Re: assistive annoyance
On Wed, 2011-09-07 at 21:34 -0400, Mark Grieveson wrote: On Wed, 7 Sep 2011 12:04:50 + (UTC) debian-user-digest-requ...@lists.debian.org wrote: Let's see if I remember since I just turned orca on yesterday since without it, or something similar these computers are just paperweights for me. On the menus, it's in system then admin then preferences. Universal accessibility is the next level to enter and disabling universal accessibility should make your desktop useable again. You I tried that and it didn't work. Specifically, I went to System - Preferences - Assistive Technologies, and then I unchecked the Enable assistive technologies box. I still get the same issues as I described. I didn't see anything else in System - Administration that seemed related. Try System Preferences Startup Applications and deselect 'Visual Assistance' and 'AT SPI Registry' if they are there. -- Tixy -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1315467529.2314.3.camel@computer2
Re: assistive annoyance
On Thu, 8 Sep 2011 09:41:02 + (UTC) debian-user-digest-requ...@lists.debian.org wrote: Try System Preferences Startup Applications and deselect 'Visual Assistance' and 'AT SPI Registry' if they are there. I already deselected 'Visual Assistance'. I checked for 'AT SPI Registry' but could find nothing like it. I still have the special needs logo in the top right corner of the panel, and it still gives me the message if I press shift five times. Anyway, if anyone else has a suggestion, I'd appreciate it. Mark -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110908144040.53ffd...@torfree.net
Re: assistive annoyance
On Wed, 7 Sep 2011 12:04:50 + (UTC) debian-user-digest-requ...@lists.debian.org wrote: Let's see if I remember since I just turned orca on yesterday since without it, or something similar these computers are just paperweights for me. On the menus, it's in system then admin then preferences. Universal accessibility is the next level to enter and disabling universal accessibility should make your desktop useable again. You I tried that and it didn't work. Specifically, I went to System - Preferences - Assistive Technologies, and then I unchecked the Enable assistive technologies box. I still get the same issues as I described. I didn't see anything else in System - Administration that seemed related. You might also have a look at your grub configuration file since your boot line probably contains a parameter something like accessibility=3. You might delete that parameter then get it right with grub then reboot. I checked /boot/grub/grub.cfg for any reference to accessibility, but couldn't find any. Is grub.cfg the file you were referring to? Mark -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110907213430.13dd6...@torfree.net
assistive annoyance
Hello. I have a laptop that I installed Debian Squeeze on, with the default gnome desktop. I was fooling around with it, and enabled assistive technologies, which put a round blue logo with a man in the centre on the top panel. After experimenting with some stuff like increasing the font of everything, I tried right-clicking on the blue circle applet on the top panel to remove it, but this did nothing. I cannot get rid of it. It's only a problem when I'm playing an SDL fullscreen game. When I press the shift key five times (something common in the game), suddenly a message pops up about whether I want to (de)activate sticky keys or not (from the assistive program(s)). The screen requires a mouse to close it (not available when playing the game). I've tried removing whatever I could find that seemed to be related to this assistive stuff, but still no luck (IE, at-spi). So, how can I get rid of this thing? Mark -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110906141105.6ecdb...@torfree.net
Re: assistive annoyance
On Tue, Sep 06, 2011 at 02:11:05PM -0400, Mark Grieveson wrote: Hello. I have a laptop that I installed Debian Squeeze on, with the default gnome desktop. I was fooling around with it, and enabled assistive technologies, which put a round blue logo with a man in the centre on the top panel. After experimenting with some stuff like increasing the font of everything, I tried right-clicking on the blue circle applet on the top panel to remove it, but this did nothing. I cannot get rid of it. It's only a problem when I'm playing an SDL fullscreen game. When I press the shift key five times (something common in the game), suddenly a message pops up about whether I want to (de)activate sticky keys or not (from the assistive program(s)). The screen requires a mouse to close it (not available when playing the game). I've tried removing whatever I could find that seemed to be related to this assistive stuff, but still no luck (IE, at-spi). So, how can I get rid of this thing? I have the same problem for the same reason. Looking *eagerly* forward for the answer. -- Bob Holtzman If you think you're getting free lunch, check the price of the beer. Key ID: 8D549279 signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: assistive annoyance
On Tue, 6 Sep 2011, Robert Holtzman wrote: On Tue, Sep 06, 2011 at 02:11:05PM -0400, Mark Grieveson wrote: Hello. I have a laptop that I installed Debian Squeeze on, with the default gnome desktop. I was fooling around with it, and enabled assistive technologies, which put a round blue logo with a man in the centre on the top panel. After experimenting with some stuff like increasing the font of everything, I tried right-clicking on the blue circle applet on the top panel to remove it, but this did nothing. I cannot get rid of it. It's only a problem when I'm playing an SDL fullscreen game. When I press the shift key five times (something common in the game), suddenly a message pops up about whether I want to (de)activate sticky keys or not (from the assistive program(s)). The screen requires a mouse to close it (not available when playing the game). I've tried removing whatever I could find that seemed to be related to this assistive stuff, but still no luck (IE, at-spi). So, how can I get rid of this thing? I have the same problem for the same reason. Looking *eagerly* forward for the answer. Let's see if I remember since I just turned orca on yesterday since without it, or something similar these computers are just paperweights for me. On the menus, it's in system then admin then preferences. Universal accessibility is the next level to enter and disabling universal accessibility should make your desktop useable again. You might also have a look at your grub configuration file since your boot line probably contains a parameter something like accessibility=3. You might delete that parameter then get it right with grub then reboot. Jude jdash...@shellworld.net I love the Pope, I love seeing him in his Pope-Mobile, his three feet of bullet proof plexi-glass. That's faith in action folks! You know he's got God on his side. ~ Bill Hicks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/alpine.bsf.2.00.1109061940490.17...@freire1.furyyjbeyq.arg
Re: assistive annoyance
On Tue, Sep 06, 2011 at 07:46:12PM -0400, Jude DaShiell wrote: On Tue, 6 Sep 2011, Robert Holtzman wrote: On Tue, Sep 06, 2011 at 02:11:05PM -0400, Mark Grieveson wrote: Hello. I have a laptop that I installed Debian Squeeze on, with the default gnome desktop. I was fooling around with it, and enabled assistive technologies, which put a round blue logo with a man in the centre on the top panel. After experimenting with some stuff like increasing the font of everything, I tried right-clicking on the blue circle applet on the top panel to remove it, but this did nothing. I cannot get rid of it. It's only a problem when I'm playing an SDL fullscreen game. When I press the shift key five times (something common in the game), suddenly a message pops up about whether I want to (de)activate sticky keys or not (from the assistive program(s)). The screen requires a mouse to close it (not available when playing the game). I've tried removing whatever I could find that seemed to be related to this assistive stuff, but still no luck (IE, at-spi). So, how can I get rid of this thing? I have the same problem for the same reason. Looking *eagerly* forward for the answer. Let's see if I remember since I just turned orca on yesterday since without it, or something similar these computers are just paperweights for me. On the menus, it's in system then admin then preferences. Universal accessibility is the next level to enter and disabling universal accessibility should make your desktop useable again. You might also have a look at your grub configuration file since your boot line probably contains a parameter something like accessibility=3. You might delete that parameter then get it right with grub then reboot. I think your missing something in my and Mark Grieveson's posts. Our desktops are restored to the original state as before we played with assistive technologies. It's the icon in the top panel that we can't get rid of. -- Bob Holtzman If you think you're getting free lunch, check the price of the beer. Key ID: 8D549279 signature.asc Description: Digital signature
