From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-ew0-f215.google.com (mail-ew0-f215.google.com [209.85.219.215]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id D9113C1A2EC for ; Fri, 9 Apr 2010 09:02:14 -0400 (EDT) Received: by ewy7 with SMTP id 7so949053ewy.31 for ; Fri, 09 Apr 2010 06:01:55 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:received:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=FZoCcZ8CP+OFds7YcIUUMn6l0pcopbSjYnRDsP3EyBg=; b=STPk8UF+9j4liQqHtYwgUjqYW2CH+JF2J6ZPvYtUd2VsNvAXUguB8+J8tDAfABh0zJ w1hNMgNdbh2MEUnV6A3F/7U3X1OwbOAb4//x0Q1mOyoFzyipnV0BM/qSSV8UN9UgIQeJ aSSw/RFX8V1c1V2NnkRkHXowavbexFLTdnUIE= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; b=U4KaP3THc8zzdAAeeSDlGn/8nQ8KMXjDbOFpyIjXHQDD63i7WLiwtTXDMWc2taacR+ I9yzmMVjtyz/qu/xRVG++TWfQCYtIE+wyRYu/QGc+3LbiVN5P7v8LevML6NF1Xv1eANP 4vemLrCFrN4W3ocTBJDZ+bp8YESSa5phUs66I= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.213.16.142 with HTTP; Fri, 9 Apr 2010 06:01:55 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20100409090347.GA3606@rx.localhost> References: <1E43CA3EA18E483590044437E676956A@tess> <20100409090347.GA3606@rx.localhost> Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2010 01:01:55 +1200 Received: by 10.213.90.204 with SMTP id j12mr22976ebm.27.1270818115437; Fri, 09 Apr 2010 06:01:55 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Subject: Re: trouble installing linux From: Derek Roberts To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 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 13:02:15 -0000 Also, the vmware network may be down. Try this: ifconfig eth0 up dhclient eth0 After a bit it should say something like "bound to 192.168.1.64 renewal in 86400 seconds". Now try using pacman again. HTH! On 4/9/10, Chuck Hallenbeck wrote: > As I recall, the boot option should be swspeak, not swspeakup. > > > > On Fri, Apr 09, 2010 at 03:41:39PM +1200, Arthur Pirika wrote: >> 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 > > -- > The Moon is Waning Crescent (23% of Full) > My web site: www.hallenbeck.ftml.net > Audio editor weblog: edway.wordpress.com > -------- > Yesterday is a memory, Tomorrow is a vision, Today is a bitch! > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >