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 Alex. Under Debian-testing, build uploaded 2020/03/09:
Mate speaks correctly. My first Linux desktop. I suspect Debian 10.3
would be fine.
Gnome. Same failure result, speaks a few words then nothing. Enter,
Alt+Tab, Super+Tab, Alt+F2 orca --replace, nothing.

I guess Debian's defaults are the defaults for a reason. Here I
thought Gnome (Gnome 3) would have fewer bugs than Mate, a fork of
Gnome 2.

I can imagine an incompatibility, but orca under Gnome does speak a
few words. I'd be willing to try some log collecting to perhaps
diagnose Gnome 3. The Ubuntu 19.10 live CD has never spoken,
considering their speech shortcut is Super+Alt+S, they are probably
using a similar subsystem that just doesn't like my sound.

On-board sound card: ROG SupremeFX 2015 8-Channel High Definition Audio CODEC
Motherboard: Asus Maximus VIII GENE; Chipset: Intel Z170

Alan



On 3/13/20, Alex ARNAUD <aarnaud@hypra.fr> wrote:
> Hello Alan,
>
> I see two options to try to figure out your issue the easiest way:
> * To determine If it's a compatibility issue with your hardware could
> you please try to install Debian Testing ?
> * To check if it's a GNOME issues, could you please try to install Mate
> instead of GNOME ?
>
> Best regards,
> Alex.
>
> Le 13/03/2020 à 22:28, Alan Tu a écrit :
>> 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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