Re: [orca-list] Can someone look into this possible bug for me?

[Kyle <kyle4jesus gmail com>]

I have found more info on this bug. It does in fact appear to be a bug 
in Orca or one of its dependencies. Upon reading Bill's post, I tried 
killing orca using

killall -9 orca

but there was no response. Everything on my desktop was still 
unresponsive. Then I did what would normally be a very stupid thing. I 
went back to the text console and killed python itself.

killall -9 python

I then switched back to GNOME and found that even Firefox had once again 
become responsive and my CPU was no longer running hot. I can then start 
Orca again and continue using Firefox.

The freeze isn't automatic upon loading the page. It only occurs when 
tabbing or arrowing to the checkbox that says "Remember me". Once that 
checkbox gains focus, Orca freezes and takes everything else with it 
until Python is killed. Then, upon restarting Orca, everything works 
fine again, as long as the "Remember me" checkbox is avoided. Normal 
signon should work fine, and I was able to navigate away from ncsecu.org 
to Google and other web sites. The 3-finger salute is no longer required 
if Python is killed with the -9 signal. Note, however, that all apps 
that are written in Python will die and will have to be restarted.

~Kyle