Oneirc queston

I upgraded my laptop using do-releas-upgrade (which is how I normally do this) and found unity totally inaccessible probably because it was in 3d. So I installed gnome which works but I would like to try unity and I have more computers to upgrade. So the question is how do I get it to start in

Unity 2d question

So I used sighted help and got my desktop to 2d and it appears to be working reasonably well. Is there a place (not a flash video) where I can find the shortcut keys that work in unity 2d? Also I don't see a way to be sure orca comes up after you log in. Tom -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing

Not sure who's problem this is

Using gedit use ctrl-o to select a file to open. I see no place to type a file name and when I start trying to work through the varios lists to select a file gedit crashes. No errors on screen. Is there a place I can look to see if it is logging an error elsewhere? Tom --

Re: Not sure who's problem this is

Just found a partial answer. In dmesg I see a segfault for gedit. Along with several segfaults on unit-panel-service. Tom On Thu, 20 Oct 2011, Tom Masterson wrote: Using gedit use ctrl-o to select a file to open. I see no place to type a file name and when I start trying to work through

Re: A few more observations on ONeiric and Orca

I am finding that unity is somewhat unstable but I don't know what is affecting it. I had at least one freeze yesterday that required a system reboot as I could not find the particular application that caused it. I am finding quite a number of segfaults in my syslog as well as quite a few

Re: A few more observations on ONeiric and Orca

When I switched to to classic on my work computer using the proposed at-spi-registry (at least I assume that is what is being used as I have that in my package sources) I am getting immediate at-spi-registry segfault messages and while suprisingly enough orca still reads my desktop itself it

Re: Updates of at-spi2, mousetweaks, and Orca in oneiric-proposed, please help with testing.

Hi Luke I get an at-spi-registry segfault as soon as I log in to the computer under xwindows. Seems to happen in gnome classic on this computer more that unity but in unity I get unity segfaults. They appear to be happening in libgcong-2. What do I need to do to track this down or get a

Re: Updates of at-spi2, mousetweaks, and Orca in oneiric-proposed, please help with testing.

to would like to be able to switch desktop managers without sighted help if someone knows how that can be done. Tom On Fri, 21 Oct 2011, Mackenzie Morgan wrote: On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 1:24 PM, Tom Masterson kd7...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Luke I get an at-spi-registry segfault as soon as I log

Re: File Choosers Not Working with Orca in Oneiric

I have found this in both unity and gnome and have filed a bug (don't remember the number). I have also installed the extras and it did not help. Tom On Sun, 23 Oct 2011, Dave Hunt wrote: Hi, I'm not sure whether this is an Orca bug, a Gnome 3 bug, or something peculior to Oneiric. File

Re: How do I switch from Unity 3D to Unity 2D in Oneiric Ocelot?

Several of us have asked this question on this list and still have no answer that does not require sighted help. If you have someone who can help there is a icon (I believe it was described to me as a gear) down by the password on the login screen that will allow it to be changed. So far no

Unity folder question

Under gnome I always used to prefer items in a folder to be in list form so I don't have to go left and right and work through muliple rows to find a file. I have not found a way to do this in unity. Does this ability exist and if so where do I find it? Tom -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing

Re: Usb-creator-gtk Inaccessible?

This is a long known issue with usb-creator. It has to do with the fact that they are doing their ui on a separate thread rather than the main thread where it should be. If you do a search on the archives for the orca list you should find more information and if I recall some solutions. Tom

Which orca branch

Which branch of orca should I check out if I want to do some testing on Ubuntu 11.10 with the latest orca code? Tom -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility

Oneirc unity-2ed question

For some reason my computer has decided to turn on airplane mode and not let me turn it off. I go to the system panel, select network, turjn off airplane mode, press all settings and when I look again airplane mode is back on. In theory if I read correctly I should be able to show this in

Re: Oneirc unity-2ed question

: On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 07:25:39AM EST, Tom Masterson wrote: For some reason my computer has decided to turn on airplane mode and not let me turn it off. I go to the system panel, select network, turjn off airplane mode, press all settings and when I look again airplane mode is back

