Re: here are three things I found after installing ubuntu that need looking in to
Dear List! I have some ydeas, I hope helps: Mike, what happen if you put the .pulse_a11y_nostart file in the /etc/skel directory and after this you create another user account? When you create another user account, all files and directoryes copyed in the /etc/skel directory to the new user home directory. Luke, possible doing my following suggestions (I tryed and works)? 1. If the accessibility mode selected with any option with the live cd boot, please copy the entire /home/ubuntu/.gconf directory to /etc/skel directory. If you doing this method and the admin user create new user account, the new user gets an accessible profile and Orca starts automaticaly when the new user was logged in. I use this method for the BeLin release (similar distribution with Vinux) and works fine. 2. If this method is possible doing, copy the .pulse_a11y_nostart file with the /etc/skel directory. 3. If possible but not critical need, please add following commands with shortcut (now default no have shortcut key this commands): Launch terminal: Ctrl+Alt+t Open home directory: Ctrl+Shift+h Launch Webbrowser: Ctrl+Alt+w Launch e-mail client: Ctrl+Alt+m Launch Orca Screen Reader: Ctrl+Alt+O If need, I sending the need of gconf keys. I hope this modifications is not a security risk, but producing better integration result. If doing this modifications with 1 and 2 suggestions, the new created user not need doing accessibility configuring tasks with no speech: gconftool-2 -s -t bool /desktop/gnome/interface/accessibility true gconftool-2 -s -t bool /desktop/gnome/at/visual/startup true gconftool-2 -s -t bool /apps/gksu/disable-grab true creating a .pulse_a11y_nostart file. Thougs? Attila -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility
Re: here are three things I found after installing ubuntu that need looking in to
On 03/31/2009 12:12 PM, mike wrote: > 1, The audio sounds like it is speeding up at times when the system logs in. > This has been the case for a while, but Orca works fine. > I think this is an artifact of the switch back to ALSA. It goes away when I install a pulse/SD stack. Hopefully pulse will eventually be snappy and stable enough such that SD can use it as effectively as ALSA, but that's outside of any one group's control. > 2, The adman apps are still not accessible from the user account like they > are on the live CD. If Luke's fix was suppose to fix this, it isn't working > yet. > In my experience, they're inaccessible if prompted for a password, but seem to work if this step is skipped. I ran synaptic, was prompted for and entered a password, then lost access. When I logged back in, the authentication info must have been cached or something, because no password was requested and the app was accessible. If sudo shares the same caching mechanism, it may be possible to sudo something first to authenticate, then run the app. Hopefully this resolves point #3 below. This would also explain why theyy work from the CD; presumably you weren't prompted for a password there. Similarly, I found something else that was a bit bothersome. When accessing an admin app, I can't seem to switch away to anything else and have access. This is easy to duplicate in the installer. Often I'd start an install then realize that I'd forgotten to configure Orca to use the laptop layout, but I'd be unable to start the preferences UI and switch back to the installer. This made things especially difficult in the final step, because the progress display doesn't update when reviewed, and it'd be nice to switch away from and back to the dialog to read an update. I encountered this issue today when Orca crashed in a Synaptic session. I relaunched Orca using my hotkey, only I couldn't either access the current app or switch away. -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility
Server Installations
Hi Luke I'm in the process of getting ready to set up my own hone file server. I know that the Live CD for the server does not come with any TTS packages, but once it's installed are there any packages in any of the Ubuntu repos that I can install to give me TTS on the Console? I have a vague recollection that this question was asked before, and it was suggested to do a desktop installation and then apt-get the rquired packages, my problem is that the server is an old machine with about 256 Mb of RAM which I don't think will easily support a Gnome Desktop. Any pointers / suggestions appreciated. Ian -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility
here are three things I found after installing ubuntu that need looking in to
Hi, I installed the latest live CD today and discovered three things. 1, The audio sounds like it is speeding up at times when the system logs in. This has been the case for a while, but Orca works fine. 2, The adman apps are still not accessible from the user account like they are on the live CD. If Luke's fix was suppose to fix this, it isn't working yet. 3, I enabled the root account so I could use some of those apps, and found when I ran Orca from that account it isn't usable. Apparently pulse audio is only disabled for the user account created when you install the system. I haven't tried this yet, but if pulse is also enabled for any account you create this is going to be a problem for those creating accounts for other people if they need access to those accounts. Other than that, 9.04 seems to be working fine. Mike. -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility
