Accessible login feature works right my Lucid system

2010-02-01 Thread Hammer Attila
Dear List, Yesterday, I try playing with accessible login feature and Speech-dispatcher support. I not would like change Ubuntu default method with Pulseaudio and Speech-dispatcher startup. I setted up following with accessible login feature and screen reader support: sudo -u gdm gconftool-2 -s

Re: problems with speakup

2010-02-01 Thread Kenny Hitt
Hi. I no longer run Ubuntu, but my best guess is pulseaudio grabbed your sound card. I don't see this problem running Debian. Debian will still let me use alsa instead of pulseaudio, and speakup is part of the Debian kernel. Kenny On Mon, Feb 01, 2010 at 06:52:34PM -0600, Mike Coul

Re: Compiz keybinds conflicts

2010-02-01 Thread Arky
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

Re: Anyone know how to increase the console font size

2010-02-01 Thread Joshua Lambert
Hello all all, Here is how I turn off kernel mode setting. First, I find out which video driver I am using via lsmod. I my case it is the i915 driver. Next, I add an append statement in grub that looks like i915.modeset=0 Now you should have control over your display again when you restart. M

problems with speakup

2010-02-01 Thread Mike Coulombe
Does anyone know what the problem is with speakup in lucid. It worked great for a few days, but stoped working a few days ago. A new install didn't fix this. While I get no speech when pressing keys, when I restart the system from the consul, speakup does start to speak as the system is shuting

Re: Anyone know how to increase the console font size

2010-02-01 Thread Luke Yelavich
On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 07:56:08AM PST, Bill Cox wrote: > In Ubuntu Lucid Alpha, the fonts on the console are really tiny. In > Karmic, they were nice and large. Does anyone know how to modify the > console font size? No I don't know how this is done. I do know what caused the change however. If

Re: Lucid installation

2010-02-01 Thread Luke Yelavich
On Mon, Feb 01, 2010 at 11:12:56AM PST, mk360 wrote: > Hi, > > can I perform an accessible installation of ubuntu lucid with the > alternate cd? I've tried to use the live cd, but the installer crash when > start copying files. There is currently no accessibility with the alternate

Lucid installation

2010-02-01 Thread mk360
Hi, can I perform an accessible installation of ubuntu lucid with the alternate cd? I've tried to use the live cd, but the installer crash when start copying files. Any ideas? it is normal? (well, obviously is a version for developers :P). Regards, mk. -- Ubuntu-access

Re: problems with menus and orca in lucid

2010-02-01 Thread Luke Yelavich
On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 01:59:22PM PST, Mike Coulombe wrote: > Hi, after updating yesterday I noticed orca doesn't speak the menus. Is this > a known problem? Have you tried logging in/out, restarting etc? Are you running with compiz enabled or disabled? Thanks. Luke -- Ubuntu-accessibility

Re: Accessible install and Vinux?

2010-02-01 Thread Luke Yelavich
On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 07:27:58AM PST, Bill Cox wrote: > I think Lucid is on track to be a fabulous distro for accessibility. > I'm working on a Vinux ISO based on Ubuntu Lucid, and I'm pretty > excited about it. > > However, even better than having a separate ISO would be having a > Vinux-like i

Re: speech-dispatcher now requires ~root/.speech-dispatcher when run as service

2010-02-01 Thread Luke Yelavich
On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 01:50:20PM PST, Bill Cox wrote: > Hi. The speech-dispatcher I updated in Karmic today no longer works > out-of-the box with /etc/init.d/speech-dispatcher. Even with the -C > flag to specify a directory, it insists that ~root/.speech-dispatcher > exists. A symbolic link fr

Re: Compiz keybinds conflicts

2010-02-01 Thread Bill Cox
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,

Espeak packages for testing

2010-02-01 Thread Arky
hi, Eddie compiled the newest upstream version: 1.42.34. Please give it a spin at his ppa and see if it helps! ppa:eddieh/ppa Or https://edge.launchpad.net/~eddieh/+archive/ppa Cheers --arky Rakesh 'arky' Ambati| IT Consultant| http://www.braillewithoutborders.org | Blog: http