Re: [orca-list] Defaulting to command line instead of Gnome or Mate

[Janina Sajka <janina rednote net>]

John:

Never fear. This is Linux. You can always put things back the way they
were!

Go ahead and use apt to install all the Gnome goodness you want,
including Orca and Firefox, and maybe even LibreOffice.

If that install changes you to the graphical login by default, just put
the text login back with a simple systemd command as root like so:

systemctl set-default multi-user.target

I'm sure this is all documented in Debian's installation documents. I
know i'ts beautifully documented in the Arch installation docs.

Janina

John J. Boyer writes:
> This is of great interest to me. When I installed Debian Jessie, I just 
> didn't install any of the desktop environments. The machine boots in 
> command-line mode, which I really like. However, I want to be able to 
> switch to a GUI to work on Orca and use Firefox and LibreOffice. I'm 
> concerned that using apt-get to upgrade might mess up the command-line 
> boot.
>
> John
>
> On Thu, Sep 08, 2016 at 11:07:27AM -0400, Jude DaShiell wrote:
> > I'm surprised anybody got F123 installed with the version of thus installer
> > they're using unless that version was recently updated.  This is something
> > I'm interested in too so I'll ask a more specific question here.  If one has
> > gnome-terminal or mate-terminal as the last line of their .bashrc file, once
> > logged in with those terminals open up and be available for use?  If so, all
> > that should be necessary to get to the graphical user interface should be to
> > type exit then hit enter while in the console.
> >
> > On Thu, 8 Sep 2016, Fernando Botelho wrote:
> >
> > > Date: Thu, 8 Sep 2016 08:49:25
> > > From: Fernando Botelho <Fernando Botelho F123 org>
> > > To: orca <Orca-list gnome org>
> > > Subject: [orca-list] Defaulting to command line instead of Gnome or Mate
> > >
> > > Hi everyone,
> > >
> > > I am trying to help someone with very unusual requirements and the
> > > following has come up:
> > >
> > > On the F123 distro, and just about every other one I have seen, one boots
> > > into the graphical user interface and uses the Terminal on occasion.
> > >
> > > My question is:  is it just as easy and practical for someone to boot into
> > > the command line, use it with SpeakUp most of the time, and then open
> > > Gnome or Mate and use it with Orca for specific tasks? Would switching
> > > back and forth be as smooth as it is to jump into the Terminal from Gnome?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Fernando
> > >
> > > _______________________________________________
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> > > 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
> >
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> >
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> > 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
>
> -- 
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> GNOME Universal Access guide: https://help.gnome.org/users/gnome-help/stable/a11y.html
> Log bugs and feature requests at http://bugzilla.gnome.org

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