Re: [orca-list] starting orca on a new debian install.

["B. Henry" <burt1iband gmail com>]

Are you logging in to a text console, or are you entering that command in gnome terminal?
If the former, the command won't work, or you can export the display and you can use orca commands
export DISPLAY=:0
HTH

 


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  Christopher Chaltain wrote:
Sat, Jun 11, 2016 at 01:27:02PM -0500

> Looks like you need to set your DISPLAY variable. Try something like:
>
> $ DISPLAY=:0
> $ export DISPLAY
>
> You can check to see if it was set with the command
>
> $ echo $DISPLAY
>
>
> You can Google to learn more or maybe someone more knowledgeable than me can
> answer your questions.
>
> On 11/06/16 10:35, norman wrote:
> > Hello all.
> >
> > On a virtual machine running debian 8.3 with the gnome desktop i'm
> > trying to start orca.
> >
> > However, nothing i do seems to work. I installed ssh server when the os
> > was installed and when logging into the machine i get the following when
> > trying to run orca.
> >
> > $ orca
> > Unable to init server: Could not connect: Connection refused
> > Unable to init server: Could not connect: Connection refused
> > Cannot start the screen reader because it cannot connect to the Desktop.
> >
> > Thoughts?
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > orca-list mailing list
> > orca-list gnome org
> > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/orca-list
> > Orca wiki: https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/Orca
> > Orca documentation: https://help.gnome.org/users/orca/stable/
> > GNOME Universal Access guide:
> > https://help.gnome.org/users/gnome-help/stable/a11y.html
> > Log bugs and feature requests at http://bugzilla.gnome.org
>
> -- 
> Christopher (CJ)
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