Re: [orca-list] keyboard loses focus after logging in

[Vojtěch Polášek <krecoun gmail com>]

Hello,

hmm, yes, that might be it. I have recently encountered that and indeed, 
launching Orca preferences fixed the problem for me - I mean the 
keyboard focus got back.

Should I try to create another debug file?

Vojta


Dne 18. 10. 22 v 15:15 Chevelle napsal(a):
> It sounds like the problem where the Marco process gets hung.  I sent 
> a debug.out to Jonie and brought it up on the Debian list, but nobody 
> has an answer for it.  You can presss insert-space to bring up the 
> ORCA menu and wait a few seconds and it may clear. You can also kill 
> the Marco process from a console session.  Once I kill the Marco 
> process the ORCA session will start talking again.
>
>
> On 10/18/2022 4:54 AM, Vojtěch Polášek via orca-list wrote:
> > Him
> >
> > I have an update. I found out that it happens probably also on Fedora 
> > 35, Orca from master, Mate desktop.
> >
> > And I found out that if I press some Orca shortcuts, such as orca+t 
> > to announce time, it works. But if I try to e.g. restart orca, 
> > alt+tab or something else, it does not work.
> >
> > Vojta
> >
> > Dne 18. 10. 22 v 9:15 Vojtěch Polášek napsal(a):
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > this is a problem which bothers me already for some time. It is 
> > > probably not Orca related, but maybe some knowledgeable person here 
> > > can help me.
> > >
> > > The problem is that in some situations my system gets into a state 
> > > when any key combinations just do not work, like if they were going 
> > > into a /dev/null. I have to use the mouse, click somewhere on the 
> > > screen and everything gets OK again. Orca can't be restarted... just 
> > > nothing works.
> > >
> > > It happens in two situations:
> > >
> > > 1. after logging into the desktop, but just sometimes
> > >
> > > 2. After exiting a QT application such as VLC or KeepassXC.
> > >
> > > System: Arch Linux, Orca from master, Mate desktop
> > >
> > > It can't be reproduced reliably.
> > >
> > > Anyone has an idea what could it be?
> > >
> > > Thank you,
> > >
> > > Vojta
> > _______________________________________________
> > orca-list mailing list
> > orca-list gnome org
> > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/orca-list
> > 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