From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mtai05.charter.net ([209.225.8.185]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1I7sfe-0004gR-00 for ; Mon, 09 Jul 2007 08:48:54 -0400 Received: from aa03.charter.net ([10.20.200.155]) by mtai05.charter.net (InterMail vM.7.08.02.00 201-2186-121-20061213) with ESMTP id <20070709124821.KQXE1566.mtai05.charter.net@aa03.charter.net> for ; Mon, 9 Jul 2007 08:48:21 -0400 Received: from h14me.homelinux.net ([24.151.115.123]) by aa03.charter.net with ESMTP id <20070709124821.OFPI7864.aa03.charter.net@h14me.homelinux.net> for ; Mon, 9 Jul 2007 08:48:21 -0400 Received: from h14me.homelinux.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by h14me.homelinux.net (8.13.4/8.12.11) with ESMTP id l69CmKdH001723 for ; Mon, 9 Jul 2007 08:48:20 -0400 Received: (from alex_snow@localhost) by h14me.homelinux.net (8.13.4/8.12.10/Submit) id l69CmK0C001722 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Mon, 9 Jul 2007 08:48:20 -0400 Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2007 08:48:20 -0400 From: Alex Snow To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: Some Questions About Linux And SpeakUp Message-ID: <20070709124820.GA1656@gmx.net> References: <1183919406.3596.63.camel@layla.Mshome> <002101c7c190$b2af1ae0$ccca6352@Parham> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <002101c7c190$b2af1ae0$ccca6352@Parham> 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-Chzlrs: 0 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: Mon, 09 Jul 2007 12:48:54 -0000 you must not ave been inside X...try running firefox from the run dialog in Gnome. On Sun, Jul 08, 2007 at 10:19:17PM +0330, Parham wrote: > Ok the problem with speech is now fixed. The only problem is that I have no > idea what programs I can run. How can I get things I can run? > FOr example I typed "firefox" and it said, "cannot open display" or such > thing. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Michael Whapples" > To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." > Sent: Sunday, July 08, 2007 10:00 PM > Subject: Re: Some Questions About Linux And SpeakUp > > > >I have used the free vmware server at www.vmware.com, I just mentioned > > that there may be others as some people prefer to use open source > > software (as you have greater rights with open source software). > > > > If you use vmware, I think most of it is quite self explanatrary, > > download the windows version (I assume you will want to run this under > > windows) install, load vmware, create a new hardware configuration (not > > quite sure from memory what vmware calls this), choose the configuration > > options you want from the screens that come up, modify and add extra > > hardware if you want it (things like USB ports, serial ports, audio, > > etc), make sure that configuration boots from CD , insert CD and then > > get vmware to start the virtual machine and continue as if you were > > running Linux directly on the computer (you may need to tell vmware to > > grab keyboard input, I think it is ctrl+shift+g). Sorry those aren't > > very specific, but I am doing this by memory, and I think the menu items > > are enough (let us know if you have trouble and hopefully someone will > > know the specific answer). > > > > From > > Michael Whapples > > On Sun, 2007-07-08 at 20:33 +0330, Parham wrote: > >> The thing is that which one of these emulators should I get? And how can > >> I > >> install Linux on one? > >> Thanks. > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 -- 'Mounting' is used for three things: climbing on a horse, linking in a hard disk unit in data systems, and, well, mounting during sex. -- Christa Keil