Re: [orca-list] orca and lxde

[Michael Whapples <mwhapples aim com>]

Good to hear that works.

Just had a quick look at something, possibly a way you can set that 
variable. On my system there is a ~/.xinitrc file (there is also a 
~/.xsession file but that simply sources the ~/.xinitrc file, just 
mentioning it in case you don't have the ~/.xinitrc) and in there I find 
a line right at the end which starts my X window manager (in my case 
gnome-session). For me this line is:
exec gnome-session
I tried putting the export command just before this to set a environment 
variable and then I saved the file and logged out and back in and sure 
enough the variable is automatically set for me. As I believe these are 
X window files and not gnome specific it should also work for LXDE if 
you have the files (I am using a GRML system so I don't know whether 
these files are relevant for your distro).

Michael Whapples
On 01/16/2010 12:16 AM, Daniel Dalton wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 09:41:13PM +0000, Michael Whapples wrote:
>    
> > that you need to set GTK_MODULES=gail:atk-bridge which you can do
> >      
> Thanks, your a champ, that did the trick -- if I run it from a lxterm, and
> then invoke orca, I can read the orca window. Once orca is running I can
> start a new lxterm, and export again invoking another gtk app
> eg. firefox. This works great, however, now I just need to go and find
> out what file I should place this in as so it will automatically set the
> variables upon start of lxde, and therefore theoretically I should have
> access to the desktop, and all apps I invoke.
>
> Thanks for all your help! After some googling, it seems others have got
> it working so I'll keep persisting.:)
>
> Cheers,
> Dan
>