[orca-list] possibly OT: can't write in Google or other search boxes

[Al Sten-Clanton <albert e sten_clanton verizon net>]

Greetings!

For the past week, I've been unable to do Google searches or searches on 
other sites.  I was unable to log into a site, and the problems looks to 
be the same.

When I type an s in the Google search area, I get the message "no more 
separators."  If I type an x, I get "no more checkboxes."  This sort of 
thing occurs whether I'm just in focus mode or make focus mode sticky. 
Since there are a good number of single letters for getting to things on 
Web pages, there are a lot of words I can't use for searching.

        
Right now, I'm using Orca version 3.19.2pre, but the problem occurrs 
with 3.18.2 as well.  I've had search and login problems since about 
last spring, but this is the worst version.  It does not occur using a 
live DVD of Debian 8 or of Fedora 22 or 23.  I tried downgrading 
Firefox, but that just failed.  I'm using 64-bit Arch Linux, last 
updated today, but obviously this is not a general Arch problem or I'd 
have seen massive complaining.

In case you wonder what happened a week ago, that was when my GUI came 
back alive after a two-week hibernation that fixed itself by simple full 
system updating.  That hibernation was itself caused by the update that 
included upgrading gnome from 3.16 to 318, which I'd done hoping to 
eliminate the search and other quirks I already had.

Thanks in advance for any help.

Al
on a Web page, there are a lot of words I can't search with.