trouble with orca keystrokes when orca is run from a vertualterminal

[Al Puzzuoli]

Hi guys,

Over the past hour, another big Ubuntu update was released.  I  just tested 
this again after downloading that update, and at least on my system, it 
appears that the problem has gone away as suddenly as it appeared.

Can you guys confirm?

--Al



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Willie Walker" <William.Walker at Sun.COM>
To: "Al Puzzuoli" <alpuzz at gmail.com>
Cc: "Mike Pedersen" <Michael.Pedersen at Sun.COM>; "Ubuntu Accessibility 
Mailing List" <ubuntu-accessibility at lists.ubuntu.com>
Sent: Friday, September 15, 2006 5:08 PM
Subject: Re: trouble with orca keystrokes when orca is run from a 
vertualterminal


>I can confirm it, too.  It's quite bad, and I have no clue how to track
> it down. :-(
>
> Will
>
> On Fri, 2006-09-15 at 16:34 -0400, Al Puzzuoli wrote:
>> 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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>>
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