To go in as root to run ubiquity, go into the terminal and type: sudo su orca --no-setup & ubiquity HTH, Chris Norman <!-- cnorman at rnibncw.ac.uk --> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jude DaShiell" <jdashiel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2007 4:56 AM Subject: re: getting orca running with ubuntu > Yes it is your sound card. Fortunately you only need to turn the volume > up on your speakers until you can later adjust orca's volume > programmatically in the orca preferences. I have found out just before > running ubiquity that orca --nosetup & command issued as root is being > misinterpreted as orca -t which tells orca to go into setup mode again. > So that breaks the ubuntu install since orca insists on having to be > logged in again each time after a log out in order to put the settings > into effect. > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup