Re: [orca-list] OT: cannot finish installing sun-java6-jre - license acceptance not possible with orca

[Jacob Schmude <j schmude gmail com>]

Hi Rich
Dave is correct. Just to add to his response, the reason this is not  
clickable with either orca or the mouse is it is not a GUI dialog.  
It's a text-based screen designed to look like a GUI, and shows your  
location via a console highlight. You can usually use these with orca  
by using read current line to discover where you are, and read current  
word to discover what option you are located on, though these do work  
better with a true console screen reader such as speakup. They do not  
respond to mouse or other GUI events.
hth




On Mar 17, 2009, at 16:08, Rich Caloggero wrote:

> I just installed openoffice.org and thought I'd update to the latest  
> java
> runtime. I tried installing the package sun-java6-jre, and the  
> installation
> seemed to begin ok.  Then, a license screen appeared in the terminal  
> with
> the last line "<ok>" (without the quot marks). I assumed I was  
> supposed to
> click on that ok to accept the license, however this is not possible  
> either
> using orca, or using the mouse.  When I then control-c'd out of the
> installer, I ended up with a hung process and a corrupted dpkg  
> database.
>
> I was able to fix the database, (at least I can install/uninstall  
> packages
> again), but I still don't know how to install sun-java6-jre.
>
> Either I'm attempting to install the wrong package (I just love  
> these highly
> intuitive package names), or something's broken, or I'm doing  
> something
> stupid, or all of the above.
>
> Has anyone seen this before? Any suggestions on how to proceed?
> -- Rich
>
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