Re: Vinux 3.2 Released!
Hi Run wget inside a screen session or use nohup command. If you are trying to download from a network connectivity issues use the following command. wget -c -t 0 -T 20 example.com/new.iso HTH Regards, - Arky Free Software Developer ICT Consultant Hanoi, Vietnam Blog - http://playingwithsid.blogspot.com Twitter - @playingwithsid - Follow me! -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility
Re: I have two questions
Hi Mike, There seems to odd bug with gnome-panel. Pressing arrow twice switches the menus. Open a new bug report for that. https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-panel/+bug/658087 The default Orca config folder now in .local/share/orca Cheers --arky Rakesh 'arky' Ambati| IT Consultant |Blog: http://playingwithsid.blogspot.com - Original Message From: Mike Coulombe kb8...@verizon.net To: Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com Sent: Mon, October 11, 2010 10:29:57 AM Subject: I have two questions Hi, In maverick, how do you get out of the menu on the top panel once you right arrow into it? I hit escape twice and get to the same menus, but I can't get back to the point where I can use alt and f1. 2, I don't see a orca directory in my home directory anymore. So, Storm, where do you put your custom orca file now? Thanks Mike. -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility
Ubuntu Maverick Page
Hi List, Just created a new page for Ubuntu Maverick http://live.gnome.org/Orca/UbuntuMaverick on Orca wiki to track the changes and problems related to this release. If you are using the new release, Please update this page with bugs you encountered and solutions you had to devise. Cheers --arky Rakesh 'arky' Ambati| IT Consultant |Blog: http://playingwithsid.blogspot.com -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility
Accerciser in-place loading
Hi, To test accerciser, you can check out the source code from git and load accerciser in-place from its source. However I haven't managed to do this due to the import errors. I think I need to include the plugin folder to PythonPath, however I am missing something. Traceback (most recent call last): File accerciser.py, line 29, in module from plugin import PluginManager File /home/arky/repos/accerciser/src/lib/accerciser/plugin/__init__.py, line 14, in module from base_plugin import Plugin, ViewportPlugin, ConsolePlugin File /home/arky/repos/accerciser/src/lib/accerciser/plugin/base_plugin.py, line 15, in module from accerciser.tools import Tools File /home/arky/repos/accerciser/src/lib/accerciser/accerciser.py, line 29, in module from plugin import PluginManager Can someone help me out. Cheers --arky Rakesh 'arky' Ambati| IT Consultant| http://www.braillewithoutborders.org | Blog: http://playingwithsid.blogspot.com -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility
Re: never mind last msg
- Original Message Speaking of the clock, I've noticed something not too pleasant about that too though this is most likely an issue in GNOME 2.30 itself and not Ubuntu specifically. The clock no longer reads the time, instead I just hear the click to view your appointments and tasks tooltip. This is less than helpful. And yes, I know about putting a script in orca-customizations.py, but that's not the point. Is this one an Ubuntu or a GNOME issue upstream? I suspect the latter but right now I don't Hi, The clock is regression problem in newer gnome. You can track it here https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=581351 Cheers --arky Rakesh 'arky' Ambati| IT Consultant| http://www.braillewithoutborders.org | Blog: http://playingwithsid.blogspot.com Send free SMS to your Friends on Mobile from your Yahoo! Messenger. Download Now! http://messenger.yahoo.com/download.php -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility
Re: problem with emerson daisy player
Hi Michael, You need to install the java run time. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Java Cheers --arky Rakesh 'arky' Ambati| IT Consultant| http://www.braillewithoutborders.org | Blog: http://playingwithsid.blogspot.com - Original Message From: michael weaver weavermi...@googlemail.com To: ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com Sent: Sat, 13 March, 2010 1:41:22 PM Subject: problem with emerson daisy player i have just downloaded the emerson daisy player but when i ran the executable after unzipping the archive file i got some error message about java. how do i download this jre file or whatever is needed to resolve this issue? -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list ymailto=mailto:Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com; href=mailto:Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com;Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com href=https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility; target=_blank https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility The INTERNET now has a personality. YOURS! See your Yahoo! Homepage. http://in.yahoo.com/ -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility
Re: New stable Espeak maintenance version is available
Hi Attila, I posted this request upstream with Debian as well. Cheers --arky Rakesh 'arky' Ambati| IT Consultant| http://www.braillewithoutborders.org | Blog: http://playingwithsid.blogspot.com - Original Message From: Hammer Attila hamm...@pickup.hu To: ubuntu ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com Sent: Fri, 12 March, 2010 12:25:38 PM Subject: New stable Espeak maintenance version is available Dear List, Monday evening Jonathan Duddington publicate new stable Espeak maintenance version (1.43.02). For example, in hungarian language this version containing critical important bugfixes with Espeak hungarian speech (new or modifyed language rules, and some modifications with source code with hungarian specific general number suffix exception feature). Luke, my little technical questions is following, because I am interest: Now, Ubuntu Lucid containing Espeak-1.43.0 version. Ubuntu Core Developers upgrade Espeak version if a new maintenance version is awailable with espeak.sourceforge.net official website (only if the last version number is changed)? What the final development date before this upgrade must happening? What the final date after this upgrade is impossible with actual development Ubuntu versions? Temporary I do a PPA package with this version, and copyed this package with vinux/vinux-lucid repository, but better if official Lucid version containing new maintenance version. I am using this version with day by day, and not see any problem. I doed a bugreport with request the upgrade: href=https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/espeak/+bug/537882; target=_blank https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/espeak/+bug/537882 Attila -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list ymailto=mailto:Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com; href=mailto:Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com;Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com href=https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility; target=_blank https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility Your Mail works best with the New Yahoo Optimized IE8. Get it NOW! http://downloads.yahoo.com/in/internetexplorer/ -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility
Help debug this Accerciser issue
Hi, Can you reproduce this bug? https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/accerciser/+bug/418468 Cheers --arky Rakesh 'arky' Ambati| IT Consultant| http://www.braillewithoutborders.org | Blog: http://playingwithsid.blogspot.com Your Mail works best with the New Yahoo Optimized IE8. Get it NOW! http://downloads.yahoo.com/in/internetexplorer/ -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility
