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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