Orca does not speak

Linux for blind general discussion blinux-list at redhat.com
Thu Jan 17 09:12:21 UTC 2019


Correct. Orca must be restarted, as the man page clearly says.

Now the fact that that restart includes acquiring a new pid is to
replacement like saying your new car has a replaced motor. You didn't
replace the motor, you got a new car.


Linux for blind general discussion writes:
> At this point it doesn't matter.  If orca has no process orca really
> won't start or talk!
> 
> On Wed, 16 Jan 2019, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
> 
> > Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2019 04:52:50
> > From: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at redhat.com>
> > To: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at redhat.com>
> > Subject: Re: Orca does not speak
> >
> > Someone on this list just quoted the Orca man page.
> >
> > It does not say what you are saying.
> >
> > Quoting the last seven words from the man page regarding the -r switch:
> >
> > "... start  a  new *orca*  in its place."
> >
> > Linux for blind general discussion writes:
> > > orca when the -r switch is used replaces its last process with a new
> > > process.
> > >
> > > On Tue, 15 Jan 2019, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
> > >
> > > > Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2019 12:55:56
> > > > From: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at redhat.com>
> > > > To: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at redhat.com>
> > > > Subject: Re: Orca does not speak
> > > >
> > > > OK, one more nit on this argument ...
> > > >
> > > > Linux for blind general discussion writes:
> > > > > Typing "orca -r", you kill this process (i.e., you remove it from
> > > > > the RAM), and you replace it with a new one.
> > > > >
> > > > The reason this is flawed is that there is no longer a Orca running once
> > > > the pid has been killed. Restarting Orca involves assigning a new pid to
> > > > it for inter-process communications. But, that's not a replacement, it's
> > > > an application restart that necessarily includes acquiring a process id.
> > > >
> > > > Now, if you could magically give Orca a new pid without killing the app,
> > > > then perhaps replace might be appropriate.
> > > >
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