OK, let me try to be a bit more specific. Why do you think you need a graphical login manager? What, exactly is it doing for you? I ask this question because the easiest way to avoid the problems handing off speech from the dm to the gnome session with orca is to not use a dm at all. Options include autologin on the console, or standard console login, followed by startx which can reliably start Orca and speech-dispatcher. Linux for blind general discussion writes: > because I tried lightdm first and that didn't work either. > > On Fri, 8 Sep 2017, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > > > Date: Fri, 8 Sep 2017 07:44:51 > > From: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > > To: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > > Subject: Re: speechdispatcher-git > > > > Why do you need gdm? > > > > Linux for blind general discussion writes: > > > It builds but doesn't run. Seems to be missing libdotconf.so.0 and the > > > libdotconf library doesn't appear to be in the archlinux repositories. I > > > uncommented lines in speechdispatcher-git PKGBUILD file to enable > > > speechdispatcher to run as a system-wide process and this may be necessary > > > for speech to work in graphical user interface on archlinux but I could be > > > wrong about that. If all of this doesn't work, I know what commands to use > > > to turn off gdm or lightdm with my archlinux system disk. > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Blinux-list mailing list > > > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > > > > > -- > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list -- Janina Sajka, Phone: +1.443.300.2200 sip:janina@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Email: janina@xxxxxxxxxxx Linux Foundation Fellow Executive Chair, Accessibility Workgroup: http://a11y.org The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) Chair, Accessible Platform Architectures http://www.w3.org/wai/apa _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list