archlinux gnome and orca package

[Linux for blind general discussion]

Yes, I mean that I never attempt to run speakup in a gnome terminal 
session and I  have separate users for text and graphical use.
-- Kelly Prescott



On Wed, 6 Sep 2017, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:

> Sorry if this sounds like a weird question, but what do you mean by, "2:  I 
> never try to use speakup and orca in the same session."?  Do you mean that 
> during a period when you're using orca, you never use speakup in a text 
> terminal, and that when you're using speakup you do not use the gui?  Thanks!
>
> Al
>
> On 9/6/2017 5:02 PM, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
>>  for what its worth, I use archLinux on all my systems, and I use orca
>>  with gnome and gdm.
>>  I have never had sound problems, and I use speakup as well.
>>  I also have never disabled pulse.
>>  I follow these simple rules:
>>  1:  I use one user specifically for graphical use.
>>  2:  I never try to use speakup and orca in the same session.
>>  This seems to work for me and I just don't have problems with it.
>> 
>> 
>>
>>  On Wed, 6 Sep 2017, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
>> 
>> >  I have gnome and gnome-extra on the system and removed mate and
>> >  mate-extra by now.  I have managed to login with gnome and proved it
>> >  by running gnome-terminal then using the backspace key a few times
>> >  until I heard repeated beeps each time I hit the key.  I ran
>> >  speaker-test inside gnome-terminal and heard static on speakers too.
>> >  Unfortunately, orca for archlinux is packaged incorrectly since when
>> >  started even under these conditions orca does not talk at all but only
>> >  shows its setup screen.
>> >  Also, orca.desktop file did not come in the orca package and that may
>> >  or may not contribute to the problems.  running orca, orca --replace,
>> >  and alt-super-s in turn failed to bring orca up talking.
>> > 
>> > 
>> > 
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