[Bug 2046844] Re: AppArmor user namespace creation restrictions cause many applications to crash with SIGTRAP

2024-03-12 Thread Guy Schlosser
Before I saw your post about the environment variable, I edited the profile in /etc/apparmor.d/firefox to reflect /opt/firefox. If I launch from a mate desktop icon, or from the menu, all is well. If I click on a link, from say an email, I get the tab crashed bug again. Is there a way to work

[Bug 2046844] Re: AppArmor user namespace creation restrictions cause many applications to crash with SIGTRAP

2024-03-11 Thread Guy Schlosser
I have read in a couple other pages that I can edit /etc/apparmor.d/firefox. Since I'm using version 124 beta 9, and my firefox is installed in /opt/firefox, do I just adjust the path in that file to make it work? Thanks much in advance for the help. -- You received this bug notification because

[Bug 2046844] Re: AppArmor user namespace creation restrictions cause many applications to crash with SIGTRAP

2024-03-08 Thread Guy Schlosser
I am seeing this also, as of updating all packages, about fifteen minutes ago. Is there a definite fix released? This doesn't mean we have to resort to using firefox from snap, right? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1975396] Re: I am trying to download programming from my baofeng uv5r, using Chirp on Ubuntu 22.04. After the progress bar gets to 100%, I receive the error module 'collections' has no attribute

2022-05-21 Thread Guy Schlosser
Not sure if I put the problem description in the right place, so putting it here as well. I am trying to download programming from my baofeng uv5r, using Chirp on Ubuntu 22.04. After the progress bar gets to 100%, I receive the error message "module 'collections' has no attribute callable." --

[Bug 1975396] [NEW] I am trying to download programming from my baofeng uv5r, using Chirp on Ubuntu 22.04. After the progress bar gets to 100%, I receive the error module 'collections' has no attribut

2022-05-21 Thread Guy Schlosser
Public bug reported: No further information to add, accept that I am using Chirp from apt, instead of snap or flatpack. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.04 Package: chirp 1:20200227+py3+20200213-3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.15.0-30.31-generic 5.15.30 Uname: Linux 5.15.0-30-generic

[Bug 1923253] Re: Unable to on or off the orca screenreader on arctica-greeter lightdm greeter using ++

2021-11-08 Thread Guy Schlosser
Same behavior still exists on Ubuntu Mate 21.10. Just installed it on my home PC this mornin. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1923253 Title: Unable to on or off the orca screenreader

[Bug 1948954] [NEW] snap packaged version of Firefox is inaccessible with Orca screen reader.

2021-10-27 Thread Guy Schlosser
Public bug reported: I recently updated to Ubuntu mate 21.10, from 21.04. I am unable to browse the web, using the snap version of firefox, provided by default in this release. With Orca running, launch firefox, and it will report inaccessible. I have another 21.10 machine where I have removed

[Bug 1944020] Re: cannot use gparted with orca screen reader in Ubuntu Mate 20.10 and 21.04 live images

2021-09-18 Thread Guy Schlosser
I chose gparted because that is the program I’m trying to run. Really against that and orca. ** Package changed: ubuntu => gparted (Ubuntu) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1944020

[Bug 1944020] [NEW] cannot use gparted with orca screen reader in Ubuntu Mate 20.10 and 21.04 live images

2021-09-18 Thread Guy Schlosser
Public bug reported: I am using a flash drive with Ubuntu mate 21.04 live image loaded on it, in Uefi mode. Reproduce the bug by: 1. Start Ubuntu mate live 2. When you hear tones, press super+alt+s, orca will say screen reader on. 3. Tab to try ubuntu 4. Once on desktop, press ctrl+alt+t to

[Bug 1231091] Re: Screenreader starts, but does not work with installer (ubiquity) in live session

2021-09-17 Thread Guy Schlosser
Not sure if this will help or not, but I too am having the same installer bug. Along with this, I cannot drop to a terminal and run something like gparted. I have no speech, and alt+tabbing results in Orca saying gparted as super-user. Ubuntu live images are a huge trouble-shooting tool in my day

[Bug 1874283] Re: orca screen reader does not read Ubuntu mate installer

2021-09-17 Thread Guy Schlosser
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1231091 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1231091 I'm not sure if this helps or not, but along with not being able to read the installer in Ubuntu Mate 20.10 and 21.04, I also cannot read such programs as gparted if I drop and launch them from a terminal.

