Re: [orca-list] Debugging a Broken Orca

[José Vilmar Estácio de Souza <vilmar informal com br>]

Depending on the kind of the error that he is getting.
If orca is not starting  because some error related to infra-structure 
happens, the --debug option will be not useful.
Thanks.
On 03/24/2013 12:43 PM, Bill Dengler(Ubuntu) wrote:
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> orca --debug
> then you get a file called debug_xxxxxxx.out
> Bill
> On 03/24/2013 08:39 AM, José Vilmar Estácio de Souza wrote:
> > Hi.
> > I do not know what could be wrong, but I am running orca generated
> from git without problems.
> > Do not know if it matters, but I also recompiled atk, at-SPI2-atk and
> at-SPI2-core from git.
> > Do you can login to your machine even without speech?
> > If possible, activate a terminal session and type:
> >
> > orca 1>errors.1 2>erros.2
> >
> > The messages related to the errors should be placed in that files.
> > Thanks.
> >
> > On 03/24/2013 08:04 AM, Steve Holmes wrote:
> > > I have successfully built an arch Linux package for Orca from git but
> > > before anyone gets excited about the build script, it is broken!
> > > Compiled OK with automake 1.12 and speech-dispatcher 0.8 works OK when
> > > I test with 'spd-say' from a command line using Speakup.  Problem is
> > > when I start up gnome with 'startx', I get silence. No speech at all.
> > > I cannot find the log files for Orca anymore; I used to have a
> > > directory in my $HOME called .orca but I think that went away with
> > > older versions so at this point, I don't know where or how to find any
> > > debug output to see what is wrong.  I fell back to Orca 3.6.3 from
> > > normal Arch repos and it appears to be working again.
> > >
> > > So can anyone get me up to speed on how to debug orca now days?  Also,
> > > with both the production and git versions, I tried to run 'orca
> > > --version' from a text console, thinking I would get some output in
> > > the form of version information or something and in both cases, I got
> > > trace back with different information from each version of the
> > > program.  I can include those in a later post if desired.
> > >
> > > Anyway, I'm down for the count right now when it comes to running a
> > > git version of Orca on my current up to date Arch Linux box.
> > > _______________________________________________
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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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