I fixed the sound problem. Now the speech comes out of my headset not
the laptop speakers, just the way I like. However, I can't seem to have
the Braille to work, although I added myself to the braille group.
Now, how can I activate a connection to the internet? I did not do that
during the installation. I tried to type nmtui in a terminal but I got
command not found. What is the exact way of getting the list of wi-fi
networks available so that I can connect to the internet with fedora?
Cheers,
Ibrahim
On 11/18/2021 3:10 PM, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
The sound output can be switched from your MATE sound settings in
applications->sound and video->sound. This is due to the fact that
Fedora is using pipewire and wireplumber by default instead of
Pulseaudio, and proper switch-on-connect support may not be fully
enabled yet, although once you set it the first time, it seems to
work. Pipewire can currently replace Pulseaudio, the ALSA front end
stuff and even Jack, but it is still a work in progress that is used
by default to give the wider community a chance to test things. So
bumps in the road will still occur. For example, plugging in my
headphones with their microphone to my computer results in the
expected output switch, but the input doesn't switch automatically.
But this is not a showstopper here, since I can switch the input
easily enough, and if I use a USB box, both input and output are
switching for me after setting it the first time. Still, I do believe
this will get fixed, since my 3.5mm headphones didn't switch the
output the first time I plugged them into the computer - the sound
kept coming out of my speakers and actually, the mic didn't work at
all, and now everything but the automatic input is switching correctly.
I use braille so little that I didn't notice any problem, but it looks
like your user is not in the brlapi group by default. This causes
permission errors when Orca tries to read /etc/brlapi.key. Try adding
yourself to the brlapi group from system->administration->MATE user
manager. Unlock it first, then open the setting groups window. From
there, tick brlapi and logout. The next time you login, you should
have braille. This is not a failing of the distro, as no one user
should be in a ton of groups by default. I think if I remember
correctly though that there is a way to set your groups in the
installer. The distros you mentioned have their own issues, which you
pointed out, along with others you hadn't seen yet. So do stick with
this, and I believe in the end you'll be pretty happy with it overall.
~Kyle
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