[Bug 1226141] Re: evince reports apparmor denials

2013-09-28 Thread Guy Schlosser
Has this been fixed or attempted? I am a blind user, who depends on the Orca screen reader to access my documents. Currently I have to disable apparmor to get Evince to work accessibly. Is this how it's gonna be for 13.10? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 1135048] [NEW] This seems to happen when I launch Thunderbird.

2013-02-27 Thread Guy Schlosser
Public bug reported: Not sure what else is going on, got message to report problem, so I did. ProblemType: Crash DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04 Package: nautilus 1:3.6.3-0ubuntu5 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-8.17-generic 3.8.0 Uname: Linux 3.8.0-8-generic i686 ApportVersion: 2.8-0ubuntu4

[Bug 1042894] [NEW] Thunderbird hangs at startup only on laptop

2012-08-28 Thread Guy Schlosser
Public bug reported: I just upgraded my laptop to Ubuntu Quantal last weekend, and when I launch thunderbird, it hangs, making me click force quit when closing the window. Below is the output I get from launching thunderbird from terminal. code: guy@guy-laptop:~$thunderbird Fontconfig

[Bug 1042894] Re: Thunderbird hangs at startup only on laptop

2012-08-28 Thread Guy Schlosser
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[Bug 1040839] Re: Thunderbird hangs accessing eds on startup

2012-08-28 Thread Guy Schlosser
I did the cat command mentioned above, and here are my results. BTW, I am running the 32-bit version, so this bug doesn't seem to be architecture dependent. cat /proc/`pidof thunderbird`/maps | grep edataserver a1ea2000-a1ee4000 r-xp 08:05 3411664

[Bug 1040839] Re: Thunderbird hangs accessing eds on startup

2012-08-28 Thread Guy Schlosser
Aha Steve, you beat me to the punch. *lol* removing libedataserver-1.5 did the trick for me too. Now, I have 1.6 and 1.7 on disk, with 1.7 being the one that's loaded. Thunderbird is now working for me too. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 1040839] Re: Thunderbird hangs accessing eds on startup

2012-08-28 Thread Guy Schlosser
Correction: libedataserver-1.2-15 is what I purged, just to make the package name accurate for other people that might have the same problem and come across this bug report. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

compiling latest orca from master

2012-08-02 Thread Guy Schlosser
mailto:orca-list-boun...@gnome.org [mailto:orca-list-boun...@gnome.org] On Behalf Of Guy Schlosser Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2012 4:22 PM To: orca-l...@gnome.org mailto:orca-l...@gnome.org Subject: [orca-list] compiling latest orca from master Hi all, I am trying to compile latest orca from

[Bug 988685] Re: Please consider Orca 3.4.1 update.

2012-05-03 Thread Guy Schlosser
I installed the Orca 3.4.1 update, along with the at-spi2 packages, and all is working extremely well. The problem with Pidgin is also fixed. I am having a similar problem to Dave Hunt though, where the pitch is not restored when returning to normal case. I am running Voxin though, so would like

hud broken after updates

2012-04-14 Thread Guy Schlosser
Hi all, I noticed a Unity 2d/hud regression after installing updates last night. If I press alt, orca says hud pane, then is silent when I type in the box. I've even tried a few up/down arrows, with no feedback from orca. Is this a known bug? If not, has anyone else noticed this? To

weirdness between systems

2012-03-27 Thread Guy Schlosser
Hi all, I have a problem with Ubuntu Precise on my laptop, that does not seem to exist on my desktop. On my laptop, I'm not getting notifications read to me (i.e. new mail notifications in Thunderbird or message notifications from Pidgin, etc. I have

weirdness between systems

2012-03-26 Thread Guy Schlosser
Hi all, I have a problem with Ubuntu Precise on my laptop, that does not seem to exist on my desktop. On my laptop, I'm not getting notifications read to me (i.e. new mail notifications in Thunderbird or message notifications from Pidgin, etc. I have both systems set to Ubuntu 2d, and am not

