diff -urN gnome-orca-2.31.2/src/orca/orca.in gnome-orca-2.31.2.new/src/orca/orca.in
--- gnome-orca-2.31.2/src/orca/orca.in	2010-05-24 03:10:37.000000000 +1000
+++ gnome-orca-2.31.2.new/src/orca/orca.in	2010-05-24 11:59:31.485325192 +1000
@@ -132,8 +132,16 @@
 # all set and we don't need to muck around.
 #
 if [ "x$LOGNAME" != "xgdm" ] ; then
-    ACCESSIBILITY_ENABLED=`gconftool-2 \
+    if [ "$1" = "-sudo" ]; then
+        shift
+        ACCESSIBILITY_ENABLED=`sudo -u "$1" gconftool-2 \
         --get /desktop/gnome/interface/accessibility`
+        shift
+        ARGS="$*"
+    else
+        ACCESSIBILITY_ENABLED=`gconftool-2 \
+ 	--get /desktop/gnome/interface/accessibility`
+    fi
     if [ "x$ACCESSIBILITY_ENABLED" != "xtrue" ] ; then
         # Because we will be running Orca in text-setup mode, we want to
         # make sure it is run in a terminal window.  If we're already in