Re: [orca-list] Editable text becomes "about:blank" in Thunderbird 60.2.1

[Al Sten-Clanton <albert e sten_clanton verizon net>]

It took some work, but I got the new upgrade just now.  I'll see how 
Thunderbird works later.  Thanks!

Al

On 10/17/18 1:23 PM, John G Heim wrote:
> If you're saying you haven't upgraded orca since the thunderbird bug 
> manifested itself, I'd say it makes perfect sense that you don't have 
> the fix. You can't fix a bug before it occurs, not usually. Actually I 
> am not entirely sure what happens if you install a package from 
> backports and then do a normal dist-upgrade. Does it remember you 
> installed from backports and check there for yet another upgrade? I 
> doubt it. You probably have to type in the command to install from 
> backports again.
>
> I just tested the fix before I wrote my little howto. I had to in order 
> to make sure I could write it up correctly. It works for me. The version 
> of orca in debian stretch is 3.22 but, right now, in stretch-backports, 
> it's 3.30. There's no reason it couldn't have been 3.28 or something a 
> few weeks ago.
>
> BTW, the version of orca in both ubuntu bionic and bionic-backports is 
> 3.28. It looks like the fix has not gotten into ubuntu bionic at all. 
> The good news is that according to the ubuntu web site, ubuntu 
> cosmic/18.10 is due out tomorrow. Most likely, you will be able to 
> install the fix by doing a do-release-upgrade.
>
> On 10/17/18 11:21 AM, Al Sten-Clanton wrote:
> > I did that update some weeks ago, but the Thunderbird problem kicked 
> > in anyway, maybe two weeks ago.
> >
> > Al
> >
> > On 10/17/18 11:16 AM, John G Heim via orca-list wrote:
> > > II'm not the OP but I use debian stretch and this problem comes up if 
> > > you just use the standard gnome-orca and thunderbird packages. 
> > > However, I also think that if you install gnome-orca from the 
> > > stretch-backports repository, the problem goes away.
> > >
> > > In other words, if you are a debian stretch user, I think you can fix 
> > > the problem by doing this:
> > >
> > > 1. Configure stretch-backports in your sources.list. Edit the file, 
> > > /etc/apt/sources.list and add the line:
> > >
> > > deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian stretch-backports main
> > >
> > > 2. Update the dpkg cache and install gnome-orca from strectch-backports:
> > >
> > > sudo apt-get update
> > > sudo apt-get -t stretch-backports install gnome-orca
> > >
> > > 3. Restart orca, press Alt+F2 and type "orca --replace".
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On 10/17/18 9:39 AM, Alex ARNAUD wrote:
> > > > Hello Frans-Willem,
> > > >
> > > > Yes, I'm aware of this issue. You've probably migrated to 
> > > > Thunderbird 60 without updating your Orca version, isn't it? You 
> > > > should have Orca 3.30 to make it working with Thunderbird 60.
> > > >
> > > > What is your GNU/Linux distribution?
> > > >
> > > > Best regards,
> > > > Alex.
> > > >
> > > > Le 17/10/2018 à 16:35, Frans-Willem Post via orca-list a écrit :
> > > > > Hello list,
> > > > >
> > > > > As I write this message and several more, I can no longer use 
> > > > > SayAll or
> > > > > simple "press cursor up or down" to read the message body of a
> > > > > mail-message. Orca only speaks "about colon blank" on every 
> > > > > line/sentence.
> > > > >
> > > > > I presume this has happened upon an update of Thunderbird; Orca has 
> > > > > not
> > > > > recently been updated. Using 3.28.0 under Ubuntu 18.04.1 with GNOME.
> > > > >
> > > > > Has anyone else encountered this issue? How can it be solved?
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks,
> > > > >
> > > > > Frans-Willem Post
> > > > >
> > > > >
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