From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from opera.rednote.net (opera.rednote.net [IPv6:2600:3c03::f03c:91ff:fe70:e783]) by befuddled.reisers.ca (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6E4371EF0E5 for ; Mon, 13 May 2013 22:37:04 -0400 (EDT) Received: from concerto.rednote.net ([IPv6:2601:a:3780:1f:be5f:f4ff:fe45:6a6e]) by opera.rednote.net (8.14.7/8.14.6) with ESMTP id r4E2b30J013341 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Tue, 14 May 2013 02:37:03 GMT Received: from concerto.rednote.net (concerto.rednote.net [127.0.0.1]) by concerto.rednote.net (8.14.7/8.14.6) with ESMTP id r4E2b2Am005217 for ; Mon, 13 May 2013 22:37:03 -0400 Received: (from janina@localhost) by concerto.rednote.net (8.14.7/8.14.7/Submit) id r4E2b200005216 for speakup@linux-speakup.org; Mon, 13 May 2013 22:37:02 -0400 X-Authentication-Warning: concerto.rednote.net: janina set sender to janina@rednote.net using -f Date: Mon, 13 May 2013 22:37:02 -0400 From: Janina Sajka To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: Talking GDM [Was: Voxin was: Switching to Linux] Message-ID: <20130514023702.GH3457@concerto.rednote.net> References: <201C934B655C44CCAE12EC5E05B607C3@ownercb76d9f6c> <20130513024749.GA3457@concerto.rednote.net> <51905ABE.1040701@gmail.com> <20130513193305.GB3457@concerto.rednote.net> <519144F2.80409@gmail.com> <20130513222004.GD3457@concerto.rednote.net> <20130513230414.GE3457@concerto.rednote.net> <12911.1368488411@ccs.covici.com> <20130514003213.GF3457@concerto.rednote.net> <2815.1368496927@ccs.covici.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <2815.1368496927@ccs.covici.com> X-Operating-System: Linux concerto.rednote.net 3.8.11-200.fc18.x86_64 X-PGP-Key: http://rednote.net/JaninaSajka_gpg_key.html User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-BeenThere: speakup@linux-speakup.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 14 May 2013 02:37:04 -0000 Sorry about that. Don't think I can help much. Unless the following is of any use ... At each round of the development cycle, i.e. the odd numbered dot releases, the GNOME people publish a "it's ready to build and break" email that includes build instructions. I think they still rely on jhbuild. There may be notes in there that might help. Janina covici@ccs.covici.com writes: > Nope, I have gentoo and can't get gdm or even startx to work properly > using gnome 3.8. > > Janina Sajka wrote: > > > John: > > > > Is this from Fedora? > > > > Janina > > > > covici@ccs.covici.com writes: > > > Well, at least you get gdm, what I get is a message on the screen oh no > > > something has gone wrong. > > > > > > Janina Sajka wrote: > > > > > > > One additional bit of data for the sake of completeness ... > > > > > > > > Talking GDM seems only to work the first time you access it. > > > > > > > > I do not auto start the GUI on boot, preferring the additional control > > > > over all those numerous issues that can break boots. > > > > > > > > Rather, I use > > > > > > > > systemctl start gdm > > > > > > > > To kick off my GUI when I need it. > > > > > > > > So, I now get speech the first time I do this. But, if for some reason, > > > > I need to bring down the GUI and restart it, I do NOT get talking GDM on > > > > the second time, and on any successive times through GDM. I can still > > > > login, and Orca speaks, but no speech on GDM after the first round. > > > > > > > > Wonder what that's all about? > > > > > > > > Janina > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Speakup mailing list > > > > Speakup@linux-speakup.org > > > > http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > -- > > > Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: > > > How do > > > you spend it? > > > > > > John Covici > > > covici@ccs.covici.com > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Speakup mailing list > > > Speakup@linux-speakup.org > > > http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > -- > > > > Janina Sajka, Phone: +1.443.300.2200 > > sip:janina@asterisk.rednote.net > > Email: janina@rednote.net > > > > Linux Foundation Fellow > > Executive Chair, Accessibility Workgroup: http://a11y.org > > > > The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) > > Chair, Protocols & Formats http://www.w3.org/wai/pf > > Indie UI http://www.w3.org/WAI/IndieUI/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup@linux-speakup.org > > http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > -- > Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: > How do > you spend it? > > John Covici > covici@ccs.covici.com > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@linux-speakup.org > http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Janina Sajka, Phone: +1.443.300.2200 sip:janina@asterisk.rednote.net Email: janina@rednote.net Linux Foundation Fellow Executive Chair, Accessibility Workgroup: http://a11y.org The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) Chair, Protocols & Formats http://www.w3.org/wai/pf Indie UI http://www.w3.org/WAI/IndieUI/