Improving Gnome Desktop Accessibility
Hi, To have a much improved Gnome Desktop accessibility experience for the next 2.29.x release, we need to fix quite a few old bugs. Most of bugs appear to low priority but are very important for people with disabilities. Clock-applet inaccessible (regression) https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=581351 Notification Area icons are inaccessible https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=611562 panel_toplevel_construct_description should provide less technical descriptions https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=61 Desktop name is now x-nautilus-desktop (regression) https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=555425 search: name instead of x-nautilus-search https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=610789 Pathbar 'drive' 'previous folder' icon inaccessible https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=610809 Switch to notification area shortcut key https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=611563 Cheers --arky Rakesh 'arky' Ambati| IT Consultant| http://www.braillewithoutborders.org | Blog: http://playingwithsid.blogspot.com The INTERNET now has a personality. YOURS! See your Yahoo! Homepage. http://in.yahoo.com/ -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility
Re: Improving Gnome Desktop Accessibility
Hi Jacob, I just think priorities should be on actual performance and crash-related problems first. They're the ones that hit hardest and make the most impression when they do. Yes, you are right. Last release of ubuntu failed to get many a11y users for this very reason. We are making good progress and would hopefully iron out most issue leading upto Gnome 3.0. Think of my bugs as papercuts for a11y :) Cheers --arky Rakesh 'arky' Ambati| IT Consultant| http://www.braillewithoutborders.org | Blog: http://playingwithsid.blogspot.com Your Mail works best with the New Yahoo Optimized IE8. Get it NOW! http://downloads.yahoo.com/in/internetexplorer/ -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility
Re: Cannot get console login at Lucid startup
Hi Dave, Lucid uses upstart not sysvinit. Also you can use GDM timed login workaround until the gdm problems are fixed . http://playingwithsid.blogspot.com/2009/07/gdm-timed-login.html Also make sure your gnome-keyring is setup properly. http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2007/07/12/automatically-unlocking-the-default-gnome-keyring-pam-keyring/ HTH Cheers --arky Rakesh 'arky' Ambati| IT Consultant| http://www.braillewithoutborders.org | Blog: http://playingwithsid.blogspot.com - Original Message From: Dave Hunt dave.hu...@verizon.net To: ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com Sent: Sun, 14 February, 2010 9:27:16 AM Subject: Cannot get console login at Lucid startup Hi, I know this isn't strictly an accessibility thing, but I seem to have exhausted all other possibilities. I'm running Lucid from a live cd of about 5 days ago. When I start the system and attempt to login at the audible prompt, my system locks up on most attempts. Why it works sometimes, especfialy if I wait about a minute, is a mystery. Anyway, I've removed the file /etc/init.d/gdm, as suggested in the Ubuntu forums. Also, I have run sudo update-rc.d gdm remove, also as suggested. Gdm is nowhere in system services; I've looked with bootup manager and sysv-rc-conf. What am I missing? To start this system, I do as follows: power on; wait for audio prompt; switch to another console; log in; enter sudo gdm-stop; enter my password; wait about 3 seconds; type startx. When I hear the music, I wait about 30 seconds, then manually start orca. When I start this way, I have to manually authenticate my wifi connection and enter login password to unlock the keyring. This problem did not present when I installed the system. Any ideas? Best Regards, Dave H. -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility Your Mail works best with the New Yahoo Optimized IE8. Get it NOW! http://downloads.yahoo.com/in/internetexplorer/ -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility
Re: what does this message?
Hi Jose Looks like the ALSA rewind bug, https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/385616 Cheers --arky Rakesh 'arky' Ambati| IT Consultant| http://www.braillewithoutborders.org | Blog: http://playingwithsid.blogspot.com - Original Message From: jose vilmar estacio de souza vil...@informal.com.br To: ubuntu ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com Sent: Tue, 9 February, 2010 5:56:47 AM Subject: what does this message? Hi all, Running speech-dispatcher 0.6.8~unofficial~rc1, I found the following message in espeak.log and ibmtts.log: ALSA: underrun, at least 0ms. Any idea? Thanks. -- []S José Vilmar Estácio de Souza http://www.informal.com.br Msn:vil...@informal.com.br Skype:jvilmar Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/jvesouza Phone: +55 21-2555-2650 Cel: +55 21-8868-0859 -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility Your Mail works best with the New Yahoo Optimized IE8. Get it NOW! http://downloads.yahoo.com/in/internetexplorer/ -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility
Re: Draft Willie for Ubuntu Accessibility
- Original Message Anyone interested in forming a Draft Willie campaign? +1 Cheers --arky Rakesh 'arky' Ambati| IT Consultant| http://www.braillewithoutborders.org | Blog: http://playingwithsid.blogspot.com Your Mail works best with the New Yahoo Optimized IE8. Get it NOW! http://downloads.yahoo.com/in/internetexplorer/ -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility
Re: Compiz keybinds conflicts
Hi, Mvo promised that this panel switcher problem will be fixed in Lucid, I know that compiz still has some conflicts with application specific keybindings (for example firefox table navigation https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=578099). Lets work to fix compiz keybinding issues for lucid. :) Cheers --arky Rakesh 'arky' Ambati| IT Consultant| http://www.braillewithoutborders.org | Blog: http://playingwithsid.blogspot.com - Original Message From: Bill Cox waywardg...@gmail.com To: Arky rakesh_amb...@yahoo.com Cc: ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com Sent: Mon, 1 February, 2010 9:37:21 PM Subject: Re: Compiz keybinds conflicts Hi, Arky. Someone just pointed out this problem in my Vinux/Ubuntu Lucid ISO. I turned off Static Application Switcher, and turned on Application Switcher, and reassigned Tab to next_panel, and Tab to prev_panel. The results are awesome. I've been using the Compiz magnifier for over a year, and I've never been able to access the panels accept with the mouse. Getting next_panel and prev_panel working in Compiz is huge. This is the last major accessibility issue I know of with Compiz. I think Lucid would be a good platform to switch to the normal application switcher, and fixing this key binding should be done as well. Thanks, BIll On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 10:17 AM, Arky wrote: Hi, Compiz keybindings often conflit with gnome defaults. Perhaps we can provide a patch to resolve this in lucid. Any ideas? https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lucid/CompizDefaults Cheers --arky Rakesh 'arky' Ambati| IT Consultant| http://www.braillewithoutborders.org | Blog: http://playingwithsid.blogspot.com The INTERNET now has a personality. YOURS! See your Yahoo! Homepage. http://in.yahoo.com/ -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility Your Mail works best with the New Yahoo Optimized IE8. Get it NOW! http://downloads.yahoo.com/in/internetexplorer/ -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility
Re: what this message means?
