Re: [orca-list] talking gdm with orca in fedora

[Alex Midence <alex midence gmail com>]

Sounds like Fedora's just the wrong distro for you if you need to use
a screen reader.  Now, I really wana try it!  Grass is greener and all
that.

Alex M

On 6/12/12, Robert Cole <rkcole72984 gmail com> wrote:
> Hello, Alonzo.
>
> I apologize as I do not think that what I have to say will be of much help.
>
> I am running Fedora 17 here at home now as well. After reading your
> message, I logged out and looked at the accessibility menu on the login
> screen. Interestingly enough, at least for me, there is no potion for
> "Screen Reader" (Orca) neither on the login screen nor on my desktop
> after I am logged in. I have noticed since installing Fedora 17 that
> SELinux does seem to block some different things when Orca is running;
> they seem to have been related to at-spi. At one point Orca was not even
> talking until I followed the instructions in the SELinux Troubleshooter
> to create a policy; I accessed this via magnification.
>
> I am really not sure how to get GDM talking, or if it is possible right
> now. I was kind of wondering myself it it was possible to install
> LightGM and get it talking as it does in Ubuntu, but I have not tried it
> yet as I am trying to figure out how to solve an issue with my monitor.
> I will not get into that, though, as it goes completely out of the scope
> of this list.
>
> If I figure anything out I will let you know, but I am sorry that I do
> not have anything helpful to offer you.
>
> Take care.
>
> On 06/12/2012 08:28 AM, Alex Midence wrote:
> > Hi.
> >
> > Your post arrived just fine.  The reason you are probably not getting many
> > responses is that there are very few of us who use Fedora due to largely
> > inaccessible install process.  That may soon change, however, as Joannie
> > has been working on Anaconda's accessibility.  Hang in there.  Someone is
> > bound to respond sooner or later.
> >
> > Best,
> > Alex M
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: orca-list-bounces gnome org [mailto:orca-list-bounces gnome org] On
> > Behalf Of Alonzo Cuellar
> > Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2012 8:27 AM
> > To: orca-list gnome org
> > Subject: [orca-list] talking gdm with orca in fedora
> >
> > Hello list,
> > I'm not sure if my message was received, but I'll repost. I'm wanting to
> > make gdm talk on fedora this way I can tell when to enter my password when
> > using fedora.
> > I've found some messages relating to fedora 11, but I'm not sure if the
> > same still applies. I've tried doing
> > gconftool-2 --get /desktop/gnome/interface/accessibility
> > to see what my system would report for the current user and i get the
> > following.
> >
> > Client failed to connect to the dbus daemon.
> > The remote application did not send a reply, the message buss security
> > policy blocked the reply, the reply timed out/expired, or the network
> > connection timed out.
> > Failure listing entries in /desktop/gnome/interface , no dbus
> > daemonrunning.
> >
> > I'd think this is an selinux-policy issue, but I'm not sure.
> > Either that or values with gconftool-2 do not require dbus. I believe
> > though its the latter of what I've mentioned.
> > I'm running Fedora 17.
> >
> > cheers to all,
> > Alonzo
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