Down version of what? Gnome has many items, I can't just say go to earlier version of gnome. Anyone have any ideas?
On Sat, 15 Oct 2016 15:24:49 -0400, Janina Sajka wrote: > > e.g. downversion > > John Covici writes: > > Unrolling what exactly? If its not window manager what might it be? > > > > On Sat, 15 Oct 2016 14:06:56 -0400, > > Janina Sajka wrote: > > > > > > I understand the attraction of gentoo. Why not get a custom build, with > > > just the apps you want, and no more? Sounds cool--until important things > > > break, at which point you're left with both pieces. > > > > > > I'm sorry, I have no gentoo specific understanding to offer. I can > > > suggest some of the ordinary approaches available on other distros, such > > > as unrolling to earlier versions until things again work. Yes, that can > > > be very tedious, but isn't that part of the gentoo bargain? > > > > > > Maybe there are other gentoo users here who can validate your > > > experience, or indicate their current success. But, gentoo users are so > > > few and far between because of the high upfront cost of running gentoo. > > > > > > I know I'm being a bummer, John. But, I feel I've known you via these > > > lists for long enough, that I'm willing to endure your ire. So, what is > > > gentoo's recommended strategy for such situations? After all, breakage > > > is surely inevitable in any human enterprise, including Linux. > > > > > > Janina > > > > > > John Covici writes: > > > > Hi. I am using the gentoo distribution and its gnome overlay and for > > > > the last period (maybe a month or two) I find that no apps are > > > > accessible using the orca screen reader. The apps actually run as > > > > verified with eyeballs, but orca does not see them. I am running the > > > > latest accessibility framework from git as of about 4 days ago. > > > > Apparently, orca is not receiving the window activate event and it was > > > > suggested to me that it might be the window manager. I am using > > > > mutter 3.20.3, downgraded to 3.20.2, but no joy. > > > > > > > > Thanks in advance for any suggestions. > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: > > > > How do > > > > you spend it? > > > > > > > > John Covici > > > > cov...@ccs.covici.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > gnome-accessibility-list mailing list > > > > gnome-accessibility-list@gnome.org > > > > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-accessibility-list > > > > > > -- > > > > > > Janina Sajka, Phone: +1.443.300.2200 > > > sip:jan...@asterisk.rednote.net > > > Email: jan...@rednote.net > > > > > > Linux Foundation Fellow > > > Executive Chair, Accessibility Workgroup: http://a11y.org > > > > > > The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) > > > Chair, Accessible Platform Architectures http://www.w3.org/wai/apa > > > > > > > -- > > Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: > > How do > > you spend it? > > > > John Covici > > cov...@ccs.covici.com > > -- > > Janina Sajka, Phone: +1.443.300.2200 > sip:jan...@asterisk.rednote.net > Email: jan...@rednote.net > > Linux Foundation Fellow > Executive Chair, Accessibility Workgroup: http://a11y.org > > The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) > Chair, Accessible Platform Architectures http://www.w3.org/wai/apa > -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici cov...@ccs.covici.com _______________________________________________ gnome-accessibility-list mailing list gnome-accessibility-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-accessibility-list