Hi Jose, Its known issue, pretty harmless. Looks like there is fix for it already. https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/emacs-snapshot/+bug/501670 cheers --arky Rakesh 'arky' Ambati| IT Consultant| http://www.braillewithoutborders.org | Blog: http://playingwithsid.blogspot.com - Original Message From: jose vilmar estacio de souza vil...@informal.com.br To: ubuntu ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com Sent: Sun, 24 January, 2010 10:06:07 AM Subject: what this message means? Hi all, When I run firefox in a terminal session, I receive the following message: (firefox:15290): GLib-WARNING **: g_set_prgname() called multiple times What is this? Thanks. -- []S José Vilmar Estácio de Souza http://www.informal.com.br Msn:vil...@informal.com.br Skype:jvilmar Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/jvesouza Phone: +55 21-2555-2650 Cel: +55 21-8868-0859 -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility The INTERNET now has a personality. YOURS! See your Yahoo! Homepage. http://in.yahoo.com/ -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility
Compiz Accessibility
Hi, Compiz eZoom is wonderful solution for low vision. But using compiz causes numerous problem with gnome desktop keyboard navigation. For instance the compiz application switcher keybindings conflicts with gnome panel switching default 'control + Alt + Tab' With help from #compiz channel member I prepared a patch for this. https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/compiz/+bug/507964 If you know of other such conflict please bring to my notice or a leave a comment here https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/compiz/+bug/507962 I hope we can make compiz work together with gnome in next lucid release. Cheers --arky Rakesh 'arky' Ambati| IT Consultant| http://www.braillewithoutborders.org | Blog: http://playingwithsid.blogspot.com The INTERNET now has a personality. YOURS! See your Yahoo! Homepage. http://in.yahoo.com/ -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility
Compiz keybinds conflicts
Hi, Compiz keybindings often conflit with gnome defaults. Perhaps we can provide a patch to resolve this in lucid. Any ideas? https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lucid/CompizDefaults Cheers --arky Rakesh 'arky' Ambati| IT Consultant| http://www.braillewithoutborders.org | Blog: http://playingwithsid.blogspot.com The INTERNET now has a personality. YOURS! See your Yahoo! Homepage. http://in.yahoo.com/ -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility
Re: Grub2 beep, have an useful solution
Hi , Merry Christmas. Last time I tired inserting a bell character in the grub configuration, it didn't work. I think you have to modify the grub2 binary to make it work. Here is an old thread on grub2 accessibiity:beeps few years ago. I don't think the feature of beeps is implemented yet. http://www.mail-archive.com/grub-de...@gnu.org/msg02364.html Cheers --arky Rakesh 'arky' Ambati| IT Consultant| http://www.braillewithoutborders.org | Blog: http://playingwithsid.blogspot.com - Original Message From: Hammer Attila hamm...@pickup.hu To: ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com Sent: Fri, 25 December, 2009 2:15:24 PM Subject: Grub2 beep, have an useful solution Hy List, I would like insert one beep character with grub2 first menu item (Ctrl+g character, the bell character). This is not problem, but if the grub2 menus present my display, the speaker does'nt play a beep noise. Prewious grub boot manager this is works absolute fine. Or this audio help impossible doing with grub2? This is useful me my notebook, because difficult hear when present the grub2 boot menu with my display. Attila -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility The INTERNET now has a personality. YOURS! See your Yahoo! Homepage. http://in.yahoo.com/ -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility
Re: orca out of the box
Hi all, That's wonderful! We need all the help we can get. Right now Luke is doing most of the work. :( At this moment I am trying out various mainline kernels to get a glitch-free audio. https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-driver/+bug/479375 Somehow I haven't given up on Pulseaudio yet, we can try to get the performance on par with alsa/oss driver. Cheers --arky Rakesh 'arky' Ambati| IT Consultant| http://www.braillewithoutborders.org | Blog: http://playingwithsid.blogspot.com - Original Message From: Bill Cox waywardg...@gmail.com To: Isaac Porat is...@porat.me.uk Cc: Arky rakesh_amb...@yahoo.com; Josh jkenn...@gmail.com; ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com Sent: Fri, 11 December, 2009 7:37:04 PM Subject: Re: orca out of the box Hi, Arki, and thanks for working on the bugs. I think there are a few of us who would like to help get Orca working well in Lucid. I've installed alpha1, and have run into the pyatspi bug you know about. Any help getting Orca working well is appreciated. I'm comfortable debugging C code, but I don't understand the whole D-bus/atspi/COBRA stuff at all, or even if that's where the bug lies. Another issue with continues to be pulseaudio. Disabling it with the .pulse_a11y_nostart hack leads to far superior audio performance. Do you think we have time to fix the pulseaudio problems for Lucid, or should we focus on making the accessibility install with pulseaudio disabled less buggy and more usable? I'd like to help track down bugs in Lucid related to accessibility from now until the April release. Thanks, Bill On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 2:19 AM, Isaac Porat wrote: Hello Arki and all Your reply implies that all is well, in fact those who tried speech with Karmic knows that it is for all practical purposes unusable. It is my impression that even geeks can't get it to work reliably PulseAudio is too deeply embedded into the system and it seems that those looking after audio in Canonical never considered the impact of this on the blind community. There is a bold statement about accessibility on Ubuntu's website but it seems to have no roots in reality at least with Karmic. Jaunty had at least a clean way to remove PulseAudio and in fact it is the first distro I can use as a blind person productively - thanks to all concerned. Karmic is completely the other way - unusable. Yes I am aware of the various tweaks with limited effect and completely unworkable for the typical blind Windows or Mac user looking for an alternative. http://live.gnome.org/Orca/UbuntuKarmic When Karmic was released I thought this problem was a glitch, an oversight which will be sorted out; there are no visible sighnes of this yet, at least nothing that the blind community is aware of. Regards Isaac -Original Message- From: ubuntu-accessibility-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com [mailto:ubuntu-accessibility-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of Arky Sent: 11 December 2009 05:30 To: Josh; ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com Subject: Re: orca out of the box Hi Josh, Ubuntu LiveCD has an accessibility mode that enables blind users to use Orca screen reader and magnifier. