Re: [orca-list] Orca issue with ubuntu 13.4, big bug, please read

[Alex Midence <alex midence gmail com>]

If you need something for a UNIX class, do not use 13.04. Use Debian, or ubuntu precise. Something stable. If 
you must use the latest, in linux you might try Fedora.

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On Aug 19, 2013, at 1:58 PM, austinAustin quesada <austin arq gmail com> wrote:

> Hello all. I recently installed ubuntu 13.4, and got it all up to date
> and proper drivers installed. Everything was going smoothly until i
> stumbled upon the strangest issue with orca i have personally ever
> seen. While browsing the net with firefox normally, seemingly at
> random, the arrow keys stopped responding very suddenly. On top of
> that, all orca commands using the orca modifyer key failed to work at
> all after multiple attempts and restarts. Orca even crashed upon
> startup at one point and would only run in the tourmanal. Also, i
> still can not use normal web browsing commands like h for headings t
> for table, and the arrow keys. I just don't know what to do. I should
> mention that this distro is called sonar, which is based on ubuntu
> 13.4, but i don't think that it by itself would cause the problem. I
> am also using nome shell at the moment. I would really appreciate a
> possible sollution to this problem, as i am taking a unix course in
> college soon, and would like to use this flavor of linux if at all
> possible. If i need to change distros, please let me know, as far as i
> know, others may have experienced this issue as well. So again, a
> sollution would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for reading.
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