Almost certainly a password was set up for the user account and that's what will need to be used with sudo to run some of that stuff. When a ubuntu install happens if a root password isn't set and root isn't enabled then a user password will be needed or the system is as insecure as dos.
On Sun, 30 Sep 2007, Mike Reiser wrote: > On the live cd I'm guessing there's no password so I guess you do the same > stuff but without the password? > > Mike > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jude DaShiell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Simon Bienlein" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: "ubuntu-accessibility" <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2007 4:08 PM > Subject: Re: Orca on the live CD of September 29 > > >> You first have to set orca up to work. After you next log in, control-f2 >> and type sudo gnome-terminal <cr>. If you get asked for password key it >> in. Then type orca -t <cr>. This is what to type to set orca up. >> >> >> >> On Sun, 30 Sep 2007, Simon Bienlein wrote: >> >> > Hello everyone, >> > >> > When I start the live CD of September 29, I am able to call the "run >> > dialogue" via Alt+F2. When orca is entered here, there is no screen >> > output. Is there anyone on this list whose Orca actually works on the >> > live CD? >> > >> > BrlTTY does not cause any problems. The Braille display is being >> > recognized and I am able to smoothly work with it on the console >> > (Strg+Alt+F1). When I want to configure orca in the text modus and enter >> > "orca -t", I receive a couple of error messages, but the set-up is not >> > being started: >> > >> > $ orca -t >> > /var/lib/python-support/python2.5/gtk-2.0/gtk/__init__.py:72: >> > GtkWarning: could not open display >> > warnings.warn(str(e), _gtk.Warning) >> > Traceback (most recent call last): >> > File "<string>", line 1, in <module> >> > File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/orca/orca.py", line 56, in >> > <module> >> > import httpserver >> > File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/orca/httpserver.py", line 36, >> > in <module> >> > import speech >> > File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/orca/speech.py", line 35, in >> > <module> >> > import keynames >> > File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/orca/keynames.py", line 29, in >> > <module> >> > import chnames >> > File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/orca/chnames.py", line 116 >> > SyntaxError: Non-ASCII character '\xc2' in file >> > /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/orca/chnames.py on line 116, but no >> > encoding declared; see http://www.python.org/peps/pep-0263.html for >> > details >> > >> > Thanks in advance for your hints. >> > >> > Simon >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility >> > >> >> -- >> Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility
