Re: [orca-list] Do you have a solution?? [john boyer abilitiessoft org: Problem with lightdm]

["John J. Boyer" <john boyer abilitiessoft org>]

Hello Didier,

Thanks. I use Braille, not speech. This all seems quite complicated. I wonder why the change was made. It has 
meant that I can't use a graphical interface on Linux. I'll have to try the suggestions and see what hapens.

John

On Mon, Jul 04, 2022 at 07:36:48PM +0200, Didier Spaier wrote:
> Hello John,
>
> I second the suggestion from Jason to start in console mode the type startx
> wheneve needed to start Mate, at least as a workaround.
>
> Now to have lightdm start in tty7 as previously, you could edit the file:
> /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf
> and remove the leading # in this line:
> #minimum-vt=7
> Also check if this variable is set otherwise in this file.
>
> About speech in the lightdm greeter and assuming you are running the gtk one,
> edit the file:
> /etc/lightdm/lightdm-gtk-greeter.conf and include these settings:
>
> indicators = ~a11y;~session;~power
> a11y-states = +reader
> reader = orca
>
> As I am not using Debian but maybe some Debian specific settings come into play,
> I CC the Debian accessibility mailing list so that Debian users can tell if
> something works differently in Debian Bookworm.
>
> Friendly regards,
> Didier
>
> Le 04/07/2022 à 10:43, John J. Boyer a écrit :
> > I sent this message to the blinux list and did not receive a reply. perhaps someone on this list knows 
> > what is hapening. I am cuyrrently using Windows for my Web acces.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > John
> > ----- Forwarded message from "John J. Boyer" <john boyer abilitiessoft org> -----
> >
> > Subject: Problem with lightdm
> > From: "John J. Boyer" <john boyer abilitiessoft org>
> > Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2022 22:03:36 -0500
> > To: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list redhat com>
> >
> > Until about six months ago, when I booted up  lightdm would ask what user to log into and the password. 
> > It would then set up console 7, set the screen for this console to graphics mode and start  Orca. It 
> > would not affect the other consoles, so i could continue to use them in command mode, with brltrty. Now 
> > lightdm just sets the screen to graphics mode without asking anything. I have to use systemctl to disable 
> > it, so I can use the machine. 
> > How can I get the former behavior back? As it is, I can't use Mate at all.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > John

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