did you use: exec "/usr/bin/orca" to start orca in that file? -- Jude <jdashiel at panix dot com> "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." Ed Howdershelt 1940. On Fri, 18 Aug 2023, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > Hi, according to the Gentoo wiki page for LightDM, it scans and executes the > contents of ~/xprofile on start, so I've put some accessility related > variables and the orca command in it, but orca is not being brought up; it > only comes after login, when Mate starts. How can I have speech during login? > The content of my ~/xprofile is as follows: > > # Accessibility variables > export ACCESSIBILITY_ENABLED=1 > export GTK_MODULES=gail:atk-bridge > export GNOME_ACCESSIBILITY=1 > export QT_ACCESSIBILITY=1 > export QT_LINUX_ACCESSIBILITY_ALWAYS_ON=1 > export SAL_USE_VCLPLUGIN=gtk3 > orca > > Thanks, > Cleverson > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list