Re: [orca-list] Even after a system reinstalation, Orca does not speak

[Bill Dengler <billkd314159 gmail com>]

I never remember 10.04 saying "goodbye". Could this be Orca?

Bill
On 02/05/13 17:20, luciano de souza wrote:
> Oh! These messages were very important for me. It's nice to know how
> to test the system.
> I did: espeak hello. Orca does not say anything. I did: spd-say hello.
> Nothing is spoken again.
> The conclusion is that the system does not have sound. I confess it's
> a surprising conclusion. When the system is turned off, the sound of
> good bye is listened.
> I can't use ctrl+alt+right and left to change the volume. Here, it is
> used to change among desktops.
> Before this situation, I ask:
> 1. Does someone have any additional tip?
> 2. Is there a way to change the volume or turn on and off the sound by terminal?
> 3. Is there terminal commands to create a brand new user, allowing
> that a new Home folder is created?
>
>
>
> 2013/2/4, luciano de souza <luchyanus gmail com>:
> > Hello listers,
> > Suddenly, the sound disappered. Having restarted my Ubuntu 10.10, the
> > sound keeped off. Without a help of a sighted-people, I could not
> > enable the sound. For this reason, I decided to reinstall the system.
> > The process was done successfully, but after it, I have a bad news:
> > the sound was still off. As I am using a customized iso and I have
> > used it before, I am sure orca is active. In spite of that, it doesn't
> > speak.
> > I have a partition for system files and another to the Home. When the
> > reinstalation was performed, the Home is entirely preserved. The
> > conclusion is that Orca does not speak by virtue of settings placed in
> > Home folders.
> > Becose I won't have external helps, I would like to retify this
> > problem by means of commandlines. It's eazy to type without see. I
> > suppose that, deleting Orca preferences or sound preferences at Home
> > folders, the sound will be enabled.
> > Another solutions could be: "To create another profile by terminal
> > commands". A blank profile won't have previous stored settings.
> > I can also copy the content of my Home and format this partition.
> > Howerver, if I do it, all the advantage of a separated partition will
> > be lost.
> > In short, what could I do to solve this problem?
> > Any help is appreciated.
> > Regards,
> > Luciano