Re: apps no longer accessible using gnome and orca

[Janina Sajka <janina rednote net>]

The problem is that you don't know until you actually find the reason.

I had a similar circumstance just a few weeks ago with my Asterisk
server. I ran a standard upgrade of my Fedora server which put in 196
updated files--this after three weeks.

Well, my Asterisk stopped working. It took me a week to figure out that
I could no longer rely just on UDP, that I now needed to have it listen
for TCP as well. I'm still uncertain which of the 196 updated apps
pushed me into that, because it wasn't an Asterisk update that did it.

Good luck, by the way. I hope you figure things out faster than I did
with my phones. Except for my cell, I had no phones for the iterim. It
was nasty.

Janina

John Covici writes:
> I have such a thing, but its just a directory, but maybe I could sort
> on the time -- I will check.
>
> On Sat, 15 Oct 2016 19:45:42 -0400,
> Janina Sajka wrote:
> > Do you have a log of what was updated in cronological order? Working
> > backwards might be one way to go.
> >
> >
> > John Covici writes:
> > > Down version of what?  Gnome has many items, I can't just say go to
> > > earlier version of gnome.  Anyone have any ideas?
> > >
> > > On Sat, 15 Oct 2016 15:24:49 -0400,
> > > Janina Sajka wrote:
> > > > e.g. downversion
> > > >
> > > > John Covici writes:
> > > > > Unrolling what exactly?  If its not window manager what might it be?
> > > > >
> > > > > On Sat, 15 Oct 2016 14:06:56 -0400,
> > > > > Janina Sajka wrote:
> > > > > > I understand the attraction of gentoo. Why not get a custom build, with
> > > > > > just the apps you want, and no more? Sounds cool--until important things
> > > > > > break, at which point you're left with both pieces.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I'm sorry, I have no gentoo specific understanding to offer. I can
> > > > > > suggest some of the ordinary approaches available on other distros, such
> > > > > > as unrolling to earlier versions until things again work. Yes, that can
> > > > > > be very tedious, but isn't that part of the gentoo bargain?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Maybe there are other gentoo users here who can validate your
> > > > > > experience, or indicate their current success. But, gentoo users are so
> > > > > > few and far between because of the high upfront cost of running gentoo.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I know I'm being a bummer, John. But, I feel I've known you via these
> > > > > > lists for long enough, that I'm willing to endure your ire. So, what is
> > > > > > gentoo's recommended strategy for such situations? After all, breakage
> > > > > > is surely inevitable in any human enterprise, including Linux.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Janina
> > > > > >
> > > > > > John Covici writes:
> > > > > > > Hi.  I am using the gentoo distribution and its gnome overlay and for
> > > > > > > the last period (maybe a month or two) I find that no apps are
> > > > > > > accessible using the orca screen reader.  The apps actually run as
> > > > > > > verified with eyeballs, but orca does not see them.  I am running the
> > > > > > > latest accessibility framework from git as of about 4 days ago.
> > > > > > > Apparently, orca is not receiving the window activate event and it was
> > > > > > > suggested to me that it might be the window manager.  I am using
> > > > > > > mutter 3.20.3, downgraded to 3.20.2, but no joy.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > -- 
> > > > > > > Your life is like a penny.  You're going to lose it.  The question is:
> > > > > > > How do
> > > > > > > you spend it?
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >          John Covici
> > > > > > >          covici ccs covici com
> > > > > > > _______________________________________________
> > > > > > > gnome-accessibility-list mailing list
> > > > > > > gnome-accessibility-list gnome org
> > > > > > > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-accessibility-list
> > > > > >
> > > > > > -- 
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Janina Sajka,       Phone:  +1.443.300.2200
> > > > > >                     sip:janina asterisk rednote net
> > > > > >             Email:  janina rednote net
> > > > > >
> > > > > > 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
> > > > >
> > > > > -- 
> > > > > Your life is like a penny.  You're going to lose it.  The question is:
> > > > > How do
> > > > > you spend it?
> > > > >
> > > > >          John Covici
> > > > >          covici ccs covici com
> > > >
> > > > -- 
> > > >
> > > > Janina Sajka,   Phone:  +1.443.300.2200
> > > >                         sip:janina asterisk rednote net
> > > >                 Email:  janina rednote net
> > > >
> > > > 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
> > >
> > > -- 
> > > Your life is like a penny.  You're going to lose it.  The question is:
> > > How do
> > > you spend it?
> > >
> > >          John Covici
> > >          covici ccs covici com
> >
> > -- 
> >
> > Janina Sajka,       Phone:  +1.443.300.2200
> >                     sip:janina asterisk rednote net
> >             Email:  janina rednote net
> >
> > 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
>
> -- 
> Your life is like a penny.  You're going to lose it.  The question is:
> How do
> you spend it?
>
>          John Covici
>          covici ccs covici com

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Janina Sajka,   Phone:  +1.443.300.2200
                        sip:janina asterisk rednote net
                Email:  janina rednote net

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