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Accessibility/#Starting%20Orca%20on%20the% 20Live%20CD Cheers --arky Rakesh 'arky' Ambati| IT Consultant| http://www.braillewithoutborders.org | Blog: http://playingwithsid.blogspot.com From: Josh To: ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com Sent: Fri, 11 December, 2009 6:40:12 AM Subject: orca out of the box Hi, I think in the next release when ubuntu live cd/dvd starts up it should detect the sound card then say: if you're blind do this to start the live cd with orca and dothat to start the installer with orca. make it more like the mac with voiceover kind of. Josh My email address is: jkenn...@gmail.com . www.satogo.com Get klango at www.klango.net it's free! Get NVDA www.nvda-project.org it's free! Grab Ubuntu at www.ubuntu.com it's free! and www.twitter.com/jkenn337 follow-me-on-twitter. The INTERNET now has a personality. YOURS! See your Yahoo! Homepage . -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility The INTERNET now has a personality. YOURS! See your Yahoo! Homepage. http://in.yahoo.com/ -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility
Re: orca out of the box
Hi Josh, Ubuntu LiveCD has an accessibility mode that enables blind users to use Orca screen reader and magnifier. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Accessibility/#Starting%20Orca%20on%20the%20Live%20CD Cheers --arky Rakesh 'arky' Ambati| IT Consultant| http://www.braillewithoutborders.org | Blog: http://playingwithsid.blogspot.com From: Josh jkenn...@gmail.com To: ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com Sent: Fri, 11 December, 2009 6:40:12 AM Subject: orca out of the box Hi, I think in the next release when ubuntu live cd/dvd starts up it should detect the sound card then say: if you're blind do this to start the live cd with orca and dothat to start the installer with orca. make it more like the mac with voiceover kind of. Josh My email address is: jkenn...@gmail.com . www.satogo.com Get klango at www.klango.net it's free! Get NVDA www.nvda-project.org it's free! Grab Ubuntu at www.ubuntu.com it's free! and www.twitter.com/jkenn337 follow-me-on-twitter. The INTERNET now has a personality. YOURS! See your Yahoo! Homepage. http://in.yahoo.com/-- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility
Re: In lucid, Orca does'nt found and import pyatspi module, but python-pyatspi package is installed
Hi Attila, Looks like something went wrong in the last upload of at-spi. Noticed this problem last week and trying to reach Luke to get this problem resolved. Luke, if you have time please have look at bug 491327 https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/at-spi/+bug/491327 Cheers --arky Rakesh 'arky' Ambati| IT Consultant| http://www.braillewithoutborders.org | Blog: http://playingwithsid.blogspot.com - Original Message From: Hammer Attila hamm...@pickup.hu To: ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com Sent: Wed, 9 December, 2009 1:56:03 PM Subject: In lucid, Orca does'nt found and import pyatspi module, but python-pyatspi package is installed Dear list, Possible this is early, but I would like try and testing current Lucid daily live cd. When I choosed accessible profile with screen reader support, the boot is completed correct, the login sound I hear correct, but Orca does'nt launched. I run orca -v command with gnome-terminal window, and see following error message: Traceback (most recent call last): File , line 1, in File /usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/orca/orca.py, line 54, in import mouse_review File /usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/orca/mouse_review.py, line 28, in import debug File /usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/orca/debug.py, line 32, in import pyatspi ImportError: No module named pyatspi Why not found and import Orca the pyatspi module? python-pyatspy package are installed with the cd. If this is help, I open a bugreport with this problem. The bug report link is following: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-orca/+bug/494362 Attila -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility The INTERNET now has a personality. YOURS! See your Yahoo! Homepage. http://in.yahoo.com/ -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility
Re: a question about the new ubuntu lynx
Hi Mike, Haven't tried it yet. Decided to wait until few other packages are synced. Cheers --arky Rakesh 'arky' Ambati| IT Consultant| http://www.braillewithoutborders.org | Blog: http://playingwithsid.blogspot.com From: mike kb8...@verizon.net To: ubuntu ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com Sent: Mon, 30 November, 2009 9:47:29 PM Subject: a question about the new ubuntu lynx Hi has anyone tried any of the live images for lynx yet? I was thinking about starting to work with it and wondered if sound is working yet or not. I hope this will be better than the last release. I have had constant problems with speech stoping. Mike. -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility The INTERNET now has a personality. YOURS! See your Yahoo! Homepage. http://in.yahoo.com/-- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility
Re: a question about the new ubuntu lynx
Hi Mike, Haven't tried it yet. Decided to wait until few other packages are synced. Cheers --arky Rakesh 'arky' Ambati| IT Consultant| http://www.braillewithoutborders.org | Blog: http://playingwithsid.blogspot.com From: mike kb8...@verizon.net To: ubuntu ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com Sent: Mon, 30 November, 2009 9:47:29 PM Subject: a question about the new ubuntu lynx Hi has anyone tried any of the live images for lynx yet? I was thinking about starting to work with it and wondered if sound is working yet or not. I hope this will be better than the last release. I have had constant problems with speech stoping. Mike. -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility The INTERNET now has a personality. YOURS! See your Yahoo! Homepage. http://in.yahoo.com/-- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility
Orca Build with new pyatspi release
Hi, Orca builds on lucid fails with missing pyatspi module error. This might be due to the newer pyatspi upstream release (1.29.2-0ubuntu1). Any workarounds / patches would be greatly appreciated. Cheers --arky Rakesh 'arky' Ambati| IT Consultant| http://www.braillewithoutborders.org | Blog: http://playingwithsid.blogspot.com The INTERNET now has a personality. YOURS! See your Yahoo! Homepage. http://in.yahoo.com/-- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility
Re: problem with network in karmic
