Re: [orca-list] getting Orca To Start

["Dan Miner" <dminer84 yahoo com>]

I believe you are referring to the menu integration files based on free desktop group many UNIX-like systems are following to various degrees.  They are files describing how to run and localized descriptive text about the app.  On my rpi 4 MATE system, orca.desktop exists at:

 

/usr/share/applications/

 

Just copy into the autostart..  Now, if you have running a GNOME system.. It should be simpler with a toggle in the Universal Access or Accessibility menu.  It seems to move around on these distros.  *sigh*

 

In a serious pinch, blindly bring up the Run dialog for the D E and type:

                orca --replace

 

This will likely kill stuck orca instances and clear the way for orca to start.

 

Again, ALT+SUPER+S is a typical toggle too.  I personally use that key combo on both standard and MATE versions of Ubuntu.  I hear the latest Raspberry Pi  OS is now using  CNTL+ALT+SPACE to start orca (no install needed now) but I have not tested this yet.

 

                Dan

 

From: orca-list <orca-list-bounces gnome org> On Behalf Of Glenn K0LNY
Sent: Sunday, December 27, 2020 5:57 PM
To: orca-list gnome org
Subject: [orca-list] getting Orca To Start

 

Hi Folks,
I'm having trouble getting Orca to run on the Raspberry PI.

This is a specialized image from git hub.

I have installed it in an SSH session and gotten espeak hello and spd-say hellow to work, but using the keyboard on the RPI, I'm not getting Orca to start.

I thought that the startup wizard was the problem, so I moved it from:

/etc/xdg/autostart/and rebooted, but Orca still does not start.

I want to put Orca in /autostart.

I've been looking on-line for the answer, but to no avail.
I'm trying to find a file called orca.desktop to put into /etc/xdg/autostart/ folder.
Is there such a file, and if so, where would it be located, and is this the best way to get Orca to start?
I still don't seem to get it to start up and it won't start in an SSH session of course.
Thanks.