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

[Vojtěch Polášek <krecoun gmail com>]

Hi,

the upstream issue is here:

https://github.com/mate-desktop/marco/issues/703

Vojta


Dne 19. 10. 22 v 21:31 Chevelle napsal(a):
> I agree, disabling Braille is not a solution.  I tried disabling it in 
> the ORCA preferences and that didn't fix the problem, so I'm not sure 
> what method he used to disable Braille.
>
> Also, is there a bug filed on Marco?  Can you point us to a link?
>
>
>
>
> means
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> On 10/19/2022 2:53 PM, Vojtěch Polášek via orca-list wrote:
> > Thanks. This is unfortunately not a solution for me because I use 
> > braille. Do you think that Marco could be replaced by some different 
> > manager?
> >
> > Vojta
> >
> >
> > Dne 19. 10. 22 v 17:24 Jace Kattalakkis via orca-list napsal(a):
> > > I've found a partial fix
> > >
> > >
> > > It's simply solved by disabling Braille in Orca, and is a known bug 
> > > with Marco but a low priority for Marco to fix, going by the 
> > > comments I got when discussing the issue with someone who uses Mate 
> > > full time. That sorted the issue down from it locks up to it very 
> > > rarely locks up
> > >
> > > On 10/19/22 16:21, C
> > > hevelle wrote:
> > > > I think it is easy to reproduce just by pressing control-w to close 
> > > > Chromium at least on my system.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On 10/19/2022 2:50 AM, Vojtěch Polášek wrote:
> > > > > 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
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> > > > > > > Orca documentation: https://help.gnome.org/users/orca/stable/
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> > > > > > > https://help.gnome.org/users/gnome-help/stable/a11y.html
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> > > > Orca documentation: https://help.gnome.org/users/orca/stable/
> > > > GNOME Universal Access guide: 
> > > > https://help.gnome.org/users/gnome-help/stable/a11y.html
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> > > Orca documentation: https://help.gnome.org/users/orca/stable/
> > > GNOME Universal Access guide: 
> > > https://help.gnome.org/users/gnome-help/stable/a11y.html
> > _______________________________________________
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> > 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