Re: [orca-list] Problems with Orca and pidgin...seems to be an at-spi2-core issue

2012-03-25 Thread Guy Schlosser
Hi Jakob, yes, I can confirm the issue with pidgin as far as speech goes. Whenever I press enter after typing in a message, orca does not read it. The other thing I've noticed, is that some times I cannot see new messages from others, until I've already started typing again. I am however,

Re: ubuntu 12.04 and alt+tab

2012-03-13 Thread Guy Schlosser
Hi all, is there any way to check key bindings in Unity-2d? The reason for my asking, is that I have suspition as to whether alt+tab, alt+f4 and alt+space are even bound to any actions in the 2d environment. I have tested other environments under Ubuntu 12.04, including Unity-3d,

Re: ubuntu 12.04 and alt+tab

2012-03-13 Thread Guy Schlosser
Hi Jose, same behavior on my machine. Pressing alt by itself, now brings up the HUD (Head Up Display), which is not yet accessible. If you want the menu bar of terminal or any other app, press alt+f10. As for my suspition about key bindings, I'm thinking I'm right. I launched the keyboard

Re: ubuntu 12.04 and alt+tab

2012-03-09 Thread Guy Schlosser
Hey there Luke and Jose, I just wanted to write about what I've noticed with the alt+tab issue. It seems that whatever is wrong, is only wrong with Unity 2d. I installed the latest updates on my desktop, running Unity 3d, and alt+tab works just fine, along with alt+space for the

Re: ubuntu 12.04 and alt+tab

2012-03-08 Thread Guy Schlosser
Actually, I just updated my system 20 minutes ago, and I still can't use alt+tab or alt+f4 in Unity 2d. The only way I can switch windows is to use the launcher. One thing I did notice though, is that the quick menus are now working. This is super cool for me, since I use my jump drive

Re: ubuntu 12.04 and alt+tab

2012-03-08 Thread Guy Schlosser
/08/2012 08:10 PM, José Vilmar Estácio de Souza wrote: Hi Guy, Please forgive my dumb question, but how can I switch windows using the launcher? Thanks. On 03/08/2012 10:00 PM, Guy Schlosser wrote: Actually, I just updated my system 20 minutes ago, and I still can't use alt+tab or alt+f4

menu accessibility seems broken

2012-02-18 Thread Guy Schlosser
Hi all, what happened to the menus in precise? I downloaded my software updates earlier, and after reboot, I cannot get orca to read any of the menus in programs such as Libreoffice, Pidgin and Firefox. Furthermore, none of the keyboard shortcuts, such as alt+f4, and alt+space are working.

no speech in unity 3d launcher

2012-02-15 Thread Guy Schlosser
Hi all, is anyone else running Unity 3d in Precise? I was just curious because I still have no speech on either the launcher or dash with Orca. On my laptop, with Unity 2d, these work well. Is this a known bug with Unity 3d? Any ideas or suggestions on fixing would be greatly appreciated.

Re: no speech in unity 3d launcher

2012-02-15 Thread Guy Schlosser
method of control alt tab to get to the launcher and unity panel Orca does not seem to speak. Alt F1 for the launcher and Super key for the Dash grab focus. Thanks Rob On 16/02/12 07:36, Guy Schlosser wrote: Hi all, is anyone else running Unity 3d in Precise? I was just curious because I still

new way to access global menu or something?

2012-02-03 Thread Guy Schlosser
Hi all, is there a new way to access the global menu or something in Ubuntu 12.04? My updates came in today, and installed Unity 5.2 (I am using 2d on this machine), and since then, I don't have access to the global menu that I was getting by pressing f10. Did something change? At least I

Re: new way to access global menu or something?

