How do I stop orca from starting up on login?

Question

Orca keeps starting up after system starting, and I'm not able to find it in "Startup Applications".

How to stop it?

score 13 · Accepted Answer · edited Feb 26 '18 at 19:28

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Run this in a terminal:

gksudo gedit /etc/xdg/autostart/orca-autostart.desktop

change NoDisplay=true to

NoDisplay=false

Save, then open up Startup Applications and disable the entry for Orca.

edited Feb 26 '18 at 19:28

David Foerster

answered Nov 23 '11 at 05:09

doug

what is the diff between gksudo and sudo – Newbi Nov 23 '11 at 06:37
a couple of links, you can google others, http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/graphicalsudo https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RootSudo#head-a76e0b38808fca380fa209babb080d60ffe0ec8e – doug Nov 23 '11 at 07:19

score 5 · Answer 2 · edited Mar 19 '17 at 01:16

5

For Ubuntu 13.10, open "Universal Access" and turn off screen reader

The "Seeing" tab is the default and includes this option

Couldn't use image, so here's a link

edited Mar 19 '17 at 01:16

Seth

answered Mar 09 '14 at 15:33

LZMarine

score 1 · Answer 3 · edited Oct 04 '13 at 08:38

1

Use Ctrl + S to disable Orca. It will stop and won't bother you at next logon.

edited Oct 04 '13 at 08:38

Aditya

answered Oct 04 '13 at 06:46

Georgy Ivanov

score 0 · Answer 4 · edited Apr 19 '18 at 04:18

0

Try deleting orca-autostart.desktop from /etc/xdg/autostart. Run:

sudo rm /etc/xdg/autostart/orca-autostart

edited Apr 19 '18 at 04:18

fosslinux

answered Feb 26 '18 at 18:43

Florin f

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Welcome to Ask Ubuntu! I recommend to [edit] this answer to expand it with specific details about how to do this. (See also How do I write a good answer? for general advice about what sorts of answers are considered most valuable on Ask Ubuntu.) – David Foerster Feb 26 '18 at 19:29

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