Re: [orca-list] Difficult at-spi-registryd bug

[Bill Cox <waywardgeek gmail com>]

D'oh!  The problem is that /usr/bin/ubiquity launches the real
ubiquity using gksu, which results in all sorts o problems with Orca
in Ubntu.  When I replace it with a simple wrapper script (I call it
runsu) around sudo the problem goes away!

Bill

On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 4:16 PM, Bill Cox <waywardgeek gmail com> wrote:
> There's a bug in Ubuntu Lucid on the LiveCD.  If I choose an
> accessible install, and boot into Ubuntu, Orca comes up automatically.
>  When I double-click on the install icon, Ubiquity runs.  If I then
> switch to another app, and then back to Ubuquity with Alt+Tab, Orca is
> unable to read the Ubiquity forms.  Instead, it just says what key I
> press.  When I close Ubiquity, at-spi-registryd crashes.  I believe
> that this is due to Orca trying to access data in a widget that has
> already been destroyed.  I can change at-spi-registryd not to crash in
> this case, but that wont fix the problem that Orca loses it's ability
> to access Ubiquity when we switch to another app.
>
> This is a common problem in Ubuntu Lucid.  I think it's true for many
> apps that when we run them with sudo, and switch away, and then back,
> Orca is no longer able to read the app's widgets.  Could this be some
> sort of permissions problem?
>
> Thanks,
> Bill