From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: by befuddled.reisers.ca (Postfix, from userid 65534) id CEA491EF7A8; Fri, 1 May 2015 11:29:19 -0400 (EDT) Received: from userp1040.oracle.com (userp1040.oracle.com [156.151.31.81]) by befuddled.reisers.ca (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2AA561EF79E for ; Fri, 1 May 2015 11:29:16 -0400 (EDT) Received: from userv0022.oracle.com (userv0022.oracle.com [156.151.31.74]) by userp1040.oracle.com (Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2/Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2) with ESMTP id t41FSxdo008370 (version=TLSv1 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK) for ; Fri, 1 May 2015 15:29:00 GMT Received: from aserv0122.oracle.com (aserv0122.oracle.com [141.146.126.236]) by userv0022.oracle.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id t41FSw6F006130 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=FAIL) for ; Fri, 1 May 2015 15:28:59 GMT Received: from abhmp0008.oracle.com (abhmp0008.oracle.com [141.146.116.14]) by aserv0122.oracle.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id t41FSwUg005348 for ; Fri, 1 May 2015 15:28:58 GMT MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <7ed5350e-b5a1-41af-af3a-31025735fd2b@default> Date: Fri, 1 May 2015 08:29:01 -0700 (PDT) From: Don Raikes Sender: Don Raikes To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." 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List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 01 May 2015 15:29:19 -0000 Igor et al, How are you getting virtualbox to work on windows? The last time I tried it= (about a year ago) the gui was totally inaccessible with jaws. I would re= ally appreciate knowing how others are getting it to work since my laptop c= an't handle vmware workstation maybe it will handle virtualbox instead. -----Original Message----- From: Igor Gueths [mailto:igueths@lava-net.com]=20 Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2015 9:31 AM To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. Subject: Re: virtualbox, was: Re: Kali Linux Hey Greg, thanks for the tip! I obviously have been neglecting the RTFM tim= e that Virtualbox requires as of late...Will definitely give that a try tho= ugh. On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 08:52:07PM -0700, Gregory Nowak wrote: > Capturing/releasing the keyboard is described in I believe section > 1.8.2 of the virtualbox manual. To capture/release the keyboard, you=20 > need to use the host key, which is your right control key by default.=20 > If you're in the guest, press your right control key to release the=20 > keyboard, and you should then be able to alt+tab to other windows.=20 > When you focus the virtualbox guest window again, it will capture your=20 > keyboard automatically, unless you disabled this. If you want to use=20 > the control key in your guest, use the left control key. So,=20 > ctrl+alt+f1 in the guest would be done using your left control and alt=20 > keys. If you're running on a gnu/linux host, then things get different=20 > as described in section 1.8.3 of the virtualbox manual. If you're=20 > running on a gnu/linux host, then pressing > hostkey+f1 would enter ctrl+alt+f1 into the guest and so on.=20 >=20 > If this bothers you and you can't get used to it, you can remap the=20 > host key to something as I mentioned earlier. Alternatively, if you=20 > have a usb keyboard, and a place to put it, you can pass that keyboard=20 > through to the guest, and not have to deal with the whole host key=20 > thing. HTH. >=20 > Greg >=20 >=20 > On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 09:02:56PM -0400, Igor Gueths wrote: > > Hey all, > > thanks for the replies! I test booted my installation while I was at=20 > > work earlier today, and got what seemed to be a GDM login screen;=20 > > alt+f2 appeared to have no effect, but this could be due to my=20 > > having installed it within Virtualbox. Speaking of virtual machines,=20 > > presuming the installation (s) were done within Virtualbox, how did=20 > > you fully capture the keyboard so that you could do ctrl+alt+f1 and=20 > > the like? I ask because I have never gotten this to work reliably.=20 > > Also is there a kernel difference between the kernel that is used=20 > > during installation and that which is used in the installed system? Jus= t trying to rule out the possibility of unsupported virtual audio chipsets = and the like. > > Thanks! >=20 >=20 > -- > web site: http://www.gregn.net > gpg public key: http://www.gregn.net/pubkey.asc > skype: gregn1 > (authorization required, add me to your contacts list first) If we=20 > haven't been in touch before, e-mail me before adding me to your contacts= . >=20 > -- > Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager@EU.org=20 > _______________________________________________ > 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