2012-02-03 Thread Guy Schlosser
ideas or suggestions. Thanks again, Guy On 02/03/2012 07:55 PM, Guy Schlosser wrote: Hi all, is there a new way to access the global menu or something in Ubuntu 12.04? My updates came in today, and installed Unity 5.2 (I am using 2d on this machine), and since then, I don't have access

extra-a11y

2011-10-28 Thread Guy Schlosser
Hey there Alejandro and everyone else, has the extra-a11y ppa been updated yet to reflect the new 4.24 version of Unity? I saw there were updates today, but haven't installed yet because my dash and everything works flawlessly, and I don't want to lose that. However, if the PPA is updated, I

Re: force session to unity 2d?

2011-10-21 Thread Guy Schlosser
Hey there Jacob, did you install the unity-extra-a11y ppa? If not, go to terminal, then type sudo add-apt-repository ppa:apinheiro/unity-extra-a11y and press enter. Once done, apt-get update and dist-upgrade as normal. After reboot, the dash should speak in Unity 3d. I'm not sure how to

Re: Initial impressions of 11.10

2011-10-16 Thread Guy Schlosser
Hi guys, I just wanted to write and say that I have actually installed the extra-a11y ppa, and the wireless icons work beautifully by pressing f-10. Some times menus say image when you use the left and right arrow keys, but when you down-arrow into them, they work as advertised. Excellent work

Re: definitely impressed

2011-10-08 Thread Guy Schlosser
is keeping updating the ppa often, until those branches get merged on the master branch. Again, thanks for testing it. Best regards On 10/05/2011 06:35 PM, Guy Schlosser wrote: Hi all, I am writing to say that I am definitely impressed with the way Unity turned out with the extra-a11y. The alt+tab

definitely impressed

2011-10-05 Thread Guy Schlosser
Hi all, I am writing to say that I am definitely impressed with the way Unity turned out with the extra-a11y. The alt+tab window modifications and the dash are working well, and even before the extra-a11y packages were added, I love being able to press f-10, and have my wireless connection

definitely impressed

2011-10-05 Thread Guy Schlosser
Hi all, I am writing to say that I am definitely impressed with the way Unity turned out with the extra-a11y. The alt+tab window modifications and the dash are working well, and even before the extra-a11y packages were added, I love being able to press f-10, and have my wireless connection

definitely impressed

2011-10-05 Thread Guy Schlosser
Hi all, I am writing to say that I am definitely impressed with the way Unity turned out with the extra-a11y. The alt+tab window modifications and the dash are working well, and even before the extra-a11y packages were added, I love being able to press f-10, and have my wireless

Re: definitely impressed

2011-10-05 Thread Guy Schlosser
, in order to know when I can type my password. If there is a simple work around, I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks again, Guy On 10/05/2011 05:18 PM, Luke Yelavich wrote: On Thu, Oct 06, 2011 at 03:35:55AM EST, Guy Schlosser wrote: Hi all, I am writing to say that I am definitely

Re: [orca-list] What happened with Orca in Oneiric

2011-09-27 Thread Guy Schlosser
with all other preferences you set. The orca window really is properly the orca setup dialog. On Sun, 25 Sep 2011, Guy Schlosser wrote: OK, now the system that was running so beautifully after the upgrade is now in a setup loop. Every time I boot up, after doing nothing but shutting it down after

Re: What happened with Orca in Oneiric

2011-09-25 Thread Guy Schlosser
I just finished installing Oneiric on my laptop as an upgrade from a fresh Natty. I am happy to report that all is working with Orca and other applications. I'm observing the same as previously reported, pressing alt+f1 yields nothing, and the alt+f2 box (i.e. dash) also is not accessible.

