Ubuntu-Mate accessibility probably compromised

Pawel L. pawel at mail.lobap.ca
Thu Jun 4 16:21:28 UTC 2020


Depending on from what release of ubuntu you are upgrading your system. 
>From 18.04 you may run 'update-manage' from your terminal - I believe.
Pawel

On Thu, 4 Jun 2020, Fernando Botelho wrote:

> Thanks. I am embarrassed to say that I did not know apt-get could be used for 
> a total version upgrade.
>
> I will try that next time.
>
> Fernando
>
>
> On 6/4/20 12:51 PM, Jude DaShiell wrote:
>> Mate has command line software update and software upgrade tools
>> installed out of the box.  man apt or man apt-get.  One could also
>> download aptitude and use that.
>> 
>> On Thu, 4 Jun 2020, Fernando Botelho wrote:
>> 
>>> Date: Thu, 4 Jun 2020 11:47:56
>>> From: Fernando Botelho <fernando.botelho at f123.org>
>>> To: Pawel L. <pawel at mail.lobap.ca>
>>> Cc: ubuntu-accessibility at lists.ubuntu.com
>>> Subject: Re: Ubuntu-Mate accessibility probably compromised
>>> 
>>> I used the graphical interface. Is there a command line way to do it?
>>> 
>>> F
>>> 
>>> On 6/4/20 11:53 AM, Pawel L. wrote:
>>>> I hoped that soemone from the Ubuntu accessibility team is monitoring 
>>>> this
>>>> list and this idividual will react to our emails; in similar way as it is
>>>> with Debian Accessibility group.
>>>> 
>>>> How exactly have you run your upgrade?
>>>> Pawel
>>>> 
>>>> On Thu, 4 Jun 2020, Fernando Botelho wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> I also found serious accessibility problems when upgrading Ubuntu Mate 
>>>>> from
>>>>> a previous version. For example, at some point a change is made to 
>>>>> espeak,
>>>>> maybe a language change, which makes it impossible to understand the
>>>>> English interface.
>>>>> 
>>>>> In addition, there were issues like inaccessible buttons etc, but the
>>>>> synthesizer switch was the worse.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Fernando
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> On 6/3/20 6:30 AM, Pawel L. wrote:
>>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>> Recently I tried to install Ubuntu-mate desktop 20.04 on my Lenovo M83
>>>>>> system.
>>>>>> Unfortunately, I was unable to go ahead with anything beyond ORCA
>>>>>> activation at the installation screen. There was no way to bring the 
>>>>>> focus
>>>>>> on any option such as 'try ubuntu' nor 'instal ubuntu'.
>>>>>> I had no such problems with Ubuntu-mate 19.10 installation.
>>>>>> Any tips/suggestion on how to over come this, please?
>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>> Pawel
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>> 
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>>>>> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility
>>>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>> 
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