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

[kendell clark <coffeekingms gmail com>]

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hi
Good, so it isn't a mate issue. I've noticed that sometimes orca fails
to speak the gpg password dialogs, though in my case it mostly happens
when enigmail prompts for my password. This is puzzling
Thanks
Kendell clark


On 09/10/2014 08:01 AM, Fernando Botelho wrote:
> 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: 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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