From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from fk-out-0910.google.com ([209.85.128.188]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1IKGgS-0006tS-00 for ; Sun, 12 Aug 2007 12:52:56 -0400 Received: by fk-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id z22so1375674fkz for ; Sun, 12 Aug 2007 09:52:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.86.84.5 with SMTP id h5mr4052410fgb.1186937575149; Sun, 12 Aug 2007 09:52:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: from Parham ( [82.99.202.171]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id u9sm16476698muf.2007.08.12.09.52.52 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Sun, 12 Aug 2007 09:52:54 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <006f01c7dd01$37f9ebe0$abca6352@Parham> From: "Parham" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." References: Subject: Re: Trouble installing Ubuntu on VmWare? Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2007 20:22:45 +0330 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.3138 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3138 X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2007 16:52:56 -0000 I remember hearing that when you get to that place, you should press alt+tab to change the focus to the installation window and then Orca will start talking again. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Zachary Kline" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Sent: Sunday, August 12, 2007 8:20 PM Subject: OT: Trouble installing Ubuntu on VmWare? > Hi, > I got the urge to try out Ubuntu with Orca and possibly Speakup as > well. I downloaded the main desktop CD iso, booted the emulated PC from > it, and got speech working. > However, I have had trouble following the instructions for getting an > installation started. I go to the Gnome Terminal as instructed on the > Orca page on installations of Ubuntu, sudo su to root, andquit Orca. > From this point, starting up Orca again doesn't seem to yield speech. > I type: > orca --no-setup --disable main-window > again as instructed. I then get the message about Orca starting up and > switching to focus tracking mode. However, this is all I get. No speech > after at all. > I can type 'ubiquity' as instructed, but am not sure if it comes up at > all. > What I'm asking, then, is if anybody here could give me instructions on > how you got Ubuntu installed? > Thanks, > Zack. > PS: After it's installed, how would I use Speakup with it in text-mode? > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup