodmap:  unable to open display ':0'
> No protocol specified
> xmodmap:  unable to open display ':0'
> No protocol specified
> /var/lib/python-support/python2.5/gtk-2.0/gtk/__init__.py:72: 
> GtkWarning: could not open display
>   warnings.warn(str(e), _gtk.Warning)
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
>   File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/orca/orca.py", line 54, in 
> <module>
>     import pyatspi
>   File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/pyatspi/__init__.py", line 
> 44, in <module>
>     reg = bonobo.activation.activate_from_id(REGISTRY_IID, 0, 0)
> Bonobo.GeneralError
> arimo ubuntu:~$ exit
> exit
>
> Script done on ke 19. marraskuuta 2008 18:09:06
>
>
> --
> mr. M01510 & guide Loadstone-GPS
>
>
> On Wed, 19 Nov 2008, Willie Walker wrote:
>
> > > - Can i run some setup script in  text console.
> > > orca --text-setup will only complain
> > > 'GtkWarning: could not open display' and spit a tracebak message.
> >
> > I think your DISPLAY environment variable needs to be set (e.g., 
> > DISPLAY=:0). If it is set and you still get a stack trace, please 
> > post the trace so we can
> > better help you.
> >
> > Will