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

[Jude DaShiell <jdashiel@panix.com>]

A w.A.G. on my part would be the debian desktop environment provides
support for gnome mate and kde.  I would put that on along with standard
utilities since standard utilities puts many tools on your system that
make it a linux system

On Fri, 13 Mar 2020, Alan Tu wrote:

> Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2020 20:42:16
> From: Alan Tu <8libra@gmail.com>
> To: Jude DaShiell <jdashiel@panix.com>
> Cc: debian-accessibility@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Re: new 10.3 install, Gnome,
>     screen reader starts talking then system appears to freeze,
>     how can I troubleshoot?
> Resent-Date: Sat, 14 Mar 2020 00:42:32 +0000 (UTC)
> Resent-From: debian-accessibility@lists.debian.org
>
> 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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