install help

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Thu Apr 26 11:19:44 EDT 2007


Hi,

Not sure that I get this.

The instructions I have are to quit orca then restart it with the no 
setup argument.

where does the andpersand come in to it?

Thanks


On 25 Apr 2007 at 14:05, Brent Harding wrote:

> You have to use the & sign to put Orca in the background. Then hit backspace 
> to hopefully get the beep that you're still in the terminal. Then you just 
> put in Ubiquity without the speech and speech will come up for install. This 
> odd way has to do with the fact that Orca can't communicate across accounts 
> so it needs to be running as root, as would the installer be.
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Guy Schlosser" <guyster at buckeye-express.com>
> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2007 2:09 AM
> Subject: ot: install help
> 
> 
> > Hi all, I know this is off-topic for this list in a way because it
> > deals with orca, but then not so ot, because I want to get speakup
> > running after install.  I am trying to install ubuntu 7.04, and was
> > wondering if someone here can help.  An over-the-phone walk through
> > would be awesome, but will settle for E-mail.  Here is my
> > problem:  When I boot the live cd and enter a terminal, speech seems
> > to be fine.  When I follow instructions I found on the orca wiki,
> > that say to enter "sudo su, unload orca, then type "orca --no-setup
> > --disable main-window", I get the welcome, then a message that says,
> > "switching to focus tracking mode", then no speech.  If anyone can
> > help, it would be greatly appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks much,
> >
> >
> > Guy
> >
> >
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