Re: [orca-list] unusual behavior with latest master?

[Steve Holmes <steve holmes88 gmail com>]

GDM is broken in several ways right now.  First off, to get the
environment variable to be recognized by Orca, you will have to modify
the /usr/bin/orca file directly and insert the following line 
    . /etc/profile.d/speechd.sh
at the top of the runorca function.

Now this speechd.sh script merely sets the environment variable on my
system when speech dispatcher is started.  If you start speech
dispatcher by some other method, then you could insert the export
speechd parameter in this spot instead.  The bottom line here is Orca
does not see the environment when started with gem; I don't know why.

The other problem you are having is with the new orca settings,  they
keep getting overwritten even when I create new ones.  This bug has
been noted.

On Mon, Jan 03, 2011 at 02:14:03PM +1100, Jason White wrote:
> covici ccs covici com <covici ccs covici com> wrote:
>  
> > I usually start gdm, but  its shell isn ologin, so I ampuzzled.  Also, I
> > did put a line in my .bashrc figuring it would login and pick it up
> > there, but nothing happened.  Also, for gdm the orca settings get copied
> > from somewhere each time I start gdm -- is this by design?
>
> Yes, I think it is, since obviously the configuration shouldn't be read from your
> home directory until you log in (at least, not in a multi-user environment,
> which Linux inherently provides).
>
> You could try setting your environment variable in /etc/rc.local in case that
> helps. there might be a gdm configuration option that you need to preserve
> environment variables as well - have a look at the gdm documentation, or wait
> for a reply from someone who knows gdm.
>
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