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@xxxxxxxxxxxx > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > -- This message is subject to the CSIR's copyright terms and conditions, e-mail legal notice, and implemented Open Document Format (ODF) standard. The full disclaimer details can be found at http://www.csir.co.za/disclaimer.html. This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. MailScanner thanks Transtec Computers for their support. _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list