Hi,
Now that I have Oneiric running on my Asus 1015PE netbook, with Orca, I
can put down my first impressions.
After installation, I added the extra a11y source and did 'sudo apt-get
update' and 'sudo apt-get upgrade', to bring the system up to date.
Next, I did 'sudo shutdown -r now', to force a restart. As others have
reported, Orca will not start automatically, even when it is added to
the startup applications list. I must start Orca from a terminal, like
this: 'orca --replace &'. Maybe the 'replace' isn't needed, since it's
not running? Anyway, this gets Orca going. The terminal is filled with
Python trace-back and warning messages. Trying to read the terminal
with flat review generates yet more. Also, having installed the extra
a11y, and running Orca in the terminal, I find that the application
menus, reachable by hitting 'f10', no longer speak. This seems to be
session-wide. I can still use applications, as long as I don't need
the menus. If, for instance, I want to adjust volume, I have to start
the 'sound preferences' applet, in order to reach the controls. This is
inconvenient, but not a show-stopper. I would like to get this
installation of Unity working as well as is now possible.
Any thoughts?
Dave Hunt
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