Re: [orca-list] Orca on laptop Dell Latitude 620

[Dominique Asselineau <asseline telecom-paristech fr>]

Krishnakant wrote on Mon, Aug 03, 2009 at 12:28:19AM +0530
> On Sun, 2009-08-02 at 20:45 +0200, Dominique Asselineau wrote:
> > Hello, 
> >
> > I try to use Orca on a laptop Dell Latitude 620 and it seems that it
> > does not work.
> > Which Distro of GNU/Linux and what version.  What version of orca are you using?
> > I run startx, I enter Alt+F2 orca, and then nothing.  The braille
> Are you running KDE or Gnome?  

Gnome.

> It seems your laptop starts in
> commandline by default, that's why you are entering the startx command?

Yes.  I wish to run Orca to use Iceweasel only (Debian). 

> > display prints always "screen not in text mode" and no sound from the
> > speakers.
> That almost confirms that you are not starting the Graphical desktop
> (presisely gnome ) in the right way.

Ok.  I do not know the manner to start an application without passing
by the graphical desktop.  Apparently, that is the problem.

Dominique

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