To get speakup all I needed to do was hit the s key and hit enter at the installer disk's boot prompt. I'll try logging in through gdm3 and see if I can get orca running that way. On Sun, 12 Aug 2012, Jean-Philippe MENGUAL wrote:
> Hi, > > Can you explain: I believed that installing desktop via tasksel > installed gdm. So what do zou do to have speakup environment? Moreover, > can you say if, if you can log in on gdm3, pressing Alt-F2 then running > orca works? And finally, maybe test orca -t alone in a console. > > Regards, > > Jean-Philippe MENGUAL > > > Le samedi 11 ao?t 2012 ? 22:09 -0400, Jude DaShiell a ?crit : > > After having done install desktop environment from tasksel, I ran orca > > --text-setup in the speakup environment and after setup was finished was > > told orca couldn't connect to the desktop because the DISPLAY variable was > > not set. I don't know if debian ought to have set this variable somewhere > > in earlier installation process or not so this may not be a bug. What I > > would like to know is what I can do about it now and get the variable set > > correctly. I don't figure to go beyond vga on the video and have a radian > > diamond flat screen monitor along with an nvidia CK804 video card to > > support it. > > > > > > > > Support your local church or synagogue, worship at Bank Of America! > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Jude <jdashiel-at-shellworld-dot-net> > > <http://www.shellworld.net/~jdashiel/nj.html> > > > > > > Support your local church or synagogue, worship at Bank Of America! ---------------------------------------------------------------- Jude <jdashiel-at-shellworld-dot-net> <http://www.shellworld.net/~jdashiel/nj.html> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
