Re: [orca-list] what in the world is going on with super user apps

[Fernando Botelho <Fernando Botelho F123 org>]

If you have this strange behavior when trying to sign a package using 
sudo and gpg, then it might be related to what I am observing. In my 
case, speech stops until after I enter the password and then comes back. 
I am using the latest F123/Manjaro/ARCH with Gnome shell.

Fernando

On 09/10/2014 06:20 AM, kendell clark wrote:
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> hi all
> I've written about this before, so I'll try to be brief. I've noticed
> a couple of issues  with apps being run as superuser being accessible
> by orca. Most noticeably gparted, but any app that requires the
> standard polkit dialog where you enter your user password, is almost
> always inaccessible. However, apps that are run using gksu, that
> darken the screen and display the standard, 'enter administrative
> password. The applications "appname" lets you modofy essential parts
> of your system' prompt, is usually, if not always accessible with
> orca. I don't think this is an orca issue, however, I suspect it's
> some sort of security policy issue that is preventing at-spi from
> either getting at the apps contents or returning those to orca.
> Running gksu gparted in the terminal returns errors about the bus not
> recieving a reply. I'm writing here just in case someone else has any
> thoughts on why this happens or any solutions. I've noticed two other,
> possibly related, possibly not issues. Applications that use gksu, as
> opposed to policy kit, often take somewhere between five and ten
> seconds from the time the desktop icon is clicked or the termina
> command is entered before the screen darkens and the prompt shows up.
> There is an aditional five to ten second lag after you enter the
> correct password and when the application launches. I'm also getting a
> lag when orca is first started, or restarted due to a crash, the first
> time I alt tab or switch workspaces. People with different and even
> less powerful hardware than I have hear say they don't get this
> particular lag, so it could be something very odd with my system. I'm
> also on mate, so the gksu issues might be mate specific. This is *not*
> a complaint about orca. The improvements in firefox over the past
> couple weeks are absolutely amazing. I was about to either switch
> operating systems or browsers before this got done. Amazing work
> everyone. Just trying to figure out what could be causing these couple
> of issues.
> Thanks
> Kendell clark
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