Hi Mike, Can you try this gnome-keyring PAM setting. http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2007/07/12/automatically-unlocking-the-default-gnome-keyring-pam-keyring/ Please let me know if it works. Cheers --arky Rakesh 'arky' Ambati| IT Consultant| http://www.braillewithoutborders.org | Blog: http://playingwithsid.blogspot.com - Original Message From: mike kb8...@verizon.net To: ubuntu ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com Sent: Sat, 28 November, 2009 9:38:10 AM Subject: problem with network in karmic Hi, all of the suddon I keep getting asked for my network key in karmic everytime I reboot. Does anyone know the fix for this? Thanks Mike. -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility The INTERNET now has a personality. YOURS! See your Yahoo! Homepage. http://in.yahoo.com/ -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility
Re: need help with karmic
Hi, You can use gdmsetup or edit /etc/gdm/custom.conf file directly. GDM Timed Login - http://playingwithsid.blogspot.com/2009/07/gdm-timed-login.html Cheers --arky Rakesh 'arky' Ambati| IT Consultant| http://www.braillewithoutborders.org | Blog: http://playingwithsid.blogspot.com - Original Message From: mike kb8...@verizon.net To: ubuntu ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com Sent: Sun, 22 November, 2009 10:29:54 PM Subject: need help with karmic Hi, what file do I edit in karmic to turn automatic login off? I made a usb disc from the usb creator and created another account. But it keeps logging into the live session automatically when I boot. I know gdm has changed, so the file that was so easy to edit before is no longer there. Mike. -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility The INTERNET now has a personality. YOURS! See your Yahoo! Homepage. http://in.yahoo.com/ -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility
Re: Ubuntu Karmic 9.10 Koala positive feetback related toaccessibility and speech responsiveness
Hi Storm, Thanks for tip, I forgot to include that in Orca Ubuntu Karmic page. http://live.gnome.org/Orca/UbuntuKarmic Cheers --arky Rakesh 'arky' Ambati| IT Consultant| http://www.braillewithoutborders.org | Blog: http://playingwithsid.blogspot.com --- On Mon, 2/11/09, Storm Dragon stormdragon2...@gmail.com wrote: From: Storm Dragon stormdragon2...@gmail.com Subject: Re: Ubuntu Karmic 9.10 Koala positive feetback related toaccessibility and speech responsiveness To: ubuntu ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com Date: Monday, 2 November, 2009, 8:08 PM Hi, I was having the same problems with pulseaudio. The pauses every few wordes were quite interesting. Removing pulse solved sound problems for more than just orca though. I am still using speech-dispatcher with no problems. Did you remember to run spd-conf and set it to use alsa instead of pulse? I am using 64 bit Karmik. -- Thoughts of a Dragon: http://www.stormdragon.us/ What color dragon are you? http://quizfarm.com/quizzes/new/alustriel07/what-color-dragon-would-you-be/ On Mon, 2009-11-02 at 08:57 -0500, Bill Cox wrote: I'm very glad to hear about positive experiences so far with Karmic. I installed the x64 version yesterday on my laptop (Dell Inspiron 9400). Orca did work out-of-the-box, which is nice. If blind users absolutely must do a few things on linux, Karmic can do the job. However, I found there to be a delay due to pulseaudio of about 1/2 second, making key and word echo useless. The delay is so bad, I don't see how I could use Karmic with Orca full-time. I installed voxin as well (far nicer than espeak, IMO), and had two additional problems, besides the delay. When using speech-dispatcher, speech would pause every few seconds for about half a second, which is seriously annoying. When using Gnome Speech Services, instead of pausing, it simply stops speaking, so it is very tedious to listen to an entire document. I suspect both problems are related to the delay in pulseaudio. With the virtual machine install, I was able to get Orca working well by uninstalling pulseaudio, as described here: http://live.gnome.org/Orca/UbuntuKarmic However, when installed on my laptop, removing pulseaudio caused speech-dispatcher to hang, with 100% CPU utilization. So, for now, I have no suitable Karmic-based Orca solution. Are other people seeing the delay problem? Is it only with the x64 version? Are you using Karmic/Orca as your main machine, or just playing around a bit? Thanks, Bill -Inline Attachment Follows- -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility Try the new Yahoo! India Homepage. Click here. http://in.yahoo.com/trynew -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility
Re: Getting Orca working with Karmic
Hi, Just installed Ubuntu karmic on dozen desktops. Apart from few crashes at-spi crashes things seems to be working without needing to remove pulseaudio. Cheers --arky Rakesh 'arky' Ambati| IT Consultant| http://www.braillewithoutborders.org | Blog: http://playingwithsid.blogspot.com --- On Fri, 23/10/09, Bill Cox waywardg...@gmail.com wrote: From: Bill Cox waywardg...@gmail.com Subject: Getting Orca working with Karmic To: Isaac Porat is...@porat.me.uk Cc: Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com Date: Friday, 23 October, 2009, 9:31 PM Has anyone gotten Orca working well in Karmic Beta? If so, what changes did you have to make? One thing that seems to have helped was to remove pulseaudio. However, before that, you need to install alsa-oss, or you wont have a sound system at all. This seems to have made Orca able to clear out the speech-dispatcher queue of sound you don't want to hear. It's still pretty unstable. I haven't been able to use it in any productive way for more than a couple minutes at a time before something crashes. Bill -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility From cricket scores to your friends. Try the Yahoo! India Homepage! http://in.yahoo.com/trynew -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility
Re: Start Orca automatically question
Hi, You can enabled orca by using assistive technologies preferences tool. From system menu select System Perference Assistive technologies. Cheers --arky Rakesh 'arky' Ambati| IT Consultant| http://www.braillewithoutborders.org | Blog: http://playingwithsid.blogspot.com --- On Fri, 23/10/09, René Linke rene.li...@blindzeln.de wrote: From: René Linke rene.li...@blindzeln.de Subject: Start Orca automatically question To: Mailing list of the Ubuntu Accessibility Team , , ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com Date: Friday, 23 October, 2009, 4:32 AM Hi, I am a new member here and I have a first question: I downloaded the latest Ubuntu for Netbooks Remix and extracted the image on a USB memory stick. What files I need to edit to do start Orca and change the user interface language to German automatically? TIA -- Best regards, René -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility Keep up with people you care about with Yahoo! India Mail. Learn how. http://in.overview.mail.yahoo.com/connectmore -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility
Re: How's Karmic these days?