Re: What happened with Orca in Oneiric

2011-09-25 Thread Guy Schlosser
questions all over again. Any ideas? What happened between shutting the system down, and restarting eight hours later? Any ideas or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Guy On 9/25/2011 3:18 AM, Guy Schlosser wrote: I just finished installing Oneiric on my laptop as an upgrade

[Bug 807950] Re: zeitgeist-daemon crashed with LookupError in remove_from_connection(): _zeitgeist.engine.remote.RemoteInterface at /org/gnome/zeitgeist/log/activity at 0xb74ee2cc is not exported at

2011-09-25 Thread Guy Schlosser
Yes indeed, still crashes at every reboot. Has fix really been released? If not, when should it be packaged if status says fix released? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/807950 Title:

Re: well I'm making progress ... sort of

2011-09-20 Thread Guy Schlosser
Hi there Atilla, and thanks for the tip. Unfortunately though, it didn't work. One thing I've also noticed is that even in the orca preferences box, and terminal, I have absolutely no speech. I hear Orca say starting Orca Preferences, and that's it. Oh yeah, it'll also say goodbye to me

starting orca on oneiric

2011-09-07 Thread Guy Schlosser
Hi all, I have a question concerning getting orca started in Oneiric. After I installed the latest package updates, I rebooted, logged in and when I launched Orca, I was able to get through the setup, and accessibility was finally enabled. Now when I log out and back in, I get no speech. Is

Re: starting orca on oneiric

2011-09-07 Thread Guy Schlosser
One more thought, is there an easy way to choose unity 2d to see if that yields any better results? On 09/07/2011 07:50 PM, Guy Schlosser wrote: Hi all, I have a question concerning getting orca started in Oneiric. After I installed the latest package updates, I rebooted, logged in and when

Re: getting orca started unity 3d

2011-08-22 Thread Guy Schlosser
: Some weeks ago a11y was not working on Oneiric due this bug: https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/+bug/810033 Do you know if the Oneiric that you installed already has this bug solved? On 08/19/2011 05:45 PM, Guy Schlosser wrote: Hi all, I have a question concerning Oneiric and Orca. What

[Bug 829367] Re: unity-panel-service crashed with SIGSEGV in g_type_check_instance_cast() - with a11y enabled

2011-08-22 Thread Guy Schlosser
I am experiencing the same problem with the Unity Panel service and atspi2. When I login, I experience a load of crashes, among are atspi2 and Unity Panel service. The problem is even more enhanced by not being able to read anything on the desktop. I can get to the launcher panel, but when I

Well progress is progress

2011-08-21 Thread Guy Schlosser
I wrote a few days back about not being able to start Orca in 3d Unity. I finally got it started, but now the only things it will read are the report problem dialogues. Even if I go into terminal, orca will read the window title when I alt+tab to it, but that is all. Is this a known bug

starting orca in Ubuntu 11.10

2011-08-20 Thread Guy Schlosser
Hi all, I wrote earlier concerning getting orca started on an Oneiric install, upgraded from Natty. I had a sighted person look when I started Orca from terminal, and there was an error message that said cannot connect to accessibility bus...Is AT-SPI launcher running? That indeed tells me why

getting orca started unity 3d

2011-08-19 Thread Guy Schlosser
Hi all, I have a question concerning Oneiric and Orca. What is the best way to get it started? I installed Oneiric last night as an upgrade from Natty, luckily on a box I use for testing, and on reboot, I saw that orca wasn't installed. I installed it, and still can't get it talking. I've

Re: Trouble with Pidgin-skype plugin in Natty

2011-05-17 Thread Guy Schlosser
I can confirm part of Dave's problem with the pidgin-skype plugin in Natty. I have no problems with audio calls, but when I try and text chat with someone on skype, I can see the messages I send out, but no incoming messages are displayed. Is there a work around for seeing the messages

Re: Installing ubuntu desktop- I Give Up!

2011-04-07 Thread Guy Schlosser
Hey there Martin, do not give up yet. Have you asked your wife to look at the volume levels once you have booted the Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick) live CD? I'm thinking that your sound hardware is recognized, however your sound is muted. I have seen this on occasion when installing Ubuntu from

Re: Unity and Orca?