How to redo the gui desktop

I have a Dell laptop (older). I have been upgrading it since something like Ubuntu 704 so it has been around awhile. It has developed a problem since the upgrade to 11.10. For some reason it has stopped runnig any of the GUIs. Primarily it seems to be a problem with nautilus blowing up

Orca running twice

I more or less have the Ubuntu desktop coming up although nautilus does not seem to be stable. For some reason when it starts there are two copies of orca being run. Can someone point me to where to start looking to see why this is happening? Tom -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list

Re: Orca running twice

Peter Dňa 2.4.2012, o 15:41, Tom Masterson kd7...@gmail.com napísal: I more or less have the Ubuntu desktop coming up although nautilus does not seem to be stable. For some reason when it starts there are two copies of orca being run. Can someone point me to where to start looking to see

how to create a live usb stick

On the stuff I have found on the web it says to use usb-creator to create the flash drive. As I recall that particular package is not very usable. Is there another way to create a usb stick to try precise? Thanks Tom -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: how to create a live usb stick

, on your flash drive, you should see one bootable partition the size of the iso file, and the rest of the space as unallocated. Make a new partition of type 'ext3', and call it casper-rw; this is your persistent storage. HTH, Dave On 04/13/2012 11:59 AM, Tom Masterson wrote: On the stuff I

Strange behavior in unity 2d

For reasons unknown my computer locked up to the point of requiring a hard reboot. I have since then done a proper shutdown and brought it back up. Both times after restarting keys in unity like alt-tab and f10 and some others do not work. Any ideas on what is wrong and how to fix it would

Re: Strange behavior in unity 2d

That appears to have fixed it. Thanks Tom On Wed, 16 May 2012, José Vilmar Estácio de Souza wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Try to remove .gconf/apps/metacity folder, if present. It is resident in your home folder. On 05/16/2012 01:11 PM, Tom Masterson wrote

Connecting to exchange

I am working with Ubuntu 12.04. I would really like to be able to conenct reliably to the exchange server at work (ok I really don't want to but it would be convenient) to work with email and calendars etc. Is there an acceessible solution out there? Does not have to be a single solution.

network card problem

Yes I know this is probably not the list for this but it is the best I have at the moment. Over the weekend I did an update on an older dell laptop running 12.04. It has been doing fine with that os until now. After the update when I rebooted it is no longer loading the modules for the

Re: network card problem

with the version of the kernel. Hope that helps. Thanks. On 01/29/2013 03:08 PM, Tom Masterson wrote: Yes I know this is probably not the list for this but it is the best I have at the moment. Over the weekend I did an update on an older dell laptop running 12.04. It has been doing fine

What IM client works best

I have been using pidgin for quite a while now but some changes to libpurple has made it not work with openfire which is what we use here at work. I am finding problems with gajim and empathy although that may be me. I am using Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. Gajim seems to lock up my desktop on a fairly

Ubuntu 12.04 and firefox

Is the latest version of firefox usable under 12.04 with the standard orca that comes with 12.04? I know firefox 25 a.d 26 had issues and thought I would ask about 27 before I install it and have to go through the work of reverting. Thanks Tom -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list

LTS release

Does anyone know when the 14.04 release should be up on the release update site? I would like to be able to use do-release-upgrade to upgrade to the new LTS release but it is not available yet. Thanks Tom -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com

14.04, orca, brltty

Starting especially yesterday but off and on since I updated to 14.04 orca has stopped working with the braille display. I see nothing in any of the logs that gives a clue as to what is happening. When I get to the log in screen everything is working fine. When it goes to the desktop

Re: unity accessibility issues

I use an Alva BC640 and have the same lock up problems. It happens both in the desktop and at the console (I work primarily at the console). The only solution I have found is to shut down the display (power it off or unplug it from the usb) and then reconnect. After that it works fine

davmail/systray icons question

I am having to hook my email client to an exchange servr. For a number or reasons I am using either alpine or mutt for email (I find them easier to use than the gui ones). This involves using davmail. Davmail when running just dumps a systry icon on the desktop. How can I access this icon