--- On Wed, 21/10/09, Jon j.orcau...@googlemail.com wrote: WARNING, if you dont have volume buttons on your keyboard/laptop then its probably not worth your time. The issue seems to be that pulse audio volume is set to 0 when it starts, and if you dont have keys for changing the volume, or a sighted person to change it for you then you wont be able to hear orca. Hi, Perhaps you should not fear this so much. You can use gnome-keybinding-properties and set Volume down / up to key binding for example Alt+F11 and Alt+F12 and you would find its possible to increase and decrease the volume. I have just tried this on a Karmic machine and assure it works. Cheers --arky Rakesh 'arky' Ambati| IT Consultant| http://www.braillewithoutborders.org | Blog: http://playingwithsid.blogspot.com Connect more, do more and share more with Yahoo! India Mail. Learn more. http://in.overview.mail.yahoo.com/ -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility
Re: usb creator in karmic
Hi Mike, Just tested usb-creator version 0.2.11, it creates startup disk without any problems. Cheers --arky Rakesh 'arky' Ambati| IT Consultant| http://www.braillewithoutborders.org | Blog: http://playingwithsid.blogspot.com --- On Sun, 18/10/09, mike kb8...@verizon.net wrote: From: mike kb8...@verizon.net Subject: usb creator in karmic To: ubuntu ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com Date: Sunday, 18 October, 2009, 10:33 PM Hi, anyone know what is going on with the usb creator in karmic. It still doesn't work, and we are getting pretty close to release. Mike. -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility From cricket scores to your friends. Try the Yahoo! India Homepage! http://in.yahoo.com/trynew -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility
Re: two questions about karmic
Hi Mike, Tested Karmic LiveCD (15 Oct ) , Orca startup fine with speech-dispatcher. AFAIK Ubuntu Software Center is fairly accessible with orca, it would sometime before its fully accessible. Please try it and report accessibility bugs. A lot of testing is need at this moment. The volume control applet is missing right I have no idea when it would be back. Cheers --arky Rakesh 'arky' Ambati| IT Consultant| http://www.braillewithoutborders.org | Blog: http://playingwithsid.blogspot.com --- On Fri, 16/10/09, mike kb8...@verizon.net wrote: From: mike kb8...@verizon.net Subject: two questions about karmic To: ubuntu ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com Date: Friday, 16 October, 2009, 2:54 AM Hi, does anyone know if the new software center in karmic is going to be axcessable with orca? If it isn't, it there a way to install the old add remove programs center that does work well with orca? Second, is there going to be a volume control in karmic? I notice that when using the blind install, there is no volume control. I get around this with alsamixer. But new users won't know about alsamixer. Thanks Mike. -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility Keep up with people you care about with Yahoo! India Mail. Learn how. http://in.overview.mail.yahoo.com/connectmore -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility
Re: I need the name of two apps
Hi Mike, AFAIK its gnome-alsamixer and gnome-app-install packages. Cheers --arky Rakesh 'arky' Ambati| IT Consultant| http://www.braillewithoutborders.org | Blog: http://playingwithsid.blogspot.com --- On Mon, 19/10/09, mike kb8...@verizon.net wrote: From: mike kb8...@verizon.net Subject: I need the name of two apps To: ubuntu ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com Date: Monday, 19 October, 2009, 10:23 PM Hi, I need the name of two programs so I can put them back in karmic. 1, Does anyone know the name of the original gnome volume control app? Gnome-volumecontrol isn't the name. 2, Does anyone know the correct name for the old add remove programs app that was recently removed from karmic? I think both programs should still work if reinstalled. Thanks Mike. -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility Connect more, do more and share more with Yahoo! India Mail. Learn more. http://in.overview.mail.yahoo.com/ -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility
Re: Does'nt launch automaticaly with current Karmic daily live cd?
Hi, Hammer, Its better to find out the cause of trouble. Is it Speech-dispatcher, sound problem or orca. https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/speech-dispatcher/+bug/428293 (maybe its fixed now) https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-orca/+bug/449303 (new one, couldn't find a fix) Cheers --arky Rakesh 'arky' Ambati| IT Consultant| http://www.braillewithoutborders.org | Blog: http://playingwithsid.blogspot.com --- On Wed, 14/10/09, Hammer Attila hamm...@pickup.hu wrote: From: Hammer Attila hamm...@pickup.hu Subject: Does'nt launch automaticaly with current Karmic daily live cd? To: ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com Date: Wednesday, 14 October, 2009, 9:11 PM Dear List, I downloaded this morning the current daily Karmic live cd. When I booted the live cd (accessibility mode is selected correct), Orca is not launched automaticaly, need manual launch. Anybody confirm this before I opening a bugreport? Attila -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility Connect more, do more and share more with Yahoo! India Mail. Learn more. http://in.overview.mail.yahoo.com/ -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility
Re: Does'nt launch automaticaly with current Karmic daily live cd?
