Re: [orca-list] Prevent Orca from eating keys while in a kvm guest

[Jeremy Lincicome <w0jrl1 gmail com>]

I think a sleep mode is a really good idea, if possible.


Jeremy


On 2/5/20 7:04 AM, Majid Hussain wrote:
> hi there,
> hows about a setting in orca that disregards spisific applications?
> e.g in the windows univirce, nvda has a mode called sleep mode where
> it disregards all key presses etc it's like the app is not open.
> so maybe a setting when pressing orca key plus a cirten key would
> prevent orca from trying to capture sed key would that be possible?
>
>
> On 26/01/2020, Jeremy Lincicome via orca-list <orca-list gnome org> wrote:
> > Nick,
> >
> > I'm using X.
> >
> > Interestingly, everything works as expected when I use Virtualbox.
> > However, Virt-Manager/kvm has better audio than Virtualbox, which is why
> > I'm trying to use it.
> >
> >
> > Jeremy
> >
> >
> > On 1/26/20 4:36 AM, Nick Wood wrote:
> > > Hi Jeremy,
> > >
> > > Bit of a long shot, but are you using Wayland on your Linux host?
> > >
> > > I know there was a bug in Wayland to do with keyboard interception
> > > when working in a virtual machine.
> > >
> > > The solution for me was to switch back to X.
> > >
> > > However, I use VMWare not KVM - but it could well be the same issue.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > > Nick
> > >
> > > On 26/01/2020 05:23, Jeremy Lincicome via orca-list wrote:
> > > > Hello everyone,
> > > >
> > > > I have an odd issue that I hope someone can help with.
> > > >
> > > > I'm running a Windows 10 guest inside kvm, managed with Virt-Manager.
> > > > This is on an Ubuntu 19.10 system.
> > > >
> > > > In the guest, I'm using NVDA as my screen reader. Whenever I try to
> > > > use the numpad keys to review the screen in the guest, Orca
> > > > intercepts them. Orca also intercepts the caps lock key. Is there a
> > > > way to keep Orca from intercepting keys, aside from quitting it?
> > > >
> > > > If possible, I'd like to be able to keep Orca running, so that I can
> > > > get notifications from the host. while working in the guest.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > >
> > > > Jeremy
> > > >
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