From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mxsf23.cluster1.charter.net ([209.225.28.223]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1G0U3f-0006zv-00 for ; Tue, 11 Jul 2006 22:02:35 -0400 Received: from mxip14a.cluster1.charter.net (mxip14a.cluster1.charter.net [209.225.28.144]) by mxsf23.cluster1.charter.net (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id k6C21w7e021956 for ; Tue, 11 Jul 2006 22:02:00 -0400 Received: from 24-151-119-063.dhcp.nwtn.ct.charter.com (HELO h14me.homelinux.net) ([24.151.119.63]) by mxip14a.cluster1.charter.net with ESMTP; 11 Jul 2006 22:01:59 -0400 X-IronPort-AV: i="4.06,230,1149480000"; d="scan'208"; a="1903731008:sNHT40565232" Received: from h14me.homelinux.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by h14me.homelinux.net (8.13.4/8.12.11) with ESMTP id k6C21vgY008376 for ; Tue, 11 Jul 2006 22:01:57 -0400 Received: (from alex_snow@localhost) by h14me.homelinux.net (8.13.4/8.12.10/Submit) id k6C21vGV008375 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Tue, 11 Jul 2006 22:01:57 -0400 Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2006 22:01:57 -0400 From: Alex Snow To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: off-topic: Just how the heck does one use gnome/gnopernicus Message-ID: <20060712020157.GA8366@gmx.net> References: <20060712014457.GB23628@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060712014457.GB23628@localhost.localdomain> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV version 0.88, clamav-milter version 0.87 on h14me.homelinux.net X-Virus-Status: Clean X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.8rc1 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: Wed, 12 Jul 2006 02:02:35 -0000 I remember listening to that series on acbradio, and gnopernicus never worked as well for me as it did in that series. Even trying it with the latest version as recently as a year or so ago. So I guess your milage varies. On Tue, Jul 11, 2006 at 06:44:57PM -0700, Gregory Nowak wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Tue, Jul 11, 2006 at 03:36:43PM -0400, Joshua Lambert wrote: > > Here is how I launch gnopernicus from a text console. > > xinit gnopernicus > > I haven't used gnopernicus/gnome in 2 years or more now, so all I'm > about to write stands to be corrected. If you don't want to be > potentially confused/misinformed, use your delete key now. > > You need to launch gnopernicus from within gnome itself. This means > actually being in gnome, and running gnopernicus from the gnome > desktop, not from the text console. I believe the run command is > alt+f2, but I don't remember for sure. If I'm correct, you want to do > something like pressing alt+f2, typing /usr/bin/gnopernicus, followed by > the enter key to launch gnopernicus. Beyond that, I don't remember > much. > > Back when gnopernicus first came out, Mark Mulkayhe (spelling) did a > series on acb radios main menu, taking you through the basics of using > it with some applications, along with teaching some gnome/x basics. I > don't know how much of that is still relevant today, but if you're not > up for going through the docs, you might want to find that, and give > it a listen as a starting point. Hth somewhat. > > Greg > > > > > - -- > web site: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org > gpg public key: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org/pubkey.asc > skype: gregn1 > (authorization required, add me to your contacts list first) > > - -- > Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager@EU.org > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFEtFQZ7s9z/XlyUyARAoGKAJ9N3z2g7ZWp8PyIKlw0DPbCRHiuZACeNd/N > Su4olONZGeyT+liM1w6b7gI= > =XRIt > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- If the future navigation system [for interactive networked services on the NII] looks like something from Microsoft, it will never work. -- Chairman of Walt Disney Television & Telecommunications