Re: [BRLTTY] [OT] GUI applications not working when on text console

2023-04-18 Thread Chevelle
On 4/17/2023 11:19 PM, Nicole Fontenot (Nicki) wrote: I am interested in how you setup metacity. I am not on Debian, but am largely familiar with it. Hello, I think I found an article that shows how to do it, but it is using a procedure like this. as root or using 'sudo' enter: apt install

Re: [BRLTTY] [OT] GUI applications not working when on text console

2023-04-17 Thread Nicole Fontenot (Nicki)
I am interested in how you setup metacity. I am not on Debian, but am largely familiar with it. > On Apr 10, 2023, at 9:51 PM, Chevelle wrote: > > I set up Debian to use Metacity, which is not difficult. If you want the > instructions, let me know, but it isn't a good long term solution.

Re: [BRLTTY] [OT] GUI applications not working when on text console

2023-04-12 Thread S. Massy
On Mon, Apr 10, 2023 at 10:49:30PM -0400, Chevelle wrote: >     If you can kill the Marco process from another console and the problem > clears, then you will know that is probably it.  I set up Debian to use I don't think marco is in cause in the end. Killing it has no impact on this behaviour. Th

Re: [BRLTTY] [OT] GUI applications not working when on text console

2023-04-11 Thread Jason White
On 10/4/23 18:22, S. Massy wrote: Following that train of thought... What window manager(s) are you people using besides marco? I assume it has to use GTK to be accessible via Orca. I'm using GNOME 43.4 with its default window manager - to the best of my knowledge, that's Mutter these days.

Re: [BRLTTY] [OT] GUI applications not working when on text console

2023-04-10 Thread Chevelle
    If you can kill the Marco process from another console and the problem clears, then you will know that is probably it.  I set up Debian to use Metacity, which is not difficult.  If you want the instructions, let me know, but it isn't a good long term solution. If the problem happens, you c

Re: [BRLTTY] [OT] GUI applications not working when on text console

2023-04-10 Thread S. Massy
Hello, Following that train of thought... What window manager(s) are you people using besides marco? I assume it has to use GTK to be accessible via Orca. S.M. On Mon, Apr 10, 2023 at 03:50:32PM -0400, Chevelle wrote: >     Are you running Mate?  Maybe it could be related to the bug where the > Mar

Re: [BRLTTY] [OT] GUI applications not working when on text console

2023-04-10 Thread S. Massy
Hello, Interesting idea. Might be worth trying a different window manager. Thanks, S.M. On Mon, Apr 10, 2023 at 03:50:32PM -0400, Chevelle wrote: >     Are you running Mate?  Maybe it could be related to the bug where the > Marco process becomes hung, but this is just a guess. > > > On 4/10/2023

Re: [BRLTTY] [OT] GUI applications not working when on text console

2023-04-10 Thread Chevelle
    Are you running Mate?  Maybe it could be related to the bug where the Marco process becomes hung, but this is just a guess. On 4/10/2023 11:20 AM, S. Massy wrote: Hello, Starting in the last two years or so, I have been seeing applications become unresponsive when I am not in X. A typical

[BRLTTY] [OT] GUI applications not working when on text console

2023-04-10 Thread S. Massy
Hello, Starting in the last two years or so, I have been seeing applications become unresponsive when I am not in X. A typical example is the spotify client. If I set music playing and then switch to a TTY, playback will eventually stop, usually when a new track would start. Furthermore, trying to