2010-10-10 Thread Guy Schlosser
I'm seeing the same problem with unity and orca. Accessibility is great once you get into a program, but getting there is another thing. Is there a way to remove unity and go back to a two-pannel configuration like on the desktop, or the netbook interface available in Lucid? Any help with

Re: problems with the lucid live cd

2010-03-08 Thread Guy Schlosser
I can confirm this as a problem. I downloaded the live CD yesterday, and had the exact same problem as described. I was also told about fuzzy video, but that could've been with the video card on the computer I was working with, so not concerned about that one as of yet. Thanks, Guy On

Re: problems with lucid

2010-02-26 Thread Guy Schlosser
Hey there Mike, this is a known issue. If you can boot into recovery mode, do so and then issue sudo apt-get remove --purge plymouth. If you can't use recovery mode due to needing speech access, here is a work around. 1 boot the computer from a mem stick or usb drive 2. run gparted or equivalent

Re: problem with today's CD image

2010-02-14 Thread Guy Schlosser
and various other tasks. I'm really glad to see that pulseaudio isn't a problm for us any more. Thanks, Guy On 2/14/2010 6:39 AM, Luke Yelavich wrote: On Sun, Feb 14, 2010 at 04:49:09PM EST, Guy Schlosser wrote: OK, who broke the enter key. Is anyone else experiencing this problem? I even

problem with today's CD image

2010-02-13 Thread Guy Schlosser
: The latest cd image works great for me. I actually can run admin apps out of the box. I had to change the update manager luncher so it runs under the gksu command but other than that, I'm very very impressed with Lucid. On Feb 12, 2010, at 10:21 PM, Guy Schlosser wrote: I have the same

Re: problem with today's CD image

2010-02-13 Thread Guy Schlosser
this one gets noticed and fixed soon. Thanks much, Guy On 2/13/2010 11:46 PM, Guy Schlosser wrote: Did you download the image from today? I am having a problem with today's image where if I press enter on an icon or menu item, my system locks up. I did get the system installed though

Re: No IBM tts in Lucid?

2010-02-12 Thread Guy Schlosser
I have the same question about installing ibmtts in Lucid. I know in the past you had to recompile sd in order to gain support for ibmtts. If we still have to do that, no problem here, but where do I obtain the source in order to insure that all of the patches that have been made are still in

orca with sd as default

2009-09-06 Thread Guy Schlosser
Hey all, I went ahead and installed Karmic on a test machine after Luke's E-mail that said speech-dispatcher was now the default engine. The biggest problem I'm having is that beginnings and ends of words are cut off. EX: Hello might be ello or even hell. Is this a pulse related problem?

installing with blindness profile

2009-08-02 Thread Guy Schlosser
Original Message Subject:installing with blindness profile Date: Sun, 02 Aug 2009 22:18:19 -0400 From: Guy Schlosser guys...@bex.net To: orca-l...@gnome.org Hi all, I am trying to install Ubuntu Jaunty using the blindness profile on an Asus EEE 1000h. When

no sound after jaunty upgrade

2009-05-09 Thread Guy Schlosser
Hi all, I did the upgrade to Jaunty last night, especially since it had been working flawlessly on my laptop. I am having a problem though, I have no sound. I asked a sighted person to look at my screen, and she let me know that every time I reboot, master volume is muted. Even if she

shutdown menu item

2009-03-24 Thread Guy Schlosser
Hi all, I just have a quick question regarding Ubuntu Jaunty. I recall earlier, Luke saying he was going to try and put the shutdown menu item back in the system menu. Is that still going to happen? Not that I can't get to it through the toolbar, but I'm so used to seeing shutdown in the

[Fwd: alsa upgrade]

2009-03-02 Thread guy Schlosser
Hey all, I have a question regarding the known random crash issue with speech-dispatcher in Ubuntu Intrepid. It seems like the version of Alsa in intrepid is 1.0.17, and according to the alsa-project web site, we are two versions back. Has anyone

Re: ibmtts and sound

2008-10-28 Thread Guy Schlosser
Hey there Jose, did you build gnome-speech from source? Just wondering how you got ibmtts support configured. I was going to ask a similar question, because I know there is not a package for ibmtts as there is for Cepstral and Dec-talk. I obviously know how to build gnome-speech from

