Re: [orca-list] Unable to start Orca: how to debug it?

[John Covici <covici ccs covici com>]

go into gnome-terminal or what ever terminal mate has and start orca,
and redirect standard error and standard output to a file and see what
that gives you.

On Mon, 21 Dec 2020 12:13:27 -0500,
Alex ARNAUD via orca-list wrote:
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> I removed snapd from the computer but it didn't help.
>
> Le 21/12/2020 à 14:50, Alex ARNAUD via orca-list a écrit :
> > Hello all,
> >
> > Environment:
> > - Debian 10
> > - Orca 3.36
> > - Mate environment
> > - GDM login manager 3.30.2-3
> >
> > I'm trying to help solving an issue on a visual-impaired
> > computer but I get the following message when starting Orca:
> > > $ orca --replace
> > > 12:41:29.311971 - TIMEOUT: something has hung. Aborting.
> > > Processus arrêté
> >
> > The check-a11y tool from Samuel gives me this:
> > https://pastebin.com/mmypvjVD
> >
> > The Orca debug log gives me only:
> > > INFO: Cleaning up these PIDs: []
> > > 14:21:56.061631 - SETTINGS MANAGER: Activating
> > > 14:21:56.061973 - SETTINGS MANAGER: Attempt to load
> > > orca-customizations from
> > > /home/alexarnaud/.local/share/orca/orca-customizations.py
> > > succeeded.
> > > 14:21:56.062529 - SETTINGS MANAGER: Activated
> > (and Orca stops)
> >
> > I don't see any upgrade which could lead to such issue because
> > Orca works correctly before.
> >
> > The user has "snapd" installed but I've it installed on my
> > computer too without problem. I removed all installed snap
> > applications.
> >
> > To be honest, I don't really know how to go forward. Does
> > anyone has an idea?
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
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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
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