Re: new 10.3 install, Gnome, screen reader starts talking then system appears to freeze, how can I troubleshoot?

[Alan Tu <8libra@gmail.com>]

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 <jdashiel@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 <8libra@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
>>
>>
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