Re: setting up orca

[Henrik Nilsen Omma <henrik ubuntu com>]

MICHAEL WEAVER wrote:
> I am trying to run Ubuntu.
> Because I am a member of a couple of Linux User Groups in my area and  
> new to Linux,
> I am having to use a laptop as it helps me get support for  any problems 
> I may have.
> However, I had vaguely run Gnopernicus until I upgraded from the Beta of 
> Dapper to actual release as I don't have  access to
> all commands on my Compaq laptop.
> I read some info about Orca and Ubuntu and the fact someone has got 
> this  working
> on a laptop.
> I don't know if it is only one model of laptop which gives access to  
> Orca, whether
> the user had an extended keypad for his laptop or was able  to access 
> flat review
> mode or other Orca commands by using the FN key  that comes with most 
> laptops but
> could anyone possibly tell me if Orca  would be a more viable 
> alternative for me?
> I have been trying to get hold of a Numeric Pad but the one my sister  
> bought me
> from a computer fair is the wrong connector or needs an  adapter which I 
> have yet
> to find for it.
> The person who wrote the information giving instructions as to how to  
> set up Orca
> on Ubuntu didn't say how he was able to access all the Orca  commands on 
> his laptop
> which is a bit puzzling for me as everyone who I  have spoken to about 
> Gnopernicus
> says I will find it impossible with a  laptop so it leaves you with the 
> same impression
> with Orca.
> It would have been helpful if the author had explained the laptop  
> keystrokes if
> any he used.
>   
The quickest solution is likely to be to just get an external PS/2 
keyboard for the laptop. You can get one for about £5, or someone may 
just have one laying around. It's less handy than the keypad, but will 
be less hassle while you're just trying this stuff out.

I think Luke has this working on a Laptop though, but I'm not sure which 
make or how much of a hack it is.

Laptops are becoming the new standard though so we need to think about 
how we can support it by default. My guess would be that the Orca team 
has been thinking about this already.

- Henrik