Re: [orca-list] continuing trouble with orca and firefox 25

[Christopher Chaltain <chaltain gmail com>]

These instructions were posted on the vinux list for Ubuntu 12.04 64-bit 
version after some collaborative trouble shooting on the #vinux IRC 
channel. You'll have to tweak them a bit for Ubuntu 13.04, and you 
didn't say if you were doing this on a 32-bit or a 64-bit install of Ubuntu.

1. Downgrading: the package is here:
http://launchpadlibrarian.net/149991690/firefox_24.0%2Bbuild1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1_amd64.deb 


For 32 bits: on google, do: firefox launchpad precise 32 bits and follow 
the links.

Then, in a terminal, sudo dpkg -i ~/Téléchargements/firefox*.deb

2. To avoid future updates of firefox by the update manager, I put in 
/etc/apt/preferences these 3 ;ines:
Package: firefox*
Pin: version 24*
Pin-Priority: 1001

I hope this helps.

Note that Firefox 24 has been placed in the vinux repository, so 
downgrading to Firefox 24 in vinux will be much easier and anyone who 
hasn't upgraded to Firefox 24 won't be prompted to do so.

On 11/05/2013 01:10 PM, Rusty Perez wrote:
> Hi guys, thanks!
> I'm running ubuntu 13.4
> I've heard that 13.10 has fixed some issues so maybe I'll upgrade, for
> for now, ubuntu 13.4
> Thanks!
> Rusty
>
>
> On 11/5/13, Christopher Chaltain <chaltain gmail com> wrote:
> > What distribution are you running? Making sure Firefox isn't updated
> > will depend on what you're using to update your packages. For example,
> > some package managers will let you pin a certain version of a package. I
> > now just run update-manager and uncheck Firefox 25 and thunderbird 25
> > updates.
> >
> > On 11/05/2013 12:53 PM, Rusty Perez wrote:
> > > Thanks so much Joani for your work and for your responses.
> > > Continuing idiot questions: :-) How can I downgrade to ff24?
> > > And, I'll assume that there's a setting in options which will tell ff
> > > not to upgrade right?
> > > Thanks soooo much.
> > > Rusty
> > >
> > > On 11/5/13, Joanmarie Diggs <jdiggs igalia com> wrote:
> > > > Hey Rusty.
> > > >
> > > > On 11/05/2013 01:22 PM, Rusty Perez wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > First idiot question, how can I find out which version of orca I'm
> > > > > running?
> > > > Assuming you are running a recentish version, pressing Orca modifier + H
> > > > will announce the version (and then continue to put you in "Learn Mode",
> > > > which you can exit by pressing Escape). Since the dawn of time, typing
> > > > 'orca -v' in a terminal will also tell you.
> > > >
> > > > > Also, my issues with firefox aren't just that it seems to hang, or
> > > > > silence orca, but also that my arrow navigation keys don't seem to
> > > > > work as before on a web page.
> > > > Yeah, that falls under the umbrella of what I said in my earlier
> > > > message: Either Mozilla broke stuff or they fixed stuff. <smiles> Orca
> > > > has an unfortunately large amount of hacks in its Firefox support to
> > > > deal with bugs in Gecko's accessibility implementation. As Mozilla fixes
> > > > those bugs, it can break Orca's hacks. Alternatively, they might have
> > > > broken something new. Either way, I'm going to have to do much digging
> > > > and will do so.
> > > >
> > > > > Before, I could use up and down arrow keys to navigate the body or
> > > > > text of an email message on the mobile gmail web site. Now, it will
> > > > > not navigate blocks of text line by line in this manner, it seems to
> > > > > jump around or something.
> > > > That means the Gecko accessible text implementation changed.
> > > >
> > > > What I would recommend for now, is stick with Firefox 24 and do not let
> > > > it autoupgrade. Once I've sorted out what the issues are, I'll let
> > > > everyone know.
> > > >
> > > > Sorry and thanks!
> > > > --joanie
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> > > The FAQ is at http://live.gnome.org/Orca/FrequentlyAskedQuestions
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> > > Find out how to help at http://live.gnome.org/Orca/HowCanIHelp
> > --
> > Christopher (CJ)
> > chaltain at Gmail
> >
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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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