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

[Willie Walker <William Walker Sun COM>]

Hi Ari:

Would you be able to upgade to a newer version of GNOME (e.g., 2.24)?  
In addition, do you need to be on Ubuntu, or can you use a different 
operating system distribution such as OpenSolaris?

Will

On Nov 20, 2008, at 3:12 PM, Ari Moisio wrote:

> Hello Will
>
>  Orca --version reports similar error but dpgk reports
> gnome-orca 2.22.1-0ubuntu
>
> The relevant bonobo   versions are
> ii  libbonobo2-0                           2.22.0-0ubuntu1             
>                          Bonobo CORBA interfaces library
> ii  libbonobo2-bin                         2.22.0-0ubuntu1             
>                          Bonobo CORBA interfaces library -- support b
> ii  libbonobo2-common                      2.22.0-0ubuntu1             
>                          Bonobo CORBA interfaces library -- support f
> ii  libbonobo2-dev                         2.22.0-0ubuntu1             
>                          Bonobo CORBA interfaces library -- developme
> ii  libbonoboui2-0                         2.21.90-1                   
>                          The Bonobo UI library
> ii  libbonoboui2-common                    2.21.90-1                   
>                          The Bonobo UI library -- common files
> ii  liblpint-bonobo0                       0.1.19                      
>                          library for launchpad integration
>
>  I got a sighted help to login to gnome and execute the Orca.
>
> Next problem was that the  Orca setup hang while selecting  the 
> keyboard layout. Synth read the prompt thext but not the choices. Orca 
> were however
>
> still running. There were a  pulseaudio device busy error at the logs. 
> I installed an usb sound card and configured speech-dispatcher to use 
> it. With this setup i was able to finish the setup.
>
>  There are still some issues; this versions of Orca seems a bit 
> unstable and  there are   encoding issues with finnish speech synth 
> but otherwise
>  Orca looks very promising:-)
>
>
> --
> mr. M01510 & guide Loadstone-GPS
>
>
> On Thu, 20 Nov 2008, Willie Walker wrote:
>
> > 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
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