--- On Thu, 15/10/09, Hammer Attila hamm...@pickup.hu wrote: Interesting, but pulseaudio is disabled again? In yesterday morning live cd is pulseaudio enabled, I am surprised yesterday because my sound volume change is works my notebook when I booting the yesterday live cd. Grabbing today's daily build (Oct 14) and investigate it the problem. Cheers --arky Rakesh 'arky' Ambati| IT Consultant| http://www.braillewithoutborders.org | Blog: http://playingwithsid.blogspot.com Keep up with people you care about with Yahoo! India Mail. Learn how. http://in.overview.mail.yahoo.com/connectmore -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility
Re: a question about the live cd
Hi Mike, Looks like speech-dispatcher has some issues starting up on LiveCD. Filed a bug, hope Luke would address this issue soon. https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/speech-dispatcher/+bug/428293 Cheers --arky Rakesh 'arky' Ambati| IT Consultant| http://www.braillewithoutborders.org | Blog: http://playingwithsid.blogspot.com --- On Sun, 13/9/09, mike kb8...@verizon.net wrote: From: mike kb8...@verizon.net Subject: a question about the live cd To: ubuntu ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com Date: Sunday, 13 September, 2009, 1:38 AM Hi, has anyone had luck getting orca to speak on the latest live cd. It seems like everything is loading, but there is no sound when using the f5 and 3 keys at boot time. Just booting the cd does give sound when it is booted, but you can't start orca. Mike. -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility See the Web#39;s breaking stories, chosen by people like you. Check out Yahoo! Buzz. http://in.buzz.yahoo.com/ -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility
Re: enabling the root account in karmic, does anyone know how?
Hi Mike, Have a look at GDM configuration file provided in this post. http://playingwithsid.blogspot.com/2009/07/gdm-timed-login.html Also root accounts need to have id = 0 and in /etc/sudoers file you add a line like this. Replace accnt with the account name. accnt ALL=(ALL) ALL Cheers --arky Rakesh 'arky' Ambati| IT Consultant| http://www.braillewithoutborders.org | Blog: http://playingwithsid.blogspot.com --- On Sat, 8/8/09, mike kb8...@verizon.net wrote: From: mike kb8...@verizon.net Subject: enabling the root account in karmic, does anyone know how? To: ubuntu ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com Date: Saturday, 8 August, 2009, 9:47 AM Hi I tried to create a custom.conf file for gdm, but that didn't work. Does anyone know how to enable the root account in Karmic? Mike. -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility Love Cricket? Check out live scores, photos, video highlights and more. Click here http://cricket.yahoo.com -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility
Ubiquity and Orca
Hi, This bug needs your love. https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-orca/+bug/405898 Cheers --arky Rakesh 'arky' Ambati| IT Consultant| http://www.braillewithoutborders.org| Blog: http://playingwithsid.blogspot.com Love Cricket? Check out live scores, photos, video highlights and more. Click here http://cricket.yahoo..com -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility
Re: problems after installing karmic
Hi, This is well known problem, have a look the release notes Karmic Alpha 3 If you install Karmic Alpha 3 alongside Windows, the grub boot menu may not offer to start Windows. (bug #402795) https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KarmicKoala/TechnicalOverview#Known%20issues Cheers --arky Rakesh 'arky' Ambati | IT Consultant |http://www.braillewithoutborders.org | blog: http://playingwithsid.blogspot.com --- On Sat, 25/7/09, Mgr. Janusz Chmiel chm...@phil.muni.cz wrote: From: Mgr. Janusz Chmiel chm...@phil.muni.cz Subject: Re: problems after installing karmic To: Rakesh arky Ambati rakesh_amb...@yahoo.com, ubuntu ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com, mike kb8...@verizon.net Date: Saturday, 25 July, 2009, 1:46 PM Dear users, I have tried The procedure, which can guarantee You, that YOu will be able to boot to Windows Xp if YOu will remove Linux operating system according to my directions. If You will not be able to boot to Windows XP, You are having two possibility. 1. Remove partitions, which are used by Ubuntu Karmic, I Am strongly recommending You to rather use stable live CD for removing and modifiing The partitions, because kernel of development releases can be unstable. Use gparted only in Live CD mode while YOu will boot from this live CD. Or You would try to manually edit Grub configuration file and specifi to boot WIndows XP. try to please a sighted person, if there is item for starting Windows XP. If no, installation program for Karmic did not add The Grub configuration for starting Windows XP. Try to look at The partitions, if You did not removed NTFS partition. So how to remove Linux safely and how to recover Windows SXP to be bootable again? Boot from a stable Ubuntu live CD, I Am strongly recommending You to boot from Ubuntu Jaunty official release. Use gparted to remove Linux based partitions. Before removing Linux svap, disable it by using F10 function key and right arrow key to get to The partition sub menu. And press down arrow key until YOu will hear svap off. This will disable svap file. Because Linux kernel will probably use Your svap file eventhough You will boot from A live CD. Linux kernel is loving The svap file very much, and if it will see this partition, kernel will start to use it. When You will have svap file off, You can remove Linux svap, and extended partition. You can also remove EXT4 partition if You will experiment with Ubuntu Karmic, EXT3 file system will be used while using older Ubuntu releases. When you will have removed all Linux partitions, restart Your computer with Ubuntu live CD on YOur CD boot drive. Start gparted again and when cursor will be on a NTFS partition, explore The Gparted menus to find The flags sub menu. Enable The boot flag in The dialog box. Your NTFS partition must be bootable, so The boot flag must be turned on. Apply the changes and restart Your computer without Ubuntu live CD. I found out, that by using boot flag, The boot sector will be working fine and Your WIndows XP will very probably start fine without problems. There is also other procedure, so user have to use The console and before triing to install other operating system, user can backup several sectors of his hard drive to The floppy drive or to The USB disk. I can explain both procedures for this. I Am not author of those procedures. One professional from GRML E-mail conference described this procedure for backing up sectors to USE or to A floppy drive. I will try to send A direct link to his article, eventhough The whole article is focused on installing GRML, The procedure for backing up and restoring from this backup is included. I tried The procedure for recovering Windows XP to The boot state after removing Linux distro. I tried this procedure for Opensuse, but i think, that boot flags will be working fine, because i used Gparted from Ubuntu to set The NTFS boot flag TO The on state. Yahoo! recommends that you upgrade to the new and safer Internet Explorer 8. http://downloads.yahoo.com/in/internetexplorer/ -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility
