From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from home.rdsnet.ro ([193.231.236.40] helo=relay1.home.ro) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with smtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17ALxM-0008H3-00 for ; Tue, 21 May 2002 22:34:28 -0400 Received: (qmail 307 invoked from network); 22 May 2002 02:34:30 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO smtp) (213.233.73.175) by s1.home.ro with SMTP; 22 May 2002 02:34:30 -0000 Message-ID: <014301c20139$5dacbb00$af49e9d5@microsoft.com> From: "Octavian Rasnita" To: References: <042201c1ffb9$fe487a80$bd49e9d5@microsoft.com> <20020520120415.D22085@romualt.dhs.org> Subject: Re: Get Out Of Jail Free! Date: Tue, 21 May 2002 11:22:40 +0300 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.9 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Thank you. Another list member just enlightened me about that. I didn't know about that. Teddy, orasnita@home.ro ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gregory Nowak" To: Sent: Monday, May 20, 2002 8:04 PM Subject: Re: Get Out Of Jail Free! When you try alt+f2 right after booting up, you need to login first, then type whatever command you want. Greg On Mon, May 20, 2002 at 07:49:00AM +0300, Octavian Rasnita wrote: > Thank you for su command. I never heard about it. > > I've tried alt+f2, then typing emacspeak, but nothing happend. I will try > with Control+alt+f2, and I hope it will work. > > Thanks./ > Teddy, > orasnita@home.ro > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Janina Sajka" > To: > Sent: Monday, May 20, 2002 6:43 AM > Subject: Re: Get Out Of Jail Free! > > > On Mon, 20 May 2002, Octavian Rasnita wrote: > > > Q: How to become root in another console? > > Use Ctrl-Alt-FX (where X is a number 1 to 6) meaning use the > function keys on the top row of the qwerty keyboard. You know > what function keys are, right? > > Use this key cvombination to go to a console where you are not > logged in and login as root. > > Alternatively, I believe you wrote the other day that you telnet > to your linux machine from your Windows machine? Well, if emacs > seems to go bad on you, go to your Windows machine and open a > telnet session to your Linux machine. Just because emacs isn't > talking doesn't mean your machine is dead. > > If you're already logged in via telnet from Windows as whatever > you use for your username, type: > > su - > > and provide the root password. > > Actually, there's no reason not to open several telnet sessions > from your Windows machine. Your Windows is capable of that, isn't > it? > > Q: How can I read the screen if emacspeak is not speaking? I want to find > > out the PID of the process I should kill. > > > In a different console or a different telnet session. You can > open more than one at a time, you know. This is Linux, not > Windows. > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup@braille.uwo.ca http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup