Bug#859262: Re: freezes Orca screen reader
On Sat, 01 Apr 2017 13:54:17 +0300 Mika Hanhijärvi<miksuh@gmail.com> wrote:
> Package: synaptic
> Version: 0.84.2
> Severity: grave
>
Hi Mika,
Sorry to hear that synaptic is causing you issues.
I am CC'ing the accessibility list hoping that they might have an
insight to what is happening. I have quoted the original mail in full
below for their sake.
Thanks,
~Niels
(PS: Please CC me on replies if you need my attention. I am not the
maintainer of synaptic)
On Sat, 01 Apr 2017 13:54:17 +0300 Mika Hanhijärvi<miksuh@gmail.com> wrote:
> Synaptic often freezes the Orca screen reader so that Orca speaks nothing until
> Synaptic is closed. The same happens on both of my laptops running Debian
> Stretch.
>
> I am blind so I have to use computer using Orca screen reader. It happens wery
> often that when I e.g click the Reload button in Synaptic, or select Reload
> from the Synaptic menu, then Orca screen reader stops speaking. Synapticdoes
> not freeze the whole desktop, just Orca. This problem seems to happen
> randomly, sometimes it happens sometimes it does not. When Synaptic has
> finished reloading the package database information Orca may start speaking
> again, but often it does not. If it does not then I have to close the Synaptic
> by pressing alt + F4 after which Orca starts to speak again.
>
> It also happens sometimes that if I have reloaded repository package database
> information and click Mark all updades after that then Orca stops speaking. On
> my second laptop it currently happens almost every time that Orca stops
> speaking when I click the Mark all updates or select it from the menu. Tkhat
> also seems to happen randomly, sometimes it happens sometimes not.
>
> I have not noticed any problems like that when I have used other applications,
> this happns only when I am using Synaptic.
>
> As I said I have two laptops running Debian Stretch and both have the same
> problems. Both laptops have been upgraded from Jessie to Stretch. The first
> laptop was almost clean Jessie installation before it was upgraded to Stretch,
> it still has wery little apps installed.
>
> I am using Gnome desktop. I am blind so it is difficult for me to try to figure
> out what is wrong. I I have used both espeak and espeak-ng speech synthetisers
> with Orca screen reader, the same problem exists notmatter which of those is in
> use.
>
> [...]
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