Hey, I managed to reproduce this issue by:
1) running orca and synaptic 2) clicking "Reload" 3) clicking "Mark all upgrades" 4) clicking "Apply" and proceeding to install ~12 packages. Orca stopped speaking until synaptic was closed. This only happened when upgrading via "Mark all upgrades"; I didn't seem to have the same problems when just installing a new package. I'm attaching a log with various error messages that orca printed to the console; sorry I've not narrowed it down further yet! Hope that helps, -- Tim Retout <dioc...@debian.org>
/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/pyatspi/registry.py:155: Warning: g_object_unref: assertion 'G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed Atspi.event_main() Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/orca/generator.py", line 234, in generate result = eval(formatting, globalsDict) File "<string>", line 1, in <module> NameError: name 'ancestors' is not defined During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/orca/generator.py", line 245, in generate globalsDict[arg] = self._methodsDict[arg](obj, **args) File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/orca/braille_generator.py", line 278, in _generateAncestors and not self._script.utilities.isLayoutOnly(parent): File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/orca/script_utilities.py", line 1203, in isLayoutOnly elif obj.childCount == 1 and obj.name and obj.name == firstChild.name: GLib.GError: atspi_error: The process appears to be hung. (1) Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/orca/generator.py", line 234, in generate result = eval(formatting, globalsDict) File "<string>", line 1, in <module> NameError: name 'ancestors' is not defined During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/orca/generator.py", line 245, in generate globalsDict[arg] = self._methodsDict[arg](obj, **args) File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/orca/braille_generator.py", line 278, in _generateAncestors and not self._script.utilities.isLayoutOnly(parent): File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/orca/script_utilities.py", line 1203, in isLayoutOnly elif obj.childCount == 1 and obj.name and obj.name == firstChild.name: GLib.GError: atspi_error: The process appears to be hung. (1) Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/orca/generator.py", line 234, in generate result = eval(formatting, globalsDict) File "<string>", line 1, in <module> NameError: name 'ancestors' is not defined During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/orca/generator.py", line 245, in generate globalsDict[arg] = self._methodsDict[arg](obj, **args) File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/orca/braille_generator.py", line 278, in _generateAncestors and not self._script.utilities.isLayoutOnly(parent): File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/orca/script_utilities.py", line 1203, in isLayoutOnly elif obj.childCount == 1 and obj.name and obj.name == firstChild.name: GLib.GError: atspi_error: The process appears to be hung. (1) Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/orca/generator.py", line 234, in generate result = eval(formatting, globalsDict) File "<string>", line 1, in <module> NameError: name 'ancestors' is not defined During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/orca/generator.py", line 245, in generate globalsDict[arg] = self._methodsDict[arg](obj, **args) File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/orca/braille_generator.py", line 278, in _generateAncestors and not self._script.utilities.isLayoutOnly(parent): File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/orca/script_utilities.py", line 1203, in isLayoutOnly elif obj.childCount == 1 and obj.name and obj.name == firstChild.name: GLib.GError: atspi_error: The process appears to be hung. (1) Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/orca/generator.py", line 234, in generate result = eval(formatting, globalsDict) File "<string>", line 1, in <module> NameError: name 'ancestors' is not defined During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/orca/generator.py", line 245, in generate globalsDict[arg] = self._methodsDict[arg](obj, **args) File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/orca/braille_generator.py", line 278, in _generateAncestors and not self._script.utilities.isLayoutOnly(parent): File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/orca/script_utilities.py", line 1203, in isLayoutOnly elif obj.childCount == 1 and obj.name and obj.name == firstChild.name: GLib.GError: atspi_error: The process appears to be hung. (1) Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/orca/generator.py", line 234, in generate result = eval(formatting, globalsDict) File "<string>", line 1, in <module> NameError: name 'ancestors' is not defined During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/orca/generator.py", line 245, in generate globalsDict[arg] = self._methodsDict[arg](obj, **args) File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/orca/braille_generator.py", line 278, in _generateAncestors and not self._script.utilities.isLayoutOnly(parent): File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/orca/script_utilities.py", line 1203, in isLayoutOnly elif obj.childCount == 1 and obj.name and obj.name == firstChild.name: GLib.GError: atspi_error: The process appears to be hung. (1) Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/orca/generator.py", line 234, in generate result = eval(formatting, globalsDict) File "<string>", line 1, in <module> NameError: name 'ancestors' is not defined During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/orca/generator.py", line 245, in generate globalsDict[arg] = self._methodsDict[arg](obj, **args) File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/orca/braille_generator.py", line 278, in _generateAncestors and not self._script.utilities.isLayoutOnly(parent): File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/orca/script_utilities.py", line 1203, in isLayoutOnly elif obj.childCount == 1 and obj.name and obj.name == firstChild.name: GLib.GError: atspi_error: The process appears to be hung. (1) /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/pyatspi/Accessibility.py:56: Warning: g_object_unref: assertion 'G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed return '[%s | %s]' % (self.getRoleName(), self.name)