Re: [orca-list] Problems installing orca on quite old system

[MichaÅ Zegan <webczat_200 poczta onet pl>]

Please never, in any case, use festival.
Remove it and install espeak. Or just install espeak.
And be sure that gnome-speech has a driver for it.
Then you can safely change the synthesizer in orca prefs.
        Dnia 2011-02-08, wto o godzinie 22:38 +0100, W.P. pisze:
> UÅytkownik Juanje Ojeda napisaÅ:
> > On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 9:20 PM, W.P. <laurentp wp pl> wrote:
> >   
> > > UÅytkownik Javier HernÃndez napisaÅ:
> > >     
> > > > El 08/02/11 16:35, W.P. escribiÃ:
> > > >       
> > > > > Hi there,
> > > > > my system is based on Fedora 8 - laptop I use sometimes. My "normal"
> > > > > system is mixture Fedora 8/9/10 + lots of soft compiled from source.
> > > > >
> > > > > I have tried to install Orca from regular repo (2.20): in installs
> > > > > correctly, (+ GNOME_speech / festival, Polish voice for Festival).
> > > > > install epiphany (as told that it is working).
> > > > >
> > > > > Problem: orca starts, says ""Welcome.." (in Polish) trying to read some
> > > > > text stops at first polish national character.
> > > > >
> > > > > OK, I was told to use newer version.
> > > > > So i am trying 2.30 from source.
> > > > > Need to install pyatspi as dependency (also from source).
> > > > > Configure/make/install runs OK but orca does not start:
> > > > >
> > > > > laurent laptop ~]$ orca
> > > > > Traceback (most recent call last):
> > > > >    File "<string>", line 1, in<module>
> > > > >    File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/orca/orca.py", line 1747,
> > > > > in main
> > > > >      init(pyatspi.Registry)
> > > > >    File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/orca/orca.py", line 1267,
> > > > > in init
> > > > >      "object:children-changed")
> > > > >    File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/pyatspi/registry.py", line
> > > > > 232, in
> > > > > registerEventListener
> > > > >      self._set_default_registry ()
> > > > >    File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/pyatspi/registry.py", line
> > > > > 159, in
> > > > > _set_default_registry
> > > > >      self._set_registry (MAIN_LOOP_GLIB)
> > > > >    File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/pyatspi/registry.py", line
> > > > > 132, in
> > > > > _set_registry
> > > > >      cache = AccessibleCache (app_name)
> > > > >    File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/pyatspi/cache.py", line
> > > > > 291, in
> > > > > __init__
> > > > >      self._manager = DesktopCacheManager (self)
> > > > >    File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/pyatspi/cache.py", line
> > > > > 102, in
> > > > > __init__
> > > > >      obj     = bus.get_object(ATSPI_REGISTRY_NAME, ATSPI_ROOT_PATH,
> > > > > introspect=False)
> > > > >    File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/dbus/bus.py", line 240, in
> > > > > get_object
> > > > >      follow_name_owner_changes=follow_name_owner_changes)
> > > > >    File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/dbus/proxies.py", line 236, in
> > > > > __init__
> > > > >      self._named_service = conn.activate_name_owner(bus_name)
> > > > >    File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/dbus/bus.py", line 179, in
> > > > > activate_name_owner
> > > > >      self.start_service_by_name(bus_name)
> > > > >    File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/dbus/bus.py", line 277, in
> > > > > start_service_by_name
> > > > >      'su', (bus_name, flags)))
> > > > >    File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/dbus/connection.py", line
> > > > > 603, in
> > > > > call_blocking
> > > > >      message, timeout)
> > > > > dbus.exceptions.DBusException:
> > > > > org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The
> > > > > name org.a11y.atspi.Registry was not provided by any .service files
> > > > >
> > > > > what am I missing?
> > > > >
> > > > >         
> > > > Is in your machine running a process called 'at-spi-registryd'?
> > > > If don't, maybe the problem is that you don't have at-spi's dbus
> > > > service up & running
> > > >
> > > >       
> > > After reinstalling everything (festival-*, at-spi-*, gnome-speech) I
> > > have arrived at my "starting point":
> > > working old orca.
> > > Now reinstalling orca 2.30: miracle it starts...
> > >
> > > festival 1.96 (fc7/8), at-spi-* from F10
> > >
> > > But main problem persists: spelling rewinds and stops after first polish
> > > national character.
> > >
> > > Any ideas?
> > > How to test festival?
> > >
> > >     
> >
> > To test festival you can do:
> >
> > echo "Some random text just for testing purposes" | festival --tts
> >
> >   
> But how do I put (where problem seems to be) Polish national chars? In
> what encoding?
>
> W.P.
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