[BRLTTY] OT: Starting Orca on Ubuntu 12.04.2

[John J. Boyer]

ctrl-alt-f1 worked, but Orca still says it cannot contact the desktop. 
It would be best if someone who is familiar with Ubuntu would work with 
me privately. I chose Ubuntu because it was recommended for switching 
from Windows to Linux for business aplications.

John

On Fri, Mar 29, 2013 at 06:31:03PM +1100, Jason White wrote:
> John J. Boyer <john.boyer at abilitiessoft.com> wrote:
> > The desktop is started when Ubuntu boots up. I have no access to it 
> > without a screenreader. The solution appears to be to set up Orca to 
> > start at boot-up.
> 
> Try Alt-Ctrl-F1, which should take you to an ordinary Linux virtual console
> and present a login prompt. If BRLTTY is loaded, everything should be in
> braille from then on.
> 
> If BRLTTY isn't loaded, you have work to do. I don't know Ubuntu, so I can't
> offer detailed help.
> 
> Ubuntu is diverging more and more from the rest of the Linux community, e.g.,
> Upstart instead of Systemd or System V Init, the Unity desktop instead of
> Gnome/KDE/XFCE, their own display server under development instead of adopting
> Wayland, etc.
> 
> As a result, it's going to become harder for those of us who don't run Ubuntu
> to help Ubuntu users on mailing lists.
> 
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