Orca fails to run in latest Lucid update

[Bill Cox]

D'oh!  This is just what Willie told me to do before:

    $ gconftool-2 --set /desktop/gnome/interface/at-spi-corba --type bool true

If you execute this, then at-spi-registryd can run, and Orca starts.

Bill

On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 11:08 AM, Bill Cox <waywardgeek at gmail.com> wrote:
> Anyone else seeing this?  After an apt-get upgrade, Orca no longer
> works.  Here's what gets reported:
>
> vinux at vinux-laptop:~$ orca
>
> (orca:1830): atk-bridge-WARNING **: AT_SPI_REGISTRY was not started at
> session startup.
>
> (orca:1830): atk-bridge-WARNING **: IOR not set.
>
> (orca:1830): atk-bridge-WARNING **: Could not locate registry
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>  File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
>  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/orca/orca.py", line 1747, in main
>    init(pyatspi.Registry)
>  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/orca/orca.py", line 1266, in init
>    registry.registerEventListener(_onChildrenChanged,
>  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/pyatspi/registry.py", line
> 331, in __getattribute__
>    raise RuntimeError('Could not find or activate registry')
> RuntimeError: Could not find or activate registry
>
>
> I can track this down, but if you have already figured it out, or have
> pointers for me, I'd like to hear from you.
>
> Thanks,
> Bill
>