Questions on ArchLinux for the blind

[Steve Holmes]

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When I installed gnome and orca last year, I used 'pacman -S' to
install gnome and gnome-extras simply because I didn't know
specifically which packages I would ultimately need.  After doing
that, I went ahead and started my gnome session with startx at the
time and then ran orca from the pressing of alt-f2 to run it under
gnome.  Orca began speaking with a default voice and prompted me for
setup configuration.  Zack's method may actually be more
strait-forward now.  I really need to get me a "sand box machine" I
can re-install from scratch and map out the exact steps and post them
to the Orca wiki.  I don't wanna do a re-install on my current
production machine as I need a computer to work with. <smile>

On Sun, Mar 21, 2010 at 05:45:17PM -0300, Cleverson Casarin Uliana wrote:
> Thank you Zack for all the instructions below. I'll do it when time
> enough arrives.
> 
> Cheers,
> Cleverson
> 
> Em 21/3/2010 17:05, Zachary Kline escreveu:
> >Cleverson Casarin Uliana<clever92000 at yahoo.com.br>  writes:
> >
> >>
> >>1. After installing and configuring the base system, is it possible to
> >>set up the x server plus Gnome and setting up Orca without sighted
> >>assistance? There are instructions in the beginners guide to install a
> >>graphical environment, but no instructions for setting up Orca. Could
> >>you write down such steps, in case it is accessible to do?
> >I'll answer this as best I can.  It's been a while since I did it, so I
> >may have forgotten a point or two.
> >The first thing to do is follow the standard instructions for setting up
> >a graphical desktop on the wiki.  They're good and will take you far.
> >Once you've got them taken care of, just "pacman -S orca" as root and "orca
> >-t" as the user you'll be doing your GUI stuff with.  Run startx, and if
> >you've set up .xinitrc properly (instructions on the wiki) Orca should
> >come up as usual.
> >One thing to be aware of is that the orca package in the repository
> >isn't as updated as it could be.  Steve Holmes has created a package for
> >orca-git in the AUR, which you might want to look into once you're
> >familiar with Arch.  You don't need to repeat the orca setup steps again
> >if you should decide to switch to that.
> >I hope this helps.  Feel free to ask any more specific questions, I'll
> >do my best to answer them.
> >Best,
> >Zack.
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