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Re: Gnopernicus Error

Ah yes. I should have read further down my mail stack! Sorry for clogging the mailbox, folks.

Janina Sajka writes:
> From: Janina Sajka <janina afb net>
> 
> I neglected to mention that using the script to reset the accessibility condition to 'true' did NOT clear the error I reported. Not that it seems to be getting in the
> way of gnopernicus, because it doesn't seem to affect it at all, as far as I can tell. But the same error does get reported as gnopernicus launches.
> 
> Peter Korn writes:
> > From: Peter Korn <peter korn sun com>
> > 
> > Hi Janina,
> > 
> > > Just checked out the and compiled--no problems there. When I launch, I
> > > get the following error, though Gnopernicus does launch and talk:
> > > 
> > > GTK Accessibility Module initialized
> > > gnopernicus-Message: speech initialization succeded
> > > 
> > > (srcore:24943): gnopernicus-WARNING **: Exception "Unknown CORBA
> > > exception id: 'IDL:omg.org/CORBA/NO_IMPLEMENT:1.0'" occured at line 429.
> > 
> > This warning does not indicate that something is broken.  It is quite likely
> > that your problem is that the accessibility machinery isn't turned on on a
> > fresh install of the world (you mentioned elsewhere that you had done
> > that).  We're working on a GUI setting to turn this on (yah, lots of help to
> > you!), but meanwhile you can do so from the command line by modifying the
> > appropriate GConf setting.  The attached script is a handy way to do this -
> > just run it from the command line to determine what the setting is set to or
> > to set it.
> > 
> > > One more thing ...
> > > 
> > > Now what? I forgot how we go to the "Start Menu." Was that Shift+Alt+TAB
> > > that we learned at the CSUN hands on? Guess not, or mine is broke! <grin>
> > > 
> > > Kind of boring just listening to Gnopernicus configurations!
> > 
> > The GNOME 2.2 Accessibility guide has all this, at:
> > http://www.gnome.org/learn/access-guide/2.2/gnome-access-guide.html
> > 
> > And specifically the keyboard shortcuts section, at:
> > http://www.gnome.org/learn/access-guide/2.2/gnome-access-guide.html#keynav-0
> > 
> > Use Ctrl-Alt-Tab to cycle between the various gnome panels (like the menu
> > bar panel) and the desktop.  Once on the menu panel, F10 will bring up the
> > first menu (in this case the Applications menu, which is the moral
> > equivalent of the "Start menu").
> > 
> > 
> > Regards,
> > 
> > Peter
> > 
> > 
> > > Bill Haneman writes:
> > > > From: Bill Haneman <bill haneman sun com>
> > > >
> > > > John:
> > > >
> > > > You can try checking out the "jhbuild" package from GNOME cvs to help
> > > > you build the whole stack.  After making and installing jhbuild you will
> > > > need to edit ".jhbuildrc" in your home directory.
> > > >
> > > > At the moment the most up-to-date and functional accessibility is from
> > > > HEAD, which is what you get from the jhbuild "gnome24" moduleset, but
> > > > there are occasional day-to-day build problems with that stack.  So
> > > > perhaps we should create a "gnomeAccessibilityAlpha" moduleset or
> > > > something similar, which pulls the stable gnome-2.2 modules wherever
> > > > possible and only pulls "latest-and-greatest" for accessibility
> > > > modules.  Once you've built the "default" target packages from jhbuild
> > > > you would build the "meta-gnome-accessibility" package, and you should
> > > > be done.
> > > >
> > > > I can edit such a moduleset but I would need a volunteer to try it out
> > > > (my machines are too full to support yet another full build), any
> > > > takers?
> > > >
> > > > regards,
> > > >
> > > > Bill
> > > >
> > > > On Tue, 2003-04-15 at 23:29, John covici wrote:
> > > > > OK, so which packages do I need to rebuild and do I get them from the
> > > > > regular cvs gnome site?  I would really like to build gnome
> > > > > completely with the correct packages -- now I have Debian 2.2 and 5
> > > > > or 6 packages from cvs.
