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 17AAFH-0007RD-00 for ; Tue, 21 May 2002 10:04:12 -0400 Received: from localhost (janina@localhost) by toccata.rednote.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g4LE49e04366 for ; Tue, 21 May 2002 10:04:09 -0400 X-Authentication-Warning: toccata.rednote.net: janina owned process doing -bs Date: Tue, 21 May 2002 10:04:09 -0400 (EDT) From: Janina Sajka X-X-Sender: janina@toccata.rednote.net To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: Get Out Of Jail Free! In-Reply-To: <010101c20077$5fb375a0$7649e9d5@microsoft.com> 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: Nothing happens if you press just Ctrl or just Alt. What makes you think it would? Nobody said that. On Mon, 20 May 2002, Octavian Rasnita wrote: > I can't read the screen to see what is happening so please tell what happen > when pressing only the alt key. > > I tried it this way, with no results. > I will try it with control. > Teddy, > orasnita@home.ro > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Janina Sajka" > To: > Sent: Monday, May 20, 2002 7:41 AM > Subject: Re: Get Out Of Jail Free! > > > No, Greg, leave the Ctrl key in. Read the rest of my note to > understand why. You'll thank me after you get Gnopernicus. > > On Sun, 19 May 2002, Gregory Nowak wrote: > > > This is correct, however, drop the ctrl key. > > Greg > > > > > > On Sun, May 19, 2002 at 11:43:49PM -0400, Janina Sajka wrote: > > > On Mon, 20 May 2002, Octavian Rasnita wrote: > > > > > > > Q: How to become root in another console? > > > > > > Use Ctrl-Alt-FX (where X is a number 1 to 6) meaning use the > > > function keys on the top row of the qwerty keyboard. You know > > > what function keys are, right? > > > > > > Use this key cvombination to go to a console where you are not > > > logged in and login as root. > > > > > > Alternatively, I believe you wrote the other day that you telnet > > > to your linux machine from your Windows machine? Well, if emacs > > > seems to go bad on you, go to your Windows machine and open a > > > telnet session to your Linux machine. Just because emacs isn't > > > talking doesn't mean your machine is dead. > > > > > > If you're already logged in via telnet from Windows as whatever > > > you use for your username, type: > > > > > > su - > > > > > > and provide the root password. > > > > > > Actually, there's no reason not to open several telnet sessions > > > from your Windows machine. Your Windows is capable of that, isn't > > > it? > > > > Q: How can I read the screen if emacspeak is not speaking? I want to > find > > > > out the PID of the process I should kill. > > > > > > > In a different console or a different telnet session. You can > > > open more than one at a time, you know. This is Linux, not > > > Windows. > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > 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 > > > > -- > > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > -- 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