Re: [orca-list] gnome-shell going silent

[Jason White <jason jasonjgw net>]

Do you have any prospect of upgrading?

3.28.4 is rather old now.

On 4/25/20 7:42 PM, peter rayner via orca-list wrote:
> Or at least I think it's gnome-shell.
> This is with orca master, gnome-shell 3.28.4 on ubuntu 18.04-LTS and
> using the lightdm display manager.
> Logging in is pleasantly chatty.
> On successfully logging in I hear "screen reader on" then silence.
> alt-f2 doesn't echo or speak characters when I arrow over them.
> Applications once started are fine.
> things like ctrl-alt-tab which should bring up the top bar is silent
> though sighted assistance says it's there. alt-tab between
> applications *does* say something e.g. "emacs frame dummy text panel".
> steps to reproduce
> start up system, should hear from the greeter
> log in
> after a time system says "screen reader on"
> type alt-f2 and some characters.
> left-arrow back over said characters,
> As I write this it doesn't sound much like an orca problem but rather
> something going odd with gnome-shell. Has anyone seen this?
> Any pointers where I should look?
> thanks in advance
> Peter