Does anyone know if CHIRP flatpak is accessible to a screen reader like ORCA?
73 DR N1EA On Thu, Jun 2, 2022, 12:49 AM K0LNY_Glenn <glenn@ervin.email> wrote: > Hi Cinead, > I did that, and after running that command, it came back with an error > like no tail. > When I tried to run Chirp, it read something like > gtk error > A few lines about gtk, but I could not copy it. > My screenreader could not review it. > For DJ's suggestion: > Does CHIRP run if you issue this command as regular user in a terminal: > flatpak run com.danplanet.chirp > Seemed like it did, but it only read > Chirp As Superuser > and it seemed like the window for chirp was there, or an error window for > chirp, but it did not function. > > Glenn > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Cinaed Simson <cinaed.sim...@gmail.com> > *To:* chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com > *Sent:* Tuesday, May 31, 2022 11:15 PM > *Subject:* Re: [chirp_users] Flatpak > > Hi Glen - open a terminal, > > cd /var/log > > sudo tail -f messages > then try to launch chirp. The error messages should appear in the terminal > window. > > cut and paste the error messages into this message and send it back to > chirp mailing list in this message. > > -- Cinaed > > On 5/31/22 20:46, K0LNY_Glenn wrote: > > > I just checked, it's in Ubuntu 21.10. > Glenn > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* K0LNY_Glenn <glenn@ervin.email> > *To:* Discussion of CHIRP <chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com> > *Sent:* Tuesday, May 31, 2022 9:59 PM > *Subject:* Re: [chirp_users] Flatpak > > Hi All, > I followed the below to the T, and now Chirp is in accessories, using > Ubuntu 20 something, but it does not launch. > I enter on it but nothing happens, but the panels of programs go away, > like the enter on Chirp did something. > Any ideas? > Thanks. > > Glenn > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* D.J.J. Ring, Jr. <n...@arrl.net> > *To:* Discussion of CHIRP <chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com> > *Sent:* Friday, May 27, 2022 7:40 PM > *Subject:* Re: [chirp_users] Flatpak > > John, > > Here's how to install flatpak. $ just means your using the regular user > terminal, > if you typed "sudo su" you'd be at the root terminal which is #. > > Download the latest CHIRP flatpak from here: > > https://trac.chirp.danplanet.com/chirp_daily/LATEST/ > As of this moment the current version is > https://trac.chirp.danplanet.com/chirp_daily/LATEST/chirp-daily-20220515.flatpak > > Rest of the work is from the terminal. > > First, install Flatpak: > > $ sudo apt install flatpak > > The other howtos seem to have missed this next step. You need to use > flatpak to install the “freedesktop” platform. First update flatpak > and your paths. > > $ flatpak update -v > > This will give you a warning about paths, something like: > > Note that the directories > > '/var/lib/flatpak/exports/share' > '/home/[username]/.local/share/flatpak/exports/share' > > are not in the search path set by the XDG_DATA_DIRS environment > variable, so applications installed by Flatpak may not appear on your > desktop until the session is restarted. > > Since we now have to log out anyway, now might be a good time to make > sure you are in the dialout group. > > Use the groups command to list your active groups. If the group > “dialout” does not appear, add yourself to the group (replace > [username] with your username): > > $ sudo usermod -aG dialout [username] > > Now restart your session (or computer) and return to the terminal. > > ~$ flatpak update -v > Looking for updates… > Nothing to do. > > Don’t worry about installation directory warnings if you haven’t > installed anything yet. Those will be created later. Important is that > we got rid of the path warning. Moving on…. > > Now you need to get the Freedesktop repository installed: > > $ flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub > https://flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo > > and then install the Freedesktop Platform: > > $ flatpak install flathub org.freedesktop.Platform//19.08 > > This might take a while its a big (~0.5Gb) download. Grab some coffee > and make some QSO’s….. Maybe check out my club’s website: > http://w6ek.org > > Finally we can install Chirp! (replace .flatpack filename with your > downloaded version) > > $ flatpak install Downloads/chirp-daily-20220515.flatpak > > You’re done! You can run chirp from your applications menu or from the > command like like this: > > $ flatpak run com.danplanet.chirp > > My distro has a defective GIMP application so I used flatpak to install > the app from there, the only negative is that I cannot type "gmp" from a > terminal and have gimp run, I have to use teh menu entry. > > Try it - it's excellent and it's the future of applications in Linux. > > 73 > DR > > ------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > chirp_users mailing list > chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com > http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users > This message was sent to K0LNY at glenn@ervin.email > To unsubscribe, send an email to > chirp_users-unsubscr...@intrepid.danplanet.com > To report this email as off-topic, please email > chirp_users-ow...@intrepid.danplanet.com > > ------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > chirp_users mailing list > chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com > http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users > This message was sent to K0LNY at glenn@ervin.email > To unsubscribe, send an email to > chirp_users-unsubscr...@intrepid.danplanet.com > To report this email as off-topic, please email > chirp_users-ow...@intrepid.danplanet.com > > _______________________________________________ > chirp_users mailing > listchirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.comhttp://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users > This message was sent to cinaed smson at cinaed.sim...@gmail.com > To unsubscribe, send an email to > chirp_users-unsubscr...@intrepid.danplanet.com > To report this email as off-topic, please email > chirp_users-ow...@intrepid.danplanet.com > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > chirp_users mailing list > chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com > http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users > This message was sent to K0LNY at glenn@ervin.email > To unsubscribe, send an email to > chirp_users-unsubscr...@intrepid.danplanet.com > To report this email as off-topic, please email > chirp_users-ow...@intrepid.danplanet.com > _______________________________________________ > chirp_users mailing list > chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com > http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users > This message was sent to D.J.J. 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