I did exactly that and was faced with “Onyx has no windows.” I removed it from the table, uninstalled the application, deleted it from the trashcan and then restarted my system. Then I installed the fresh copy, opened system preferences, opened the security and privacy applet, tabbed to the table entry for accessibility, then tabbed to the lock to unlock, entered my password, then tabbed back to the add button, chose Onyx in the open dialog. Made sure it was chechmarked and then closed system preferences. I then tried to open the application from the applications window in finder. I was again faced with “Onyx has no windows”. Also, when I tried to quit onyx in that state, it would bonk at me. The only way to quit onyx was to VO+esc and then choose force quit.
Next step, open a terminal window and then type in the complete path to the onyx unix executable and then press enter. Onyx would start, ask me for my system credentials (password), then present me with the application pane. In the toolbar, the first item is marked Onyx and pressing the button inside that pane resulted in a dialog announcing itself as “kookoo’s egg. I had to to close that as there wasn’t anything useful there to find. So, I tried to run the system maintenance scripts (toolbar item 2). Once I hit execute, a dialog box would open stating that a system restart would be needed after running the scripts. Then another dialog would pop up requesting permission to close all windows. At this point, once I hit OK, VoiceOver would stop, then restart with a troubleshooter pane, which I would hit OK on, then I would be left in onyx only too have VoiceOver freeze up with no way to reset. After 20 minutes, and no change to the system, I was forced to power down using the power button and restart manually. Trying again with subsequent toolbar items evoked the exact same behavior. There is something very wrong with how onyx works with VoiceOver in Catalina on my system. I have never before encountered this behavior in any previous version of both the application and the OS. So, at this point, I am completely at a loss as to how to proceed. Every attempt ends in a system lockup that isn’t recoverable without a forced restart. I even turned off the screen reader and had my sighted roomie try and run it normally, only to have it also present with no visible windows. He also even tried my method using the terminal application and running the unix executable and was met with the same type of system lockup. -Eric > On Jul 9, 2021, at 8:12 PM, ernest mccullough <ernest.mccullo...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Eric: > I finally got onyx to work. Here’s what I had to do: > Go to system preferences., Go to security and privacy. Then, interact with a > table until you get to something like allow access. Then, you add onyx to > allow the disk access. Once you do that, onyx will work. > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: > mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ > <http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/> > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > <mailto:macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/CADGLQNEDf%2BZaDxitzcRZ-AtOyqRxREagsmtS%3D-a0%3D%2BY_dmniLg%40mail.gmail.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/CADGLQNEDf%2BZaDxitzcRZ-AtOyqRxREagsmtS%3D-a0%3D%2BY_dmniLg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/1FDDA692-B28D-42D0-A059-2DD112CCD132%40gmail.com.
