Re: orca

[Jude DaShiell <jdashiel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I haven't done this much so hope I don't mess this up.  export display=:0: 
should set the display from the shell.



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/
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