Re: [orca-list] GNOME or MATE Desktop for Debian?

[Didier Spaier <didier slint fr>]

Hello James

You should not have to disable pulseaudio, let alone remove it.

To investigate try this:
In text mode type:
ps -ef | grep pulse

The output will tell you if pulseaudio is already running.

Then start MATE (in Slint it would be typing startx, I don't know if that works in Debian too)

If you don't hear orca's greeting "Screen reader on", maybe it's not started.
Type Ctrl+F2 to bring up a graphical dialog  "Run...." then type (even if you hear nothing):
orca -r
Hopefully this will start or restart orca.

Else, to knbiw if orca is started switch to another console like tty2 pressing:
Ctrl+Alt+F2
and type:
ps -ef | grep orca

You should then be able to go back to MATE with:
Ctrl+Alt+F7

Caveat1: this is how I would investigate in Slint, please people knowing Debian correct me as need be.
Caveat2: in Slint we don't use pulse but alsa as audio method, so really, wait for a Debianer's answer.

Greetings,

Didier

Le 23/02/2018 à 20:10, James a écrit :
> Thank you Didier.
>
> BTW after installing Debian with speech during setup, I only seem to have speech in text console mode not 
> in MATE itself. I am wonddering if I need to disable/remove Pulseaudio. Do you know how to get ot a 
> terminal in Mate via the keyboard please as I do nothave a Braille Display.
>
> Thanks
>
> Best wishes
>
> James
>
>
> On 23/02/2018 19:02, Didier Spaier wrote:
> > Hello James,
> >
> > Le 23/02/2018 à 17:59, James a écrit :
> > Also is GTK3 part of MATE now?
> >
> > GTK3 is not part of MATE but since version 1.18 MATE relies on GTK3 only.
> >
> > Didier
> > _______________________________________________
> > 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