trouble with orca keystrokes when orca is run from a vertual terminal

[Al Puzzuoli]

Hi Mike,

I can confirm this,

--Al

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Pedersen" <Michael.Pedersen at Sun.COM>
To: "Ubuntu Accessibility Mailing List" 
<ubuntu-accessibility at lists.ubuntu.com>
Sent: Friday, September 15, 2006 12:31 PM
Subject: trouble with orca keystrokes when orca is run from a vertual 
terminal


> Hi all, I've recently noticed a rather nasty problem with edgy.  I've
> noticed that if orca is started from a virtual console none of the orca
> specific keystrokes will work.  If I have orca start either on login or
> from the launch menu everything works fine.  I believe this has changed
> quite recently with a ubuntu update in the last 3 or 4 days.  Here are
> some steps to try if anyone else would like to reproduce this.
> First log into edgy and switch to a virtual console with for example
> CTRL+ALT+F1.  First export DISPLAY=:0 and then run orca.  You should
> find that no orca keystrokes such as the preferences menu or flat review
> will work.  If you have orca start on log in keys will work as expected.
> Do any of you on the ubuntu development side of things have any thoughts
> on this?
> thanks much
> Mike
>
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