Re: [orca-list] got gnome working 99 percent with ubuntu 12 instructions follow

[Jason White <jason jasonjgw net>]

Hank Smith <hanksmith hanksmith net> wrote:
> Hello I did this as root because that is the only way I could get
> orca to speak the set up screen.
> I couldn't get it to speak any other way.
> besides I thaught you had to run most things command wise with the
> sudo command?
> am I incorrrect on this?

Yes. You should only run commands as root when you need the privileges.
Basically, do as much as you can as an ordinary user and only run those
commands as root that need to modify system files or which require super user
privileges for other reasons.
> also is this why orca is still acting up with gnome?

I have no idea.