> > > > >
> > > > > on Tuesday 04/15/2003 Marc Mulcahy(marc mulcahy sun com) wrote
> > > > >  > Hi John,
> > > > >  >
> > > > >  > OK, well, here you go down the slippery slope of rebuilding things.  These
> > > > >  > look like outdated Nautilus/Gail packages.
> > > > >  >
> > > > >  > Marc
> > > > >  >
> > > > >  > At 04:06 AM 4/15/2003 -0400, John covici wrote:
> > > > >  > >Well, the warning about libgail-gnome went away when I check it
> > > > >  > >out --  with its correct spelling, but now I get the following:
> > > > >  > >
> > > > >  > >(gnome-panel:28597): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: invalid cast from
> > > > >  > >`SpiAccessible' to `BonoboControlAccessible'
> > > > >  > >
> > > > >  > >(nautilus:28600): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: invalid cast from
> > > > >  > >`FMIconContainer' to `GnomeCanvas'
> > > > >  > >
> > > > >  > >(nautilus:28600): Gtk-CRITICAL **: file gtktextbuffer.c: line 496
> > > > >  > >(gtk_text_buffer_set_text): assertion `text != NULL' failed
> > > > >  > >
> > > > >  > >Also, since I do have the Dec talk hardware, can I use that instead
> > > > >  > >of festival and if so, how do I change the synth I am using?
> > > > >  > >I think we are getting there, but we do have those annoying xml files
> > > > >  > >which its hard to figure out what they do.
> > > > >  > >
> > > > >  > >on Monday 04/14/2003 Marc Mulcahy(marc mulcahy sun com) wrote
> > > > >  > >  > John,
> > > > >  > >  >
> > > > >  > >  > Also, if you have an environment in which you can build GNOME modules,
> > > > >  > > you
> > > > >  > >  > might try just checking out libgail-gnome and seeing how you get
> > > > >  > >  > along.  libgail-gnome is needed to make the panel and many other GNOME
> > > > >  > > apps
> > > > >  > >  > accessible.
> > > > >  > >  >
> > > > >  > >  > marc
> > > > >  > >  >
> > > > >  > >  > At 03:51 PM 4/14/2003 -0400, John covici wrote:
> > > > >  > >  > >Well, it said the word panel,  possibly an improvement, but its
> > > > >  > >  > >looking for libgale-gnome which seems not to be there.
> > > > >  > >  > >
> > > > >  > >  > >I may try some other apps and see if it says anything.
> > > > >  > >  > >
> > > > >  > >  > >But so far no luck, although I did hear restore window once, so it
> > > > >  > >  > >looks like something is happening.
> > > > >  > >  > >
> > > > >  > >  > >What I think I need to do is get the whole gnome environment from cvs
> > > > >  > >  > >rather than trying to use the Debian gnome 2.2 environment -- what
> > > > >  > >  > >would be the best way to do that?
> > > > >  > >  > >
> > > > >  > >  > >on Monday 04/14/2003 Peter Korn(peter korn sun com) wrote
> > > > >  > >  > >  > Hi John,
> > > > >  > >  > >  >
> > > > >  > >  > >  > > Hi.  After getting cvs versions of gnopernicus, atk at-spi and of
> > > > >  > >  > >  > > course the famous gtk-doc, I cannot get gnopernicus to say anything
> > > > >  > >  > >  > > after the welcome message -- I can run gnome-panel, and nothing
> > > > >  > >  > >  > > happens hotting tab, alt, arrow keys and I get nothing.  It always
> > > > >  > >  > >  > > says welcome to gnopernicus, so its running and the message says
> > > > >  > >  > >  > > speech initialization successful on the text console, but
> > > > >  > > that's all
> > > > >  > >  > >  > > I get.
> > > > >  > >  > >  > >
> > > > >  > >  > >  > > Well, what do I do from here?
