Re: [orca-list] Orca, login screens and a curious Vbox issue

[Milton <milton duurzaamdigitaal org>]

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Op 09-05-18 om 18:30 schreef Jace Kattalakis:
> Okay list here's something I'm confused about.
>
> Got 18.04 on my laptop. I decided to play with the ninimal install in 
> Virtualbox and set it to need my password to log in. I was amused when 
> Orca spoke at the login screen. So I turned off autologin on my 
> physica machine. Aaaaaaaand silence.
>
> Do I need to do a reinstall and at install time hit require password 
> to log in? I've been meaning to put the minimum install on here anyhow 
> but I was curious why speech works in Virtualbox with the same package 
> versions, but doesn't work on my physical machine which is hosting the 
> virtualbox.
>
> Here's how I set it up.
>
> 1. Installed 18.04 beta2 at the time and updated it on my physical 
> machine
>
> 2. sudo apt-get install virtualbox and made the virtual machine with 
> default settings and installed 18.04 released version with Orca on at 
> boot menu, booted to live session in a virtual machine, minimal 
> install, restarted and got speech at login screen. I shut down the VM 
> and tried it on my physical machine.
>
> Editing lightdm.conf didn't get me anywhere with Orca, so I'm 
> thinking  areinstall's in order. On the plus side if Storm reads this, 
> hats off to that strychnine script, works like a charm under virtualbox.
>
> So, what did I do wrong on my physical machine exactly? I'm now 
> curious why the virtual machine speaks at login screen when the 
> machine's powered on, and the  physical laptop doesn't speak. Is it 
> down to enabling auto login on the physical laptop at install time?
>
> Jace
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