[BRLTTY] OT: Starting Orca on Ubuntu 12.04.2

[Jason White]

John J. Boyer <john.boyer at abilitiessoft.com> wrote:
> I have a Pack Mate 40 Braille display, which is USB-connected. When 
> Ubuntu boots up the display is autodetected. I have configured Orca to 
> use Braille. However, when I type orca from a ssh login it says it 
> cannot contact the desktop and says to set the environment variable 
> DISPLy. I tried setting it to :0 with no change.

Orca isn't designed to run over ssh. You need to run it from its local
keyboard and display, not remotely over the network.