A w.A.G. on my part would be the debian desktop environment provides support for gnome mate and kde. I would put that on along with standard utilities since standard utilities puts many tools on your system that make it a linux system
On Fri, 13 Mar 2020, Alan Tu wrote: > Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2020 20:42:16 > From: Alan Tu <8li...@gmail.com> > To: Jude DaShiell <jdash...@panix.com> > Cc: debian-accessibility@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: new 10.3 install, Gnome, > screen reader starts talking then system appears to freeze, > how can I troubleshoot? > Resent-Date: Sat, 14 Mar 2020 00:42:32 +0000 (UTC) > Resent-From: debian-accessibility@lists.debian.org > > Thanks Jude for the response. On one attempt, after I hear "screen > reader on" I tried Alt+F2, orca --replace, still silent. > > On the next attempt, after I hear "screen reader on, 13 push button", > I do nothing. About four minutes later, I hear "panel. long pause. > panel. 13 push button grayed". No keys speak. I also try the Alt+F2, > orca --replace and nothing happens. > > Let's talk about software selection. SSH server and standard utilities > are constant, let's leave those out of this discussion. > > I have consistently chosen just "Gnome". Do I need to choose both > "Gnome" and "Debian desktop environment"? I have no idea what Debian > desktop environment is, because the other environment choices are very > specific like Gnome, KDE and Mate. > > Alan > > > On 3/13/20, Jude DaShiell <jdash...@panix.com> wrote: > > Try alt-f2 then type orca --replace and hit enter and see if that gets > > you anything. > > On Fri, 13 Mar 2020, Alan Tu wrote: > > > >> Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2020 17:28:17 > >> From: Alan Tu <8li...@gmail.com> > >> To: debian-accessibility@lists.debian.org > >> Subject: new 10.3 install, Gnome, > >> screen reader starts talking then system appears to freeze, > >> how can I troubleshoot? > >> Resent-Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2020 21:28:31 +0000 (UTC) > >> Resent-From: debian-accessibility@lists.debian.org > >> > >> Hello, I installed Debian 10.3 to a USB flash drive. The USB flash > >> drive is a brand new, higher end Samsung USB, that I just bought for > >> this purpose. > >> > >> This USB boots. I hear one beep (MBR boot?) then Orca speaks (or, I > >> think its Orca): > >> screen reader on, 13 push button [word] > >> I missed the final word. I think "13" refers to the day of the month. > >> > >> Then the system stops responding. Enter, Super+Alt+S, Super+Tab, or > >> Alt+Tab yield nothing. I think the system has frozen. > >> > >> This is not inside a virtual machine. The CPU is 64-bit, and I have 16 > >> GB of RAM. > >> > >> When I was using the text installer, I chose Gnome (menu choice 2) > >> along with SSH (11) and standard utilities (12). > >> > >> I believe I can find a way to mount the USB drive and review logs. > >> What can I review to help narrow this down? > >> > >> Alan > >> > >> > > > > -- > > > > > > --
