Re: [orca-list] PI2 running Orca

[Peter Vágner <pvdeejay gmail com>]

Hello,

I would say running Gnome on pi 2 is an overkill.
It is powerfull, awesome, but if I were you I would go with something lighter. If you want to get as close to all graphical stuff then go for mate, then if you would like to keep more power for you and your apps and can accept some compromises i.e. not having access to pannels and desktop, use xfce or if you are crazy try out openbox or ratpoison.

@Kyle, see here on the wiki for audio related tips and maybe some other bits... https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Raspberry_Pi#Audio

Greetings

Peter


On 23.01.2016 at 01:02 Bryan Duarte wrote:

The problem I am having with the gnome-desktop install is that it says there is no package that matches that name. I was able to install gdm3 but when I try to start it the PI crashes and goes to a blank screen. 

I think the problem we are experiencing is similar but not necessarily related to gnome. When orca starts it does speak "screenreader is on" but then nothing else. I did discover that if you go to the web and get some audio playing orca does try to speak things. I think you are right about the Pulseaudio issue because if you go to something like youtube and play a video, orca will talk while other audio is being filtered through the port along with it. Is there some way to fix this isue with Pulseaudio? 

Go Devils!

Bryan Duarte

ASU Software Engineering Graduate Student

QwikEyes CEO

On Jan 22, 2016, at 4:06 PM, Kyle <kyle4jesus gmail com> wrote:

Well, my thought was that GNOME wasn't working because of
Pulseaudio,but this may or may not be the problem after all. I'm not
really familiar with Raspbian, since I run ArchLinuxARM on my Pi2, but
it sounds like your problem may have something to do with a packaging
issue. It would help if I knew what error message you are getting
during the installation,, unless it is installed successfully but is
just crashing. My experience is that GNOME and GDM worked on the Pi2 as
expected, but audio was problematic because Pulseaudio freezes right
after Orca says "screen reader on," so it sounds like your problem is
different from mine.

Hey thanks much for the command to switch the audio. I'll give that a
shot.

Sent from my wild horse
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