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

[Robert Cole <rkcole72984 gmail com>]

Hello, Alex.

Fedora has been quite an experience for me in a good way.

Although there is no accessible login screen (at least to my minuscule 
bit of knowledge), although its installer is not yet fully accessible, 
and although there is a bit more work in getting things up and going 
(such as audio/video codecs and other things), Fedora actually works 
wonderfully with Orca once you are logged in. It is basically a vanilla 
GNOME experience, it is very fast, and it seems to be quite reliable. I 
still do not completely understand SELinux, but it definitely makes 
things much more secure.

Although some things are not set up out of the box as they are in Ubuntu 
(for instance, I am still not quite sure how to get QT applications 
talking), I think I may plant myself in Fedora from now on.

If you are able to test it out in some way, I would recommend it. It has 
been a great experience for me.

Kind regards!

On 06/12/2012 12:03 PM, Alex Midence wrote:
> 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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> > > Visit http://live.gnome.org/Orca for more information on Orca.
> > > The manual is at
> > > http://library.gnome.org/users/gnome-access-guide/nightly/ats-2.html
> > > The FAQ is at http://live.gnome.org/Orca/FrequentlyAskedQuestions
> > > Log bugs and feature requests at http://bugzilla.gnome.org Find out how to
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> > >
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> > > Visit http://live.gnome.org/Orca for more information on Orca.
> > > The manual is at
> > > http://library.gnome.org/users/gnome-access-guide/nightly/ats-2.html
> > > The FAQ is at http://live.gnome.org/Orca/FrequentlyAskedQuestions
> > > Log bugs and feature requests at http://bugzilla.gnome.org
> > > Find out how to help at http://live.gnome.org/Orca/HowCanIHelp
> >
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> > Visit http://live.gnome.org/Orca for more information on Orca.
> > The manual is at
> > http://library.gnome.org/users/gnome-access-guide/nightly/ats-2.html
> > The FAQ is at http://live.gnome.org/Orca/FrequentlyAskedQuestions
> > Log bugs and feature requests at http://bugzilla.gnome.org
> > Find out how to help at http://live.gnome.org/Orca/HowCanIHelp