/srv/irclogs.ubuntu.com/2012/04/01/#ubuntu-accessibility.txt

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webczatHello.07:27
webczatCan anyone confirm that going to the login window and starting orca preferences then pressing cancel doesn't allow returning to the login window?07:28
webczatIt's useful to set orca prefs in the login window to switch languages, for example.07:28
webczat?10:56
AlanBellhi webczat 11:00
AlanBellwebczat: how do I get to orca preferences from the login window?11:03
AlanBellstarting and stopping orca on lightdm seems to cause focus issues11:04
webczatAlanBell: ins+space11:25
webczatif you would resolve focus and timing issues it would be all great. about timing issues there are the cases (only on virtualbox) that orca does not start after login.11:26
webczatnot always, it's pretty random. starting it then from the terminal works.11:27
AlanBellok, reproduced that one11:27
webczatit's the same thing I've reported before, also true for livecd I think. probably a timing issue somehow.11:27
AlanBellit puts focus back on the orca window itself which is not normally on screen11:28
AlanBellI then shut down orca and restarted it, and it will read the top panel but not the usernames and passwords11:28
webczatAlanBell: first, orca should start with disabled main window on login. second, all orca settings should probably be moved to the gdm settings too. third, the synthesizer's language should be set somehow (it's the bug valid from 10.04)11:28
AlanBellI am uploading a bunch of videos of orca and various bits of Ubuntu11:28
webczatalso I see that unity likes to crash when interacting with orca, does not always properly react and can even crash orca itself I think11:30
webczatI know it's daily so it's less of a problem.11:30
webczatohh for example: launch orca/login... press the windows key, then go to programs and press enter... then type something in the search box, then press down arrow to hear that some programs are available. go further down, you will see those few programs that it has shown. press up, expand the program list, press down... the list is not updated or orca does not see it.11:31
webczatI could give you further instructions11:32
webczatif you would want to reproduce that one11:32
* webczat starts ubuntu himself11:32
webczaterm also does the new gdm 3.4 or something have any key to invoke the screenreader?11:34
webczatanyway let's see if orca starts. it probably will not11:34
webczatthis is pretty serious11:34
webczatee how sweet... it didn't11:36
webczatOhh!11:43
webczat** (orca:2988): WARNING **: at-spi: Got no message at atspi-accessible.c line 67411:43
webczatI get many many many many of those11:43
Pendulumwebczat: for things you've reported, do you have bug numbers?11:43
webczatActually at this time I'm not sure about: where's the ubuntu bugzilla, and sometimes where to actually report it. Also I do not have enough info.11:49
webczatNow I'm not sure, for example, if the bug with orca not starting is ubuntu, gnome in general or just orca specific, and I'm trying to find what causes it.11:49
webczatohh. and now I cannot enter the menu. hrhr11:53
webczatfor example... I am not sure how to get the cause of orca not starting unless it would be reproduced after few tries in the terminal11:59
webczatdoes ubuntu lts update orca when updates arrive?12:14
webczatI mean usually12:14
JanCwebczat: I think Orca is part of GNOME, so I suppose it gets updated together with the rest of GNOME12:22
webczatI meant non-major updates12:33
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AlanBellwebczat: we can request updates of orca if there are fixes we want in it, or the fixes can be backported to the version we have16:07
AlanBellthe installer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbvncFwCkmA16:08
AlanBellthe panel http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-lgHqBesYE16:08
AlanBelloh I need to rotate that one16:09
AlanBelllightdm http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q20LbvRF0BE16:09
AlanBellrotation needed again16:09
AlanBellhud and dash and launcher http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiP0Bd8xWY416:09
AlanBellI will do some more of the bugs webczat has been finding (lightdm focus issues and languages area of system settings) when I get my phone back off the kids who are playing angry birds on it16:12
tallboy_2I was referred to this channel by #ubuntu.  Is there any way of getting the Zoom Desktop feature to work in Ubuntu 11.04 if compiz doesn't work with my Intel graphics card?  It worked in 10.10 just fine. Thanks in advance.  21:12
jbicha_tallboy_2: metacity/Unity 2D doesn't support zoom, so unless you can get Compiz to work I think you'll be out of luck21:13
tallboy_2jbicha:  In that case, is there a magnifier option?  I need some kind of zoom as I am legally blind.21:16
jbicha_tallboy_2: try opening System Settings. Click Universal Access and change Text Size to Larger21:19
AlanBelltallboy_2: I am surprised 3d doesn't work on an intel card21:24
AlanBelltallboy_2: lspci |grep VGA21:24
AlanBellcan you type that in a terminal then paste in the line you get which will be the details of your graphics card21:25
tallboy_2Intel Corporation 82845G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE Chipset Integrated Graphics Device (rev 01)21:27
AlanBellwell that does appear to be a funny one :(21:31
tallboy_2Funny as in how? I added the ppa:xorg-edgers/ppa for the latest graphics driver to see if that would help, but it didn't.  21:31
AlanBellmost of the intel chips just work, but I am seeing lots of people with that chipset and problems with it on google21:32
AlanBellthere were a few that stopped working around Hardy, but I thought things were just getting better for most graphics cards21:32
AlanBellif this was working with compiz and now is not then that is a regression and should be reported as a bug21:33
AlanBellcan you try the 12.04 live CD?21:33
tallboy_2I just did a fresh install of 11.04.  I'll have to download the 12.04 .iso first.  I guess it's worth a shot.  If not, I'll have to revert back to Maverick.21:35
AlanBellhttp://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/21:35
AlanBellthere are a few basic magnifiers that are not the compiz one but they are not very good21:36
AlanBellgnome-shell is getting a new magnifier but I am not sure how good that will be21:37
AlanBellusing openGL to magnify the screen just seems to be the right approach to the problem, compiz zoom is fast and smooth when it works21:37
tallboy_2Yea, zoom was a nice feature... easy and quick to use.21:37
jbicha_AlanBell: you can try out the gnome-shell magnifier now, it's included in 3.421:39
tallboy_2I should be able to "run" the liveCD without installing to see if this works, correct?  Or would installing be a better bet?  It doesn't matter to me either way, nothing important saved on internal hdd.21:42
AlanBelljbicha_: does that run without gnome-shell?21:45
AlanBelltallboy_2: you should be able to run from the live CD, if the drivers are there it will just work, if they are not then installing won't be any better!21:45
tallboy_2Ok, question while waiting for download to complete, is there a way to force Unity to work with my current version?  21:50
jbicha_AlanBell: I believe it's built into GNOME Shell/mutter21:52
AlanBelltallboy_2: you can't force compiz to run if it doesn't want to21:56
AlanBelljbicha_: right, so it won't work with unity2d then21:59
tallboy_2AlanBell:  I guess I can try the magnifiers you say are available outside of compiz.  Which one do you recommend to be worth a shot?22:01
tallboy_2AlanBell:  I'll burn image now and try 12.04.  I'll report back.  Thanks again for the help22:10
AlanBelltallboy_2: I went throught the magnifiers in the software centre a while back, I don't remember the names but none of them excited me22:20
AlanBelltallboy_2: do let me know how you get on22:20
AlanBellthere is some experimental code for doing text cursor tracking with compiz zoom, but it needs a bit more work on it22:20
AlanBellnight all o/22:21
tallboy_2night22:21

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