From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from outbound.icp-qv1-irony-out4.iinet.net.au (outbound.icp-qv1-irony-out4.iinet.net.au [203.59.1.104]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id BE7E7C1A3DA for ; Fri, 9 Apr 2010 00:40:59 -0400 (EDT) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: Av0EAANNvkvLzsVj/2dsb2JhbACIbIgTij1xuhINhHwEgyI X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.52,175,1270396800"; d="scan'208";a="533950667" Received: from unknown (HELO gotss1.gotss.net) ([203.206.197.99]) by outbound.icp-qv1-irony-out4.iinet.net.au with ESMTP; 09 Apr 2010 12:40:38 +0800 Received: from [192.168.25.14] (helo=kazam) by gotss1.gotss.net with smtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1O061F-0004Pl-R6 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Fri, 09 Apr 2010 12:40:38 +0800 Message-ID: From: "Kerry Hoath" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." References: <1E43CA3EA18E483590044437E676956A@tess> Subject: Re: trouble installing linux Date: Fri, 9 Apr 2010 12:40:36 +0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=response Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.5843 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.5579 X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 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: Fri, 09 Apr 2010 04:41:01 -0000 If running from a live cd you don't have a lot of options but if the vm has the OS installed installing the vmware tools into the virtual OS can help a lot especially the network driver. The AMD driver in Linux does work but the vmware specific one works a lot better. Regards, Kerry. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Arthur Pirika" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Sent: Friday, April 09, 2010 11:41 AM Subject: trouble installing linux > hi, I have a strange problem, and wondering if anyone here has any ideas. > I want to play with linux, but would like to try it in a vm under windows, > to try things out. I have two distros here, arch, and grml. I'm using > windows xp pro sp3, and vmWare player 3.01. > > Arch loads perfectly fine, speakup comes up, but lately, arch is seeming > to have trouble retrieving packages. Protocol and/or timeout errors are > the norm here. Even selecting different mirrors doesn't help. > Grml just refuses to speak, but it does seem to load. as far as i know, > I'm giving the boot loader grml swspeakup as it's options. Maybe i need to > try a different vm? > btw, this is grml 2009.10. > > tia, > Arthur. > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >