Bug #7251

ORCA screen reader fails to start

Added by sajolida 2014-05-14 12:13:53 . Updated 2014-07-22 22:54:54 .

Status:
Resolved
Priority:
Elevated
Assignee:
Category:
Accessibility
Target version:
Tails_1.1
Start date:
Due date:
% Done:

0%

Feature Branch:
bugfix/7251-orca
Type of work:
Code
Blueprint:

Starter:
0
Affected tool:
Deliverable for:

Description

In Tails 1.1, ORCA fails to start. Executing `orca` from terminal produces:

WARNING **: Error retrieving accessibility bus address: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name org.a11y.Bus was not provided by any .service files

ERROR **: AT-SPI: COuldn't connect to accessibility bus. Is at-spi-bus-launcher running?

That’s clearly a regression :(

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#1 Updated by sajolida 2014-05-14 12:53:05

Installing the package `at-spi2-core` fixes this.

#2 Updated by BitingBird 2014-05-14 14:47:04

  • Starter set to No

Maybe i’m wrong, but if this package is needed, that’s a Debian packaging error not to have it as dependency, and should be reported as a bug… or ?

#3 Updated by intrigeri 2014-05-15 01:30:50

> Maybe i’m wrong, but if this package is needed, that’s a Debian packaging error not
> to have it as dependency, and should be reported as a bug… or ?

Not to have it as a dependency of… which package? FYI, we carefully
install a relatively small subset of the GNOME desktop environment,
and manually de-install quite a few packages at ISO built time. So,
I doubt we can blame Debian on that one. But maybe you’re right :)

#4 Updated by intrigeri 2014-05-15 02:21:32

  • Category set to Accessibility

#5 Updated by sajolida 2014-05-15 10:23:30

>> Maybe i’m wrong, but if this package is needed, that’s a Debian packaging error not
>> to have it as dependency, and should be reported as a bug… or ?
>
> Not to have it as a dependency of… which package? FYI, we carefully
> install a relatively small subset of the GNOME desktop environment,
> and manually de-install quite a few packages at ISO built time. So,
> I doubt we can blame Debian on that one. But maybe you’re right :)

I also think this might be a problem in Debian. If `gnome-orca` is
unusable in GNOME 3 without `at-spi2-core` (which is what I experienced)
then there’s a dependency problem. Even if it might not show up in a
typical GNOME install.

But I’ll leave that investigation up to you Debian freaks :)

#6 Updated by sajolida 2014-05-19 07:51:18

  • Assignee set to anonym
  • QA Check set to Ready for QA
  • Feature Branch set to bugfix/7251-orca

#7 Updated by anonym 2014-05-19 11:28:40

  • Status changed from Confirmed to Fix committed
  • Assignee deleted (anonym)
  • QA Check changed from Ready for QA to Pass

#8 Updated by intrigeri 2014-05-27 10:35:59

Reported as https://bugs.debian.org/749523.

#9 Updated by BitingBird 2014-07-22 22:54:54

  • Status changed from Fix committed to Resolved