Re: [orca-list] Login screen problem: inconsistent speech from Orca across reboots

[Janina Sajka <janina rednote net>]

Hi,

Maybe not the answer you'd prefer, but I also have a System76 unit that
came with POP pre-installed. Mine is a 2020 generation Meerkat.

My solution was to repartition and install my current preferred Linux
distribution. I have one remaining complaint with my Meerkat. I have no
beep on backspace, and I very much miss that in the terminal, and most
especially in a console.

Best,

Janina

Orca screen reader developers writes:
> Hi all,
>
> I am running Pop!OS 21.10 on a laptop from system76.  The OS is based off
> Ubuntu and comes with  orca version 40 pre-installed. I'm experiencing a bit
> of an odd problem that I hope you can help me troubleshoot.
>
> When the login screen appears, I can get speech from orca if it has not
> previously been enabled.  I can press super+alt+S and everything works as
> expected.  However, the next time I reboot my machine, I do not hear speech
> when logging in even though orca is enabled.  In order to get  orca working
> again, I must first disable it with the super+alt+S shortcut, then wait a
> few moments and press the same shortcut a second time to turn it on.  At
> that point speech works normally at the login prompt until I reboot again.
>
> I am also experiencing a secondary issue, though it may be related to what I
> just outlined above.  If I do not have orca running at the login prompt, the
> screen reader starts up automatically after I enter my user credentials. 
> However, if I enable orca on the login screen and then reboot my machine, I
> have problems with speech both during login and after my session has fully
> loaded.  Orca is completely silent until I press the screen reader command
> twice to hear speech.
>
> Please advise if any of you are experiencing similar quirks. Pop!OS is based
> on Ubuntu 21.10, so I'm thinking orca should behave in much the same way
> for  both systems.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> John
>
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Janina Sajka
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Linux Foundation Fellow
Executive Chair, Accessibility Workgroup:       http://a11y.org

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
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