14.10 and orca

I upgraded to 14.10 and now I don't have orca anymore. I can not get it to come up on login or once I get to the desktop. I am not seeing any errors in the logs that I recognize. Any ideas? Tom -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com

Firefox

Hi I am using Ubuntu 14.04 and just updted firefox a couple late last week. When I try to run it now I get some form of crash report that I can't read and if I look at a console it is thrwing multiple disk read errors. I have run fsck and it tells me my disk is fine. Any ideas on how I can

accessiblity-dev ppa

I am running ubuntu 14.04.3 and have upgraded the accessibility to the version in this ppa. I notice that now I have problems runnig a console using strictly brltty. Once unity has come up (or evne the login screen) it will not show me things in a console unless I restart brltty. THis also

Libreoffice question

This may be slightly off topic but... When ever I bring up a .docx file in libreoffice if I try to save that document as a docx again it looses a lot of content. I brought up a document today that was 513k before I opened it, did nothing to it, saved it again, and it was 16k. I am using

xblapi from accessibility ppa

I am running 14.04 with updates from the accessibility ppa. I notinced this morning that my computer was working fairly hard and I was on the other sde of the room. When I ran top I found that xbrlapi was using 99 percent of cpu. Any ideas of why this would be happening? Tom --

Re: At-spi/atk 2.18 and Orca 3.18 available in Ubuntu accessibility dev PPA.

I am using 14.04 so there may be a difference there. Tom On Tue, 29 Sep 2015, José Vilmar Estácio de Souza wrote: Hi Tom. Thanks for the quick answer. One thing that I forgot to mention is that he is using ubuntu 15.04. On 09/29/2015 11:24 AM, Tom Masterson wrote: It is working on mine. I

Re: Chirp Software, next problem

You might want to post the question on the chirp users list. I suspect there may be people there who have had this issue. Tom Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 13, 2016, at 07:50, Glenn / Lenny wrote: > > I have a follow-up to my previous post, below, I would like to add

Re: Brltty 5.4 backported to Xenial.

I just upgraded to brltty 5.4 from the ppa and am still seeing problems. The system does not want to recognize my usb-to-serial and there is more than one copy of brltty running. Results of "ps -aux | grep brltty": root 2682 0.1 0.2 399444 9616 ?D Hi all. As some of you are

Possible problem with brltty

I am running Ubuntu 16.04 using brltty with a Varioulta 40 cell display. I have 4 consoles open and of course the desktop (I prefer working at the console to using terminals). I see the following in my syslog which appears to be causing issues with using a usb-to-serial converter among other

Brltty question

I seem to have two copies of brltty running. From ps -aux command I get: root 3050 0.2 0.1 333892 7188 ?DThis seems to be causing great confusion for the OS and causing problems with my usb ports. If I try to kill the one with the -n -p options it gets restarted. Can anyone

Problems with orca and updated Ubuntu 16.04

I am running Ubuntu 16.04 with all the latest updates. Under either mate or Ubuntu Default orca comes up and works with my braille display in some circumstances but there is no speech. It does not work with even my braille display under firefox. The only oddity I see in syslog or other

Re: [orca-list] Problems with orca and updated Ubuntu 16.04

? Greetings Peter Dňa 27. 1. 2018 20:53 používateľ "Tom Masterson" <kd7...@gmail.com> napísal: Thanks for the help.  Orca is now working everywhere but firefox.  Not sure what is happening with that.  Turns out something was not working in the sound system an

firefox 58, orca and 16.04

I need suggestions on where to look. Firefox on my system stopped working with orca after the last update (no setting changed) and my wife tells me that it is working properly as far as sighted people are concerned. All other applications that I run from the desktop appear to be working

Re: Snap packages

You can run snap --help (or man snap) to get all the availabel commands. However to install is "snap install ". Tom On Mon, 9 Dec 2019, Vojtěch Šmiro wrote: Hello. How to install these types of packages? I have some apps in snap format and I don't know how to install them. I can only