Re: qspeech-dispatcher

2008-05-11 Thread Guy Schlosser
Hey there Mike, although Kenny is correct in saying that you don't necessarily need speech-dispatcher for playing multiple streams, the reason you're not seeing sd in the choice of speech systems is because speech-dispatcher is no longer started as a system-wide service in Hardy. Easiest way

all right, who broke it (sound in hardy)

2008-03-10 Thread Guy Schlosser
Hey all, anyone else have any sound problems after yesterday's updates? I downloaded updates for Hardy last night, and when I rebooted, I have no sound at all (system or other). I tried reloading orca, having a sighted person locate and try to play an mp3, and also loading a video game

ubuntu gutsy beta 1: first impressions and questions

2007-09-28 Thread Guy Schlosser
Hi all, I have a few questions regarding installation of gutsy beta 1. Before I ask though, I just want to say congrats to all on the last six months of work on Gnome 2.20. From what I've been able to see so far, I'm very impressed. The voice sounds a heck of a lot better with Espeak, and

Re: [orca-list] speech-dispatcher 0.6.2

2007-06-06 Thread Guy Schlosser
), this error does not occur. Any ideas? Again, thanks much in advance for all the help. Later, Guy At 09:49 AM 6/4/2007, you wrote: Guy Schlosser wrote: Hey Tomas, I'm running Ubuntu version 7.04. Well, this will involve a little bit of hacking. The preferred solution would be to wait for backport

virtualbox success

2007-05-31 Thread Guy Schlosser
Let me start this E-mail off by saying thank you to all who recommended Virtualbox for running the Windows programs I still run here and there. I just have one issue/concern, and I haven't quite figured out how to solve it yet. If anyone has any ideas, pass them this way. When I shut down

orca with virtualbox

2007-05-27 Thread Guy Schlosser
Hi all, was wondering if I can get some help with Orca and Virtual box. When I run VirtualBox from either the command line or gnome, the program starts, but all speech is lost. I've tried this both as root, and as a user. Anyone else have any suggestions? As always, thanks in advance for

orca and vmware

2007-05-25 Thread Guy Schlosser
Hey there Henrik and all. Those were some awesome directions on running a vmware server under Windows. How would I go about running vmware under Linux (I.E. I already have my Ubuntu feisty installed on my laptop, and I want to create a small Windows VM for doing things like playing Troopanum

upgrade speech-dispatcher

2007-05-11 Thread Guy schlosser
Hey all, I have a question for whoever can help me out here. I have Ubuntu 7.04 installed, and am trying to upgrade speech-dispatcher from 0.6.1 (which I installed using apt-get) to 0.6.2. What would be the easiest way to do this? I know the package exists in the debian unstabl repository.

Re: firefox

2007-04-28 Thread Guy Schlosser
Hi all, what is the best way to install firefox 3 in Ubuntu 7.04? I have tomorrow off, so I'd really like to get orca running a little with speech-dispatcher, and install firefox 3, so I can play around with it. Thanks a bunch for any help. Guy At 04:22 PM 4/28/2007, you wrote: Hi, how do

Re: installing ubuntu 7.4 with speech

2007-04-28 Thread Guy Schlosser
Hey there Christian, maybe you or someone on the list can answer a question for me. Why is it that when I go into something like network administration from the applications menu, I lose speech? Is there a way to keep my speech in these apps? As with before, any help would be greatly

Re: speech dispatcher

2007-04-28 Thread Guy Schlosser
I have the same problem. My volume is too low, and I cannot hear system sounds or play music files. If you figure it out, please let me know. :) Thanks, Guy At 07:24 PM 4/28/2007, mike coulombe wrote: Hi, I think Michael gave me this info before, but I re installed feisty when the final

orca and speech-dispatcher

2007-04-27 Thread Guy Schlosser
Hey all, I am a newby to this list and have a couple questions for anyone who can help. I installed Ubuntu 7.04 on Tuesday, and so far, I love it. I'm trying to get Orca running with speech-dispatcher though, so that I can hear sounds, and play music files. I tried choosing