From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from bay0-omc2-s40.bay0.hotmail.com ([65.54.246.176]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1IKJ8Y-0000WV-00 for ; Sun, 12 Aug 2007 15:30:06 -0400 Received: from hotmail.com ([65.55.152.17]) by bay0-omc2-s40.bay0.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.2668); Sun, 12 Aug 2007 12:29:35 -0700 Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Sun, 12 Aug 2007 12:29:35 -0700 Message-ID: Received: from 216.87.233.90 by BAY141-DAV7.phx.gbl with DAV; Sun, 12 Aug 2007 19:29:30 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [216.87.233.90] X-Originating-Email: [z_kline@hotmail.com] X-Sender: z_kline@hotmail.com From: "Zachary Kline" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." References: <006f01c7dd01$37f9ebe0$abca6352@Parham> Subject: Re: Trouble installing Ubuntu on VmWare? Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2007 12:30:20 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.3138 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3138 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 12 Aug 2007 19:29:35.0273 (UTC) FILETIME=[1D872190:01C7DD17] 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: Sun, 12 Aug 2007 19:30:06 -0000 Hiya, Even alt+tab doesn't seem to work. I still don't have speech. This is decidedly odd--I highly doubt VmWare is to blame. I just wonder how accurate the instructions I read are. Thanks, Zack. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Parham" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Sent: Sunday, August 12, 2007 9:52 AM Subject: Re: Trouble installing Ubuntu on VmWare? >I remember hearing that when you get to that place, you should press >alt+tab > to change the focus to the installation window and then Orca will start > talking again. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Zachary Kline" > To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." > > Sent: Sunday, August 12, 2007 8:20 PM > Subject: OT: Trouble installing Ubuntu on VmWare? > > >> Hi, >> I got the urge to try out Ubuntu with Orca and possibly Speakup as >> well. I downloaded the main desktop CD iso, booted the emulated PC from >> it, and got speech working. >> However, I have had trouble following the instructions for getting an >> installation started. I go to the Gnome Terminal as instructed on the >> Orca page on installations of Ubuntu, sudo su to root, andquit Orca. >> From this point, starting up Orca again doesn't seem to yield speech. >> I type: >> orca --no-setup --disable main-window >> again as instructed. I then get the message about Orca starting up and >> switching to focus tracking mode. However, this is all I get. No speech >> after at all. >> I can type 'ubiquity' as instructed, but am not sure if it comes up at >> all. >> What I'm asking, then, is if anybody here could give me instructions >> on >> how you got Ubuntu installed? >> Thanks, >> Zack. >> PS: After it's installed, how would I use Speakup with it in text-mode? >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 >