Bug#919411: orca: CapsLock isn't disabled though being used as Orca modifier

2019-01-26 Thread Samuel Thibault
Robert Schindler, le dim. 27 janv. 2019 00:06:08 +0100, a ecrit: > But GNOME now uses Wayland by default. So the only solution > is disabling Wayland and switching back to Xorg, right? Yes. Wayland is really bringing many accessibility issues anyway. > Is there any replacement for xkbcomp under

Bug#919411: orca: CapsLock isn't disabled though being used as Orca modifier

2019-01-26 Thread Robert Schindler
Samuel Thibault wrote: > AIUI gnome is pushing to wayland... Disabled it via /etc/gdm3/daemon.conf. What a relief! Thank you very much for sorting this out with me. So to conclude this: Orca needs xkbcomp, which doesn't work under Wayland at all, as well as xmodmap etc. But GNOME now uses

Bug#919411: orca: CapsLock isn't disabled though being used as Orca modifier

2019-01-26 Thread Samuel Thibault
Robert Schindler, le sam. 26 janv. 2019 23:41:26 +0100, a ecrit: > Samuel Thibault wrote: > > Yes but setxkbmap is saying otherwise, so I believe gnome is somehow > > getting in the way. > > > > BTW, this isn't running under Wayland, is it perhaps? There are a lot > > of issues with it. > > It

Bug#919411: orca: CapsLock isn't disabled though being used as Orca modifier

2019-01-26 Thread Robert Schindler
Samuel Thibault wrote: > Yes but setxkbmap is saying otherwise, so I believe gnome is somehow > getting in the way. > > BTW, this isn't running under Wayland, is it perhaps? There are a lot > of issues with it. It seems to... -- BEGIN -- # ps aux|grep -i wayland roschi1558

Bug#919411: orca: CapsLock isn't disabled though being used as Orca modifier

2019-01-26 Thread Samuel Thibault
Robert Schindler, le sam. 26 janv. 2019 23:30:48 +0100, a ecrit: > Samuel Thibault wrote: > > And is your keyboard layout really US as reported by setxkbmap? > > No, it's German as shown in /etc/default/keyboard, Yes but setxkbmap is saying otherwise, so I believe gnome is somehow getting in the

Bug#919411: orca: CapsLock isn't disabled though being used as Orca modifier

2019-01-26 Thread Robert Schindler
Samuel Thibault wrote: > And is your keyboard layout really US as reported by setxkbmap? No, it's German as shown in /etc/default/keyboard, but I didn't set that manually anywhere after initial Debian installation. Best regards Robert signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Bug#919411: orca: CapsLock isn't disabled though being used as Orca modifier

2019-01-26 Thread Samuel Thibault
Robert Schindler, le sam. 26 janv. 2019 23:17:09 +0100, a ecrit: > Samuel Thibault wrote: > > Uh, these do not match. Which desktop are you using? Is that perhaps > > tinkering with the keyboard configuration? > > Hmm, I'm using GNOME 3 (gnome-shell) with gdm, as installed by >

Bug#919411: orca: CapsLock isn't disabled though being used as Orca modifier

2019-01-26 Thread Robert Schindler
Samuel Thibault wrote: > Uh, these do not match. Which desktop are you using? Is that perhaps > tinkering with the keyboard configuration? Hmm, I'm using GNOME 3 (gnome-shell) with gdm, as installed by task-gnome-desktop. Best regards Robert signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Bug#919411: orca: CapsLock isn't disabled though being used as Orca modifier

2019-01-26 Thread Robert Schindler
Hello, Samuel Thibault wrote: > Ah, that is most probably very related indeed. Orca can't tinker with > the keyboard mapping if xkbcomp can't work. You could send the output > of > > setxkbmap -print -- BEGIN -- xkb_keymap { xkb_keycodes { include

Bug#919411: orca: CapsLock isn't disabled though being used as Orca modifier

2019-01-26 Thread Samuel Thibault
Robert Schindler, le sam. 26 janv. 2019 22:54:08 +0100, a ecrit: > Samuel Thibault wrote: > > Ah, that is most probably very related indeed. Orca can't tinker with > > the keyboard mapping if xkbcomp can't work. You could send the output > > of > > > > setxkbmap -print > > -- BEGIN

Bug#919411: orca: CapsLock isn't disabled though being used as Orca modifier

2019-01-26 Thread Samuel Thibault
Hello, Robert Schindler, le sam. 26 janv. 2019 21:43:42 +0100, a ecrit: > I just tried compiling the latest upstream version of Orca from git master > (38f170751, version 3.31.90pre). The issue still exists there. > > What I noticed is this warning when Orca starts: > > Warning: Could

Bug#919411: orca: CapsLock isn't disabled though being used as Orca modifier

2019-01-26 Thread Robert Schindler
Hello, I just tried compiling the latest upstream version of Orca from git master (38f170751, version 3.31.90pre). The issue still exists there. What I noticed is this warning when Orca starts: Warning: Could not load keyboard geometry for :0 BadName (named color or

Bug#919411: orca: CapsLock isn't disabled though being used as Orca modifier

2019-01-21 Thread Robert Schindler
Hello, Samuel Thibault wrote: > Thanks! Just to make sure, is this while Orca is running? Yes, it is. Best regards Robert signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Bug#919411: orca: CapsLock isn't disabled though being used as Orca modifier

2019-01-21 Thread Samuel Thibault
Hello, Robert Schindler, le jeu. 17 janv. 2019 07:48:01 +0100, a ecrit: > Is attached. Thanks! Just to make sure, is this while Orca is running? Samuel

Bug#919411: orca: CapsLock isn't disabled though being used as Orca modifier

2019-01-17 Thread Robert Schindler
I copied complete OS over to another laptop model, same behaviour there. Best regards Robert signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Bug#919411: orca: CapsLock isn't disabled though being used as Orca modifier

2019-01-16 Thread Robert Schindler
Hi Samuel, First, I have to say that I switched keycodes 66 and 118 by editing /usr/share/X11/xkb/keycodes/evdev and switched the Orca modifier to Insert, which gives me an environment I can work with again, although it's a nasty workaround. So just beware that 66 (CAPS) and 118 (INS) have been

Bug#919411: orca: CapsLock isn't disabled though being used as Orca modifier

2019-01-16 Thread Samuel Thibault
Hello, Robert Schindler, le mar. 15 janv. 2019 18:06:34 +0100, a ecrit: > I'm using the laptop layout with CapsLock key as Orca modifier. > Since upgrading from stretch to buster (verified with Orca 3.30 and 3.31), > CAPSLock is toggled when pressing, even when executinG AN Orca command, > such

Bug#919411: orca: CapsLock isn't disabled though being used as Orca modifier

2019-01-15 Thread Robert Schindler
Package: orca Version: 3.31.4-1 Severity: important Tags: a11y Dear Maintainer, I'm using the laptop layout with CapsLock key as Orca modifier. Since upgrading from stretch to buster (verified with Orca 3.30 and 3.31), CAPSLock is toggled when pressing, even when executinG AN Orca command, such