Press enter on your command. Also, in your password widget, have you made Orca sticky in the text input field? i.e. Orca+A twice in rapid succession. Jude DaShiell writes: > I could have done that except I found out post-install alt-f2 gnome-terminal > using gnome classic puts me in an enter command box with a close button and > once that close button is hit the command does not execute. > > On Sun, 15 May 2016, Janina Sajka wrote: > > >Date: Sun, 15 May 2016 00:34:31 > >From: Janina Sajka <janina@xxxxxxxxxxx> > >Reply-To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. > > <speakup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. <speakup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >Subject: Re: Fedora23 workstation install > > > >Well, I don't know. You're using some kind of graphical widget, and I > >don't bother with those. I simply open a console/terminal and enter the > >passwd command. I get no molly coddling from the passwd command. > > > >PS: Of course, you need to be root, to modify root's passwd. > > > >Jude DaShiell writes: > >>There is no such widget in fedora installer so far as I know. What > >>repeatedly happens on both fedora23workstation-x86-64 and > >>fedora24workstation-x86-64-beta is I enter a password for root then I can > >>hit enter or tab and enter the same password for confirmation and then hit > >>the _done button and am repeatedly told root password not set user account > >>will not be created. The downloaded beta version was from bittorrent and > >>Fedora23 was through wget since I couldn't find a torrent for that iso. > >> > >>If the fedora spins ever include the orca dependency stack, and if those > >>install better than workstation, I'll be able to run orca on kde and start > >>testing jovie and kaccessible but there doesn't appear to be any interest in > >>that by spin developers. > >> > >>I thought in light of the difficulties that prompted this thread Fedora had > >>length and character requirements for root passwords like navy passwords > >>used to be 14 characters long and you had to have two upper two lower two > >>numbers and two symbols in them. > >> > >>On Fri, 13 May 2016, Janina Sajka wrote: > >> > >>>Date: Fri, 13 May 2016 15:39:16 > >>>From: Janina Sajka <janina@xxxxxxxxxxx> > >>>Reply-To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. > >>> <speakup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >>>To: speakup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > >>>Subject: Re: Fedora23 workstation install > >>> > >>>afaik, there's no requirement. You could even have an empty passwd. That > >>>would be more than foolish, of course, but you could do it. I can tell > >>>you that my Fedora passwords are much shorter, for instance. > >>> > >>>Are you perhaps getting confused by an evaluation widget that gives real time > >>>feedback on the strength of your entered password? I believe there's > >>>this kind of guidance going on in the graphical environment. My > >>>passwords do well on that widget because I avoid correctly spelled > >>>dictionary words, and I mix case, numerics, and punctuation into my > >>>passwords. Still, the number of chars can be counted on your fingers. > >>> > >>>hth > >>> > >>>Janina > >>> > >>> > >>>Jude DaShiell writes: > >>>>What are root password security requirements for Fedora23? How many > >>>>characters; what types of characters as minimums? Passwords I've entered > >>>>one of which was 14 characters in length may be too short, but the installer > >>>>doesn't complain coherently and explain exactly what is wrong with a > >>>>password so I can't tell what I'm doing wrong. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>-- > >>>> > >>>>_______________________________________________ > >>>>Speakup mailing list > >>>>Speakup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > >>>>http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup > >>> > >>>-- > > >>>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 > >>> > >>>_______________________________________________ > >>>Speakup mailing list > >>>Speakup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > >>>http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup > >> > >>-- > >> > >>_______________________________________________ > >>Speakup mailing list > >>Speakup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > >>http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > >-- > > > >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 > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Speakup mailing list > >Speakup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > >http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > -- > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- 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 _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup
