<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html; charset=windows-1252" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> Hi Phill,<br> <br> Trying to run an application with gksudo ccauses the AT-SPI to hang and you lose all speech on the desktop.<br> <br> In order to regain speech you need to login to a text console and run 'sudo killall gksudo'<br> <br> This restores speech and in previous versions of Ubuntu gained you access to the application in question.<br> <br> That is why many people run applications from the terminal with sudo instead of using the launchers in the admin menu which use gksudo.<br> <br> However whether I use sudo or gksudo in my new Lucid installation I can't gain access to the application in question.<br> <br> Paul<br> <br> <br> On 29/04/10 18:50, Phillip Whiteside wrote: <blockquote cite="mid:r2t5970f0281004291050q1de2edd8hd24b0085459dfe10@mail.gmail.com" type="cite">Hi, <div><br> </div> <div>any graphical interfaces should be run as gksudo and not sudo</div> <div><br> </div> <div>gksudo gedit test</div> <div><br> </div> <div>using sudo can cause headaches with permissions being altered.</div> <div><br> </div> <div>Regards,</div> <div><br> </div> <div>Phill.<br> <br> <div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 6:44 PM, Paul Hunt <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:huntp@ukonline.co.uk">huntp@ukonline.co.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Hi list,<br> <br> I just upgraded from Karmic to Lucid (via a fresh install) and I'm<br> finding I can't get Orca to read any applications I run with sudo from<br> the terminal.<br> <br> For example; doing<br> <br> sudo gedit test<br> <br> Brings up an inaccessible window.<br> <br> I had a quick look back through the archives but noone else seems to be<br> reporting this.<br> <br> Any ideas what's going on?<br> <br> Running admin apps with sudo has been working fine in the last few<br> releases of Ubuntu without need for any hacking or anything.<br> <br> Thanks.<br> Paul<br> <font color="#888888"><br> <br> --<br> Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list<br> <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com">Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com</a><br> <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility</a><br> </font></blockquote> </div> <br> </div> </blockquote> <br> </body> </html>