orca
Andor Demarteau
andor at nl.linux.org
Fri Dec 14 23:23:07 UTC 2007
On Fri, 14 Dec 2007, Jude DaShiell wrote:
> I haven't done this much so hope I don't mess this up. export display=:0:
> should set the display from the shell.
actually its: export DISPLAY=:0 or even DISPLAY=:0.0
(thatis set DISPLAY :0.0 for csh tcsh users btw)
>
>
> On Fri, 14 Dec 2007, Mike Gorse wrote:
>
> > It may also mean that the DISPLAY environment variable hasn't been set. It
> > won't be, for instance, on a shell running from the console even if X is
> > running, unless you've explicitly set it.
> >
> > -- Mike Gorse / AIM:linvortex / http://mgorse.freeshell.org --
> >
> > On Fri, 14 Dec 2007, Willem van der Walt wrote:
> >
> > > Cannot open display means that you hav'nt started X windows.
> > > > From your user account, run startx
> > > and then wait quite a while. Then press alt-f2 and type orca -t there.
> > > Speakup will not work when X is running.
> > > If it is unsuccessful, pressing control-alt-f1 should get you back to a
> > > talking console.
> > > hth, Willem
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Fri, 14 Dec 2007, Daniel Dalton wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > Ok I have gnome working.
> > > > Now I am trying to install orca and get it to work.
> > > > I think I have it installed but when I type orca from a normal
> > > > terminal that
> > > > speakup works in I get:
> > > > /var/lib/python-support/python2.4/gtk-2.0/gtk/__init__.py:72:
> > > > GtkWarning:
> > > > could
> > > > not open display
> > > > warnings.warn(str(e), _gtk.Warning)
> > > > Traceback (most recent call last):
> > > > File "<string>", line 1, in ?
> > > > File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.4/orca/orca.py", line 55, in ?
> > > > import braille
> > > > File "/var/lib/python-support/python2.4/orca/braille.py", line 53,
> > > > in ?
> > > > import brl
> > > > ImportError: No module named brl
> > > >
> > > > I can't even run firefox this way.
> > > > Do I have to open gnome and go to run app type orca and paste output
> > > > from
> > > > that?
> > > > Or should this work?
> > > > I am on debian eche.
> > > > I also added two lines to my sources.list file to get some testing
> > > > stuff from
> > > > leny I think so I could get orca since it wasn't in eche.
> > > >
> > > > Does anyone know what I should do?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks for any help,
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Daniel Dalton
> > > >
> > > > http://members.iinet.net.au/~ddalton/
> > > > d.dalton at iinet.net.au
> > > >
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