Bug#476905: gnome-orca: Orca gives a "cannot start" error now that Python 2.5 is the Debian default in Sid
Jason White
jason at jasonjgw.net
Sun Apr 20 05:59:40 UTC 2008
Package: gnome-orca
Version: 2.22.1-1.1
Severity: normal
Now that Python 2.5 is the default /usr/bin/python in Sid, Orca gives an error
("cannot connect to the desktop") and terminates during startup.
The fix is to change the python path specified in the /usr/bin/orca script to
refer to Python 2.5:
PYTHONPATH=${PYTHONPATH}:${exec_prefix}/lib/python2.5/site-packages
With this change, Orca starts up properly.
I suppose you could also change the python command in /usr/bin/orca to refer
to a particular version of Python instead of whatever the /usr/bin/python
symlink refers to.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.24-1-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_AU.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_AU.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages gnome-orca depends on:
ii libgail-gnome-module 1.20.0-1 GNOME Accessibility Implementation
ii libgnome-speech7 1:0.4.18-1 GNOME text-to-speech library
ii python 2.5.2-1 An interactive high-level object-o
ii python-brlapi 3.9-7 Python bindings for BrlAPI
ii python-glade2 2.12.1-1 GTK+ bindings: Glade support
ii python-gnome2 2.22.0-1 Python bindings for the GNOME desk
ii python-gtk2 2.12.1-1 Python bindings for the GTK+ widge
ii python-pyatspi 1.22.1-1 Assistive Technology Service Provi
ii python-support 0.7.7 automated rebuilding support for P
Versions of packages gnome-orca recommends:
ii gnome-mag 1:0.14.10-4+b1 a screen magnifier for the GNOME d
ii wget 1.11.1-1 retrieves files from the web
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