> > > > >  > >  > >  >
> > > > >  > >  > >  > The accessibility machinery needs to be turned on for Gnopenricus
> > > > >  > > to read
> > > > >  > >  > >  > the contents of applications.  The attached script is nice to use to
> > > > >  > >  > > modify
> > > > >  > >  > >  > the GConf setting to make this happen.  Re-start your gnome
> > > > >  > > session after
> > > > >  > >  > >  > you run this script.
> > > > >  > >  > >  >
> > > > >  > >  > >  >
> > > > >  > >  > >  > Peter#!/bin/sh
> > > > >  > >  > >  >
> > > > >  > >  > >  > if test $# -eq 0
> > > > >  > >  > >  >      then gconftool-2 -g /desktop/gnome/interface/accessibility
> > > > >  > >  > >  > fi
> > > > >  > >  > >  >
> > > > >  > >  > >  > if test $# -eq 1
> > > > >  > >  > >  >      then if test $1 = on -o $1 = true
> > > > >  > >  > >  >              then gconftool-2 -s
> > > > >  > > /desktop/gnome/interface/accessibility \
> > > > >  > >  > >  >                              -t bool true
> > > > >  > >  > >  >      elif test $1 = off -o $1 = false
> > > > >  > >  > >  >              then gconftool-2 -s
> > > > >  > > /desktop/gnome/interface/accessibility \
> > > > >  > >  > >  >                              -t bool false
> > > > >  > >  > >  >      else echo gnome-accessibility: unknown command $1
> > > > >  > >  > >  >      fi
> > > > >  > >  > >  > fi
> > > > >  > >  > >
> > > > >  > >  > >--
> > > > >  > >  > >          John Covici
> > > > >  > >  > >          covici ccs covici com
> > > > >  > >  > >_______________________________________________
> > > > >  > >  > >gnome-accessibility-list mailing list
> > > > >  > >  > >gnome-accessibility-list gnome org
> > > > >  > >  > >http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-accessibility-list
> > > > >  > >
> > > > >  > >--
> > > > >  > >          John Covici
> > > > >  > >          covici ccs covici com
> > > > >  > >_______________________________________________
> > > > >  > >gnome-accessibility-list mailing list
> > > > >  > >gnome-accessibility-list gnome org
> > > > >  > >http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-accessibility-list
> > > > >
> > > > > --
> > > > >          John Covici
> > > > >          covici ccs covici com
> > > > > _______________________________________________
> > > > > gnome-accessibility-list mailing list
> > > > > gnome-accessibility-list gnome org
> > > > > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-accessibility-list
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > _______________________________________________
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> > > > gnome-accessibility-list gnome org
> > > > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-accessibility-list
> > > 
> > > --
> > > 
> > >                                 Janina Sajka, Director
> > >                                 Technology Research and Development
> > >                                 Governmental Relations Group
> > >                                 American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)
> > > 
> > > Email: janina afb net           Phone: (202) 408-8175
> > #!/bin/sh
> > 
> > if test $# -eq 0
> > 	then gconftool-2 -g /desktop/gnome/interface/accessibility
> > fi
> > 
> > if test $# -eq 1
> > 	then if test $1 = on -o $1 = true
> > 		then gconftool-2 -s /desktop/gnome/interface/accessibility \
> > 				 -t bool true
> > 	elif test $1 = off -o $1 = false
> > 		then gconftool-2 -s /desktop/gnome/interface/accessibility \
> > 				 -t bool false
> > 	else echo gnome-accessibility: unknown command $1
> > 	fi
> > fi
> 
> 
> -- 
> 	
> 				Janina Sajka, Director
> 				Technology Research and Development
> 				Governmental Relations Group
> 				American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)
> 
> Email: janina afb net		Phone: (202) 408-8175
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				Janina Sajka, Director
				Technology Research and Development
				Governmental Relations Group
				American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)

Email: janina afb net		Phone: (202) 408-8175
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