From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: by befuddled.reisers.ca (Postfix, from userid 65534) id C180A1EF850; Fri, 1 May 2015 11:58:35 -0400 (EDT) Received: from userp1040.oracle.com (userp1040.oracle.com [156.151.31.81]) by befuddled.reisers.ca (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 637801EF84B for ; Fri, 1 May 2015 11:58:30 -0400 (EDT) Received: from aserv0022.oracle.com (aserv0022.oracle.com [141.146.126.234]) by userp1040.oracle.com (Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2/Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2) with ESMTP id t41FwFeG012104 (version=TLSv1 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK) for ; Fri, 1 May 2015 15:58:16 GMT Received: from aserv0121.oracle.com (aserv0121.oracle.com [141.146.126.235]) by aserv0022.oracle.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id t41FwFbw019535 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=FAIL) for ; Fri, 1 May 2015 15:58:15 GMT Received: from abhmp0014.oracle.com (abhmp0014.oracle.com [141.146.116.20]) by aserv0121.oracle.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id t41FwFhO029145 for ; Fri, 1 May 2015 15:58:15 GMT MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: Date: Fri, 1 May 2015 08:58:18 -0700 (PDT) From: Don Raikes Sender: Don Raikes To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: RE: Kali Linux References: <20150429012332.GA15621@lava-net.com> <1dc8f431-1de2-4114-b344-3e8323c2b189@default> <20150429020326.GA23339@lava-net.com> <07cf8a7f-54f8-4276-8ad3-380bfb5bbcf3@default> <20150430185107.GA9699@lava-net.com> <20150501022458.GA11552@lava-net.com> In-Reply-To: <20150501022458.GA11552@lava-net.com> X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Oracle Beehive Extensions for Outlook 2.0.1.8.2 (807160) [OL 12.0.6691.5000 (x86)] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Source-IP: aserv0022.oracle.com [141.146.126.234] X-Bogosity: Ham, tests=bogofilter, spamicity=0.000000, version=1.2.4 X-BeenThere: speakup@linux-speakup.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list 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, 01 May 2015 15:58:35 -0000 Not so odd, the system probably hung while checking for the network. I have= seen this happen before on other virtual systems. -----Original Message----- From: Igor Gueths [mailto:igueths@lava-net.com]=20 Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2015 7:25 PM To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. Subject: Re: Kali Linux Interestingly enough, I reinstalled the system, remembering to enable the v= irtual NIC and all came up talking as a result. Rather odd that... On Thu, Apr 30, 2015 at 02:51:07PM -0400, Igor Gueths wrote: > Hi Don, > what virtualization software did you use? Currently, my Kali is=20 > running inside Virtualbox with an audiocontroller of Puse and an=20 > emulated chipset of AC97...While this worked in the installer, it does=20 > not seem to work in my new system i.e., Orca does not come up talking by = default as it supposedly should. > Any ideas as to audio parameters I should use instead in order to correct= this? > On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 11:05:41PM -0700, Don Raikes wrote: > > Igor, > >=20 > > I just downloaded kali 1.1.0a and installed it onto a virtual machine. = The installation went fine with speech. > > After the install finished and the system rebooted, orca started talkin= g at the login screen. I pressed space on the "other..." button entered roo= t as the user tabbed to the next control arrowed up once to select gnome cl= assic as my desktop manager, and tabbed to the login button. I pressed that= with the spacebar, and was prompted for the password. After entering the p= assword and pressing enter, the gnome desktop came up with orca talking. > >=20 > > I switched to a console window by pressing ctrl+alt+f1 and logged in as= root (no speech was available at this point). =20 > > It has been a long time since I tried to start Speakup, but I tried run= ning espeakup but it said that it couldn't fine the softsynth driver. I don= 't remember how to load that driver so I stopped at that point. Speakup is= installed, it is just a matter of loading the proper driver and starting e= speakup. > >=20 > > Once you get that started, or you could do it from a gnome terminal whi= ch would give you speech feedback while you work, you can modify the necess= ary files to have Speakup start automatically on boot and voila there you g= o. > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Igor Gueths [mailto:igueths@lava-net.com] > > Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2015 7:03 PM > > To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. > > Subject: Re: Kali Linux > >=20 > > On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 06:37:21PM -0700, Don Raikes wrote: > > > Igor, > > >=20 > > > I have been successful in getting kali to work on a virtual machine. = The problem is that accessibility is not enabled by default. > > > In fact, I am not sure that Speakup is built into kali. I tried to ge= t the kali developers to build it in but I think it got dropped somewhere a= long the way. > > >=20 > >=20 > > So they would build Speakup into the installer but not into the actual = post-installed system? That doesn't make any sense. > > > > > > If I remember right, the system brings you to a gnome desktop and if = you press alt+f2 to open the run dialog then type orca orca should s= tart talking. > > > > >=20 > > Thanks for the tip, I'll give it a try on the version I have here and s= ee if it works. > > > > > > The only caveat to this is that if you installed it with another user= , then you have to login first. If you have a Braille display, you could p= ress ctrl+alt+f1-6 and open a console window, enter root as the user and wh= atever the root password is then type brltty to launch brltty. After that y= ou just need to adjust the /etc/default/brltty file so brltty starts automa= tically. > > >=20 > >=20 > > Yeah, unfortunately I lack a braille display so that's not a viable opt= ion. > > > > > > It has been a while since I used kali (maybe 4 or 5 months and I=20 > > > have been working on my own customized version. If I can ever get=20 > > > my custom iso to work, it will be accessible either installed or=20 > > > as a live boot image, but life has gotten in the way recently :-) > > >=20 > > > If you have any other questions about kali, I am happy to help. > > >=20 > >=20 > > Yeah, pesky lives...Who needs one of those? Anyway, iirc I had mailed y= ou directly regarding Kali but perhaps that message got lost somewhere. > > > > > > Sincerely, > > > Donald > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Igor Gueths [mailto:igueths@lava-net.com] > > > Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2015 6:24 PM > > > To: speakup@linux-speakup.org > > > Subject: Kali Linux > > >=20 > > > Hey all, > > > does anyone have experience with attempting to get this distro instal= led and working (http://kalilinux.org)? I got so far as to get it installed= given that the installer is a fork of upstream Debian, however I am now un= able to boot into the new system. I'm hoping to be able to get some eyes to= help poke at it soon, however if anyone has any ideas offhand they'd be mu= ch appreciated! > > > -- > > > Igor > > >=20 > > > -- > > > This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by Ma= ilScanner, and is believed to be clean. > > >=20 > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Speakup mailing list > > > Speakup@linux-speakup.org > > > http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > _______________________________________________ > > > 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 > >=20 > > -- > > Igor > >=20 > > -- > > This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by Mail= Scanner, and is believed to be clean. > >=20 > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup@linux-speakup.org > > http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 >=20 > -- > Igor >=20 > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by=20 > MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. >=20 > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@linux-speakup.org > http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- 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