[BRLTTY] OT: Starting Orca on Ubuntu 12.04.2

[John J. Boyer]

The screen is displaying the desktop. How do I access it without a 
screenreader? Do I have to ask a sighted person to start Orca? What's 
the point of all this accessibility talk if I can't start the 
screenreader?

John

On Fri, Mar 29, 2013 at 05:05:40PM +1100, Jason White wrote:
> 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.
> 
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