From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from dsl092-170-086.wdc1.dsl.speakeasy.net ([66.92.170.86] helo=toccata.rednote.net) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 179JjY-0004lh-00 for ; Sun, 19 May 2002 01:59:56 -0400 Received: from localhost (janina@localhost) by toccata.rednote.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g4J5xr505362 for ; Sun, 19 May 2002 01:59:53 -0400 X-Authentication-Warning: toccata.rednote.net: janina owned process doing -bs Date: Sun, 19 May 2002 01:59:53 -0400 (EDT) From: Janina Sajka X-X-Sender: janina@toccata.rednote.net To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: interesting experiment. In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.9 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Toby: You're saying you can get a text file about hw from Win? That's imporvement over the last time I tried such a thing. Do you know where, exactly, per chance? Perhaps I should add the datum to the Speakup Modified HOWTO. The one I remember was on Control Panel \ System \ Device Manager something or other. But, I don't recall its output being accessible. On Sun, 19 May 2002, Toby Fisher wrote: > On Sun, 19 May 2002, Janina Sajka wrote: > > > Here's another one. > > > > Can one yet get a readable report on installed hardware under > > Windows? > > Actually, to be fair, one can, and has done for at least a couple of years > now. I've used it to do such things as compile a hardware list to ease my > transition to Linux, and also to turn off the glide mouse thingy on my > laptop, you know, the thing that uses your finger, sleeveor whatever comes > into contact with the pad as a pointer, and whose left and right buttons > (yes, I know, why two buttons?) are in just the place where they're likely > to get pressed when you least want/need. > > > As I recall, there's such a > thing, but it writes a graphical > file. Not at all as friendly as dmesg. > > I'll agree with you about dmesg, much nicer. > > Cheers. > > -- Janina Sajka, Director Technology Research and Development Governmental Relations Group American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) Email: janina@afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 Chair, Accessibility SIG Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) http://www.openebook.org