From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: by befuddled.reisers.ca (Postfix, from userid 65534) id 474861EF701; Wed, 29 Apr 2015 02:06:21 -0400 (EDT) Received: from aserp1040.oracle.com (aserp1040.oracle.com [141.146.126.69]) by befuddled.reisers.ca (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 65EDE1EF700 for ; Wed, 29 Apr 2015 02:06:16 -0400 (EDT) Received: from aserv0021.oracle.com (aserv0021.oracle.com [141.146.126.233]) by aserp1040.oracle.com (Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2/Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2) with ESMTP id t3T65f7A012885 (version=TLSv1 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK) for ; Wed, 29 Apr 2015 06:05:41 GMT Received: from aserv0121.oracle.com (aserv0121.oracle.com [141.146.126.235]) by aserv0021.oracle.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id t3T65f31027915 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=FAIL) for ; Wed, 29 Apr 2015 06:05:41 GMT Received: from abhmp0007.oracle.com (abhmp0007.oracle.com [141.146.116.13]) by aserv0121.oracle.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id t3T65eWs006997 for ; Wed, 29 Apr 2015 06:05:41 GMT MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <07cf8a7f-54f8-4276-8ad3-380bfb5bbcf3@default> Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2015 23:05:41 -0700 (PDT) From: Don Raikes Sender: Don Raikes To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: RE: Kali Linux References: <20150429012332.GA15621@lava-net.com> <1dc8f431-1de2-4114-b344-3e8323c2b189@default> <20150429020326.GA23339@lava-net.com> In-Reply-To: <20150429020326.GA23339@lava-net.com> X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Oracle Beehive Extensions for Outlook 2.0.1.8.2 (807160) [OL 12.0.6691.5000 (x86)] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Source-IP: aserv0021.oracle.com [141.146.126.233] X-Bogosity: Ham, tests=bogofilter, spamicity=0.000000, version=1.2.4 X-BeenThere: speakup@linux-speakup.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2015 06:06:21 -0000 Igor, I just downloaded kali 1.1.0a and installed it onto a virtual machine. The = installation went fine with speech. After the install finished and the system rebooted, orca started talking at= the login screen. I pressed space on the "other..." button entered root as= the user tabbed to the next control arrowed up once to select gnome classi= c as my desktop manager, and tabbed to the login button. I pressed that wit= h the spacebar, and was prompted for the password. After entering the passw= ord and pressing enter, the gnome desktop came up with orca talking. I switched to a console window by pressing ctrl+alt+f1 and logged in as roo= t (no speech was available at this point). =20 It has been a long time since I tried to start Speakup, but I tried running= espeakup but it said that it couldn't fine the softsynth driver. I don't r= emember how to load that driver so I stopped at that point. Speakup is ins= talled, it is just a matter of loading the proper driver and starting espea= kup. Once you get that started, or you could do it from a gnome terminal which w= ould give you speech feedback while you work, you can modify the necessary = files to have Speakup start automatically on boot and voila there you go. -----Original Message----- From: Igor Gueths [mailto:igueths@lava-net.com]=20 Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2015 7:03 PM To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. Subject: Re: Kali Linux On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 06:37:21PM -0700, Don Raikes wrote: > Igor, >=20 > I have been successful in getting kali to work on a virtual machine. The = problem is that accessibility is not enabled by default. > In fact, I am not sure that Speakup is built into kali. I tried to get th= e kali developers to build it in but I think it got dropped somewhere along= the way. >=20 So they would build Speakup into the installer but not into the actual post= -installed system? That doesn't make any sense. > > If I remember right, the system brings you to a gnome desktop and if you = press alt+f2 to open the run dialog then type orca orca should start= talking. > Thanks for the tip, I'll give it a try on the version I have here and see i= f it works. > > The only caveat to this is that if you installed it with another user, th= en you have to login first. If you have a Braille display, you could press= ctrl+alt+f1-6 and open a console window, enter root as the user and whatev= er the root password is then type brltty to launch brltty. After that you j= ust need to adjust the /etc/default/brltty file so brltty starts automatica= lly. >=20 Yeah, unfortunately I lack a braille display so that's not a viable option. > > It has been a while since I used kali (maybe 4 or 5 months and I have=20 > been working on my own customized version. If I can ever get my custom=20 > iso to work, it will be accessible either installed or as a live boot=20 > image, but life has gotten in the way recently :-) >=20 > If you have any other questions about kali, I am happy to help. >=20 Yeah, pesky lives...Who needs one of those? Anyway, iirc I had mailed you d= irectly regarding Kali but perhaps that message got lost somewhere. > > Sincerely, > Donald > -----Original Message----- > From: Igor Gueths [mailto:igueths@lava-net.com] > Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2015 6:24 PM > To: speakup@linux-speakup.org > Subject: Kali Linux >=20 > Hey all, > does anyone have experience with attempting to get this distro installed = and working (http://kalilinux.org)? I got so far as to get it installed giv= en that the installer is a fork of upstream Debian, however I am now unable= to boot into the new system. I'm hoping to be able to get some eyes to hel= p poke at it soon, however if anyone has any ideas offhand they'd be much a= ppreciated! > -- > Igor >=20 > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailSc= anner, and is believed to be clean. >=20 > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@linux-speakup.org > http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@linux-speakup.org > http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup >=20 > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by=20 > MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. >=20 -- Igor -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScan= ner, and is believed to be clean. _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup@linux-speakup.org http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup