Re: [orca-list] the attached file crash at-spi2-registr

[Mike Gorse <mgorse alum wpi edu>]

Hi JosÃ,

I've just pushed a commit that I think will fix the crash--I cannot 
reproduce it anymore, anyway, so build the latest at-spi2-core from 
git.gnome.org if you'd like to test.

Thanks,
-Mike

On Wed, 5 Dec 2012, Josà Vilmar EstÃcio de Souza wrote:

> Hi Mike.
> Do you want that I open a bug regarding this problem?
> Thanks.
> On 12/05/2012 08:37 PM, Mike Gorse wrote:
> > Hi JosÃ,
> >
> > > I don't know where to post this problem, sorry.
> > > I hope that someone can point me to the correct place.
> >
> > http://bugzilla.gnome.org is the place to file bugs against AT-SPI.
> > You'de select AT-SPI as the product, and, in this case, you should
> > select at-spi2-core as the component, since the bug is in the registry
> > daemon.
> >
> > > To reproduce my problem try the following steps:
> >
> > Yeah, I can reproduce it. It looks as though it relates to the code that
> > tries to detect when processes are hung, and in some case something is
> > being freed when it shouldn't or something similar. I need to
> > investigate more.
> >
> > > I can not use ctrl to stop speech and if I switch to terminal and
> > > begin to type, orca reads the entire line for each key pressed.
> >
> > In 2.7.x, applications will automatically re-register, and ATs will
> > automatically re-register keystroke listeners, if the registry daemon
> > dies and then comes back, so hopefully this is less of an issue now, but
> > the crash should be fixed in any case.
> >
> > Also, something somewhere doesn't handle extremely long lines very well
> > (I'm not sure off-hand whether to blame Orca, AT-SPI, gtk+, or some
> > combination), but that is a separate issue.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > -Mike
>
> --
> {}S Josà Vilmar EstÃcio de Souza