Accessibility Troubles with GUI Admin Apps in Maverick

[Paul Hunt]

Hi Dave,

I'm guessing you didn't install using the blindness profile?

If you don't then you are missing a file that is needed in order to
allow Orca to read admin apps.

It is called a11y-sudo and needs to be in the directory /etc/sudoers.d

To create it;

1. open gnome-terminal

2. change to root with the command sudo -i

3. Change to the directory we need with cd /etc/sudoers.d

4. Start the nano editor with a new file called a11y-sudo with the
command nano a11y-sudo

5. Enter the following line precisely as written below

Defaults        env_keep = "ORBIT_SOCKETDIR XDG_SESSION_COOKIE GTK_MODULES"

Note that capitalisation needs to be correct here and in case it wraps
in the email it is only one line.

6. Press control +o and then enter to write out the file.  Then control
+ x to exit nano.

7. type chmod 0440 a11y-sudo

This is to ensure that the file permissions are correct.

8. Type exit to get out of the root shell.

Admin apps should now be accessible.

Please note that it is essential to type the contents of the a11y-sudo
file properly and to set the permissions or you will break sudo altogether.

HTH
Paul


On 13/10/10 18:33, Dave Hunt wrote:
>   Greetings!
> 
> I have done a clean install of Maverick, and use Orca for 
> accessibility.  I find that the GUI admin apps, like Synaptic, 
> software-properties.gtk, and update manager are inaccessible with Orca, 
> even when called with 'sudo', from the terminal.  Even in a non-vinux 
> installation of prior Ubuntu releases, I could get Orca to work with 
> these apps, when I launched them from the terminal.
> 
> Is there yet a way to make these programs accessible, such as a set of 
> Vinux build scripts for Maverick?  I see nothing promising in the 
> vinux/maverick ppas.
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> 
> Dave
> 
> 
> 
>