Hello Didier, Thanks. I use Braille, not speech. This all seems quite complicated. I wonder why the change was made. It has meant that I can't use a graphical interface on Linux. I'll have to try the suggestions and see what hapens.
John On Mon, Jul 04, 2022 at 07:36:48PM +0200, Didier Spaier wrote: > Hello John, > > I second the suggestion from Jason to start in console mode the type startx > wheneve needed to start Mate, at least as a workaround. > > Now to have lightdm start in tty7 as previously, you could edit the file: > /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf > and remove the leading # in this line: > #minimum-vt=7 > Also check if this variable is set otherwise in this file. > > About speech in the lightdm greeter and assuming you are running the gtk one, > edit the file: > /etc/lightdm/lightdm-gtk-greeter.conf and include these settings: > > indicators = ~a11y;~session;~power > a11y-states = +reader > reader = orca > > As I am not using Debian but maybe some Debian specific settings come into > play, > I CC the Debian accessibility mailing list so that Debian users can tell if > something works differently in Debian Bookworm. > > Friendly regards, > Didier > > Le 04/07/2022 à 10:43, John J. Boyer a écrit : > > I sent this message to the blinux list and did not receive a reply. perhaps > > someone on this list knows what is hapening. I am cuyrrently using Windows > > for my Web acces. > > > > Thanks, > > John > > ----- Forwarded message from "John J. Boyer" <john.bo...@abilitiessoft.org> > > ----- > > > > Subject: Problem with lightdm > > From: "John J. Boyer" <john.bo...@abilitiessoft.org> > > Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2022 22:03:36 -0500 > > To: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-l...@redhat.com> > > > > Until about six months ago, when I booted up lightdm would ask what user > > to log into and the password. It would then set up console 7, set the > > screen for this console to graphics mode and start Orca. It would not > > affect the other consoles, so i could continue to use them in command mode, > > with brltrty. Now lightdm just sets the screen to graphics mode without > > asking anything. I have to use systemctl to disable it, so I can use the > > machine. > > How can I get the former behavior back? As it is, I can't use Mate at all. > > > > Thanks, > > John > > > -- John J. Boyer Email: john.bo...@abilitiessoft.org website: http://www.abilitiessoft.org Status: Company dissolved but website and email addresses live. Location: Madison, Wisconsin, USA Mission: developing assistive technology software and providing STEM services that are available at no cost