Re: problems after installing karmic
--- On Wed, 22/7/09, mike kb8...@verizon.net wrote: Hi, I installed a karmic live CD today and discovered that it booted fine, but I could no longer boot my windows operating system. Has anyone else had this problem? Hi, The alpha releases do have problems, I had patch one related to automatic login however do try one of daily build or Alpha3 and report a bug. http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/ Cheers --arky Rakesh 'arky' Ambati | IT Catalyst | www.braillewithoutborders.org | blog: http://playingwithsid.blogspot.com Yahoo! recommends that you upgrade to the new and safer Internet Explorer 8. http://downloads.yahoo.com/in/internetexplorer/ -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility
Re: movie player in karmic
Hi Mike, Here is the response from the totem package maintainers. + The YouTube plugin is not built at the moment until we have a libgdata package, which is required for the plugin now. https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/totem/+bug/384768 Cheers --arky Rakesh 'arky' Ambati | IT Catalyst | www.braillewithoutborders.org | blog: http://playingwithsid.blogspot.com --- On Wed, 15/7/09, mike kb8...@verizon.net wrote: From: mike kb8...@verizon.net Subject: movie player in karmic To: ubuntu ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com Date: Wednesday, 15 July, 2009, 12:24 PM Hi, I notice the movie player in karmic no longer has U tube in the plugins.. Does anyone know why? Mike. -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility Love Cricket? Check out live scores, photos, video highlights and more. Click here http://cricket.yahoo.com -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility
Re: trouble with latest karmic update
--- On Wed, 24/6/09, mike kb8...@verizon.net wrote: Hi, has anyone updated Karmic today. I did and my system would no longer boot. I reinstalled with todays CD and updated again to find the same problem. After rebooting, the system wouldn't boot. Is this a known Problem? Hi Mike, Yes, I have few desktops and a laptop running latest karmic there isn't any trouble. I faced a problem in on of the desktop which reported filesystem inconsistency and refused to boot. After running fsck few times it started booting normally. Cheers --arky Rakesh 'arky' Ambati | IT Catalyst | www.braillewithoutborders.org | blog: http://playingwithsid.blogspot.com ICC World Twenty20 England #39;09 exclusively on YAHOO! CRICKET http://cricket.yahoo.com -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility
Tagging a11y bugs in Launchpad
Hi, It is not very easy to track all the a11y related bugs in launchpad. Perhaps taking cue from Gnome bugzilla practice 1, I think it would be a good idea to tag a11y launchpad bugs as 'accessibility' 2 . Any ideas? Cheers --arky [1]http://bugzilla.gnome.org/buglist.cgi?query_format=advancedshort_desc_type=allwordssubstrshort_desc=long_desc_type=substringlong_desc=status_whiteboard_type=allwordssubstrstatus_whiteboard=keywords_type=allwordskeywords=accessibilitybug_status=UNCONFIRMEDbug_status=NEWbug_status=ASSIGNEDbug_status=REOPENEDbug_status=NEEDINFOemailassigned_to1=1emailtype1=substringemail1=emailassigned_to2=1emailreporter2=1emailqa_contact2=1emailcc2=1emailtype2=substringemail2=bugidtype=includebug_id=chfieldfrom=chfieldto=Nowchfieldvalue=cmdtype=doitorder=Reuse+same+sort+as+last+timefield0-0-0=nooptype0-0-0=noopvalue0-0-0= [2] https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bugs?field.tag=accesibility Rakesh 'arky' Ambati | IT Catalyst | www.braillewithoutborders..org | blog: http://playingwithsid.blogspot.com Own a website..Get an unlimited package.Pay next to nothing.*Go to http://in.business.yahoo.com/ -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility
Re: has anyone else had this problem
--- On Sun, 24/5/09, mike kb8...@verizon.net wrote: It is some kind of update, but when I say yes it goes to the terminal and asks for a pass phrase. I installed using the encryption option and removed pulseaudio. I guess the update-manager. You'll find more information in web page. https://help.ubuntu.com/9.04/keeping-safe/C/updates.html Cheers --arky Rakesh 'arky' Ambati | IT Catalyst | www.braillewithoutborders.org | blog: http://playingwithsid.blogspot.com Cricket on your mind? Visit the ultimate cricket website. Enter http://beta.cricket.yahoo.com -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility
Re: trouble while trying to activate icon of application error report from The notification area
--- On Sat, 16/5/09, Mgr. Janusz Chmiel chm...@phil.muni.cz wrote: Unfortunately, i AM not able to activate The icon from The notification area, while The application probably application crash You can access the panels by pressing Ctrl+Alt+Tab and navigating using tabs. More information on Gnome keyboard navigation is here at this webpage. http://library.gnome.org/users/gnome-access-guide/unstable/keynav-5.html.en Perhaps turning off Gnome Desktop effects would help if the key combination doesn't work. Cheers --arky Rakesh 'arky' Ambati | IT Catalyst | www.braillewithoutborders.org | blog: http://playingwithsid.blogspot.com Explore and discover exciting holidays and getaways with Yahoo! India Travel http://in.travel.yahoo.com/ -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility
Re: shut down menu issues
--- On Sun, 3/5/09, aruni...@gmail.com aruni...@gmail.com wrote: ubuntu both these dialogues become inaccessible. any idea how to fix this? I noticed this on the Karmic development machine. Somehow the focus doesn't shift to the shutdown dialog making it inaccessible. Cheers --arky Rakesh 'arky' Ambati | IT Catalyst | www.braillewithoutborders.org | blog: http://playingwithsid.blogspot.com Cricket on your mind? Visit the ultimate cricket website. Enter http://beta.cricket.yahoo.com -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility
Improving Accessible Installation Selection
Hi, Currently starting an ubuntu accessible installation is a tedious process. It is difficult for a blind person to do this without any help. Perhaps the Ubuntu a11y team should address this issue. https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gfxboot-theme-ubuntu/+bug/332760 Cheers --arky Rakesh 'arky' Ambati | IT Catalyst | www.braillewithoutborders.org | blog: http://playingwithsid.blogspot.com Cricket on your mind? Visit the ultimate cricket website. Enter http://beta.cricket.yahoo.com -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility
