Re: about the windows installer
Perhaps there is second boot option in the Windows boot manager. Look at boot.ini what is there. Luke Yelavich wrote / napi'sal(a): > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 07:26:48AM EST, mike coulombe wrote: >> Ok, I tried the menu option on the live CD that says it will install ubuntu >> in windows. This is very accessible, and guided me through the process. >> However, after rebooting. I don't see a way to start ubuntu. There was a win >> boot directory, but running that file didn't work. >> Any ideas. > > None at this stage, as I have not used it myself. I will be looking at how > this works in the coming days however, so bare with me, and I'll tell yu how > things work out. > > Luke > -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFHvKJzjVefwtBjIM4RAvqJAJ4p0+SvoUMtSq8q9xKMH/TepTIa9ACcDNej > 6zGcKY6BQ3jL9pIcaUAN0N4= > =6Ei9 > -END PGP SIGNATURE- > -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility
Re: live cd question
> Hi, is there a way to get the live CD to copy itself in to ram and run from > there. Or, better, run from harddisk (without installation of course). Some of us don't have a lot of RAM. I remember that it was possible for some Knoppix based distro. I ran it in some way through loadlin and it was really fast. -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility
wubi-cdboot, what it does?
Hi, Subject says it all. What precisely does this program on Ubuntu live CD? I was unable to find info about this. -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility
Re: orca on the live cd
Hi, I tested Live CD from October 10 with following results: Atleast on my notebook, there is, I suppose, collision between sound playing and Orca speech. Ubuntu on my laptop works, but with these problems: - It is certainly impossible to do eg. installation simply by clicking on the install icon. - When Orca is speaking and some other app tries to play some sound Orca crashes,. Mike Reiser wrote / napísal(a): > Haven't checked yet, hope it's fixed by release as I want to test the new > ability to do admin tasks. > > Mike > - Original Message - > From: "mike coulombe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "ubuntu" > Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2007 10:53 AM > Subject: orca on the live cd > > >> Hi, release is coming soon. Has there been any progress on getting orca >> working on the live CD, or is this one going to be left this way. >> Mike. >> >> -- >> Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list >> Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility > > -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility
Re: Comments on the Alternate Install CD
Right! I tried what worked in Debian and it is not working in Ubuntu. But currently Ubuntu doesn't work for me at all. Simon Bienlein wrote / napísal(a): > Hi Jude, > > Thank you very much for your answer. But I think this suggestion is not > the right solution to solve the problem. It isn't possible to work with > the command line if the problem isn't solved. > > Wouldn't it be better if BrlTTY would be started automaticaly? It is the > case with Debian and I don't know a reason why it shouldn't be like this > with Ubuntu aswell. > > How do other blind Ubuntu-Users think about this? > > Kind regards > > Simon > > > -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility
sound in Wine
Hello all, When I started to use, or better said, play with Ubuntu I had a problem with sound. Orca and some other applications couldn't play simultaneously. I then applied some tricks from Orca wiki and that helped. Now I probably had the similar problem in Wine. Either Wine and Orca, or two Wine applications cannot play something simultaneously. For example, the Screamer Radio plays, but crashes when I forget to switch off the Orca speech. Because Wine is inaccessible, I cannot look at winecfg to correct this problem. Can someone help me? Something like a registry patch with correct settings would be strongly appreciated. I managed to install eg. MS SAPI SDK 5.1 and Jim Kitchen's games. These would probably work if the problem with sound could be corrected. Many Thanks. -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility
The Ubuntu beta doesn't work for me
Hi all, I tried the Ubuntu beta Live CD yesterday on my Asus A6Rp AP050. It doesn't work: - I cannot switch to console for starting brltty (I don't have USB one). - The Alt+F2 doesn't work. I think that nothing works at all. Too bad I haven't some experienced person who would tell me what is happening precisely. - It seems that only thing I can do is to restart it and instead of restarting it freezes :-D. - I tried acpi=off of course. (I must do it for Ubuntu and in general any kernel to boot) Note that I have the 7.04 working so something in beta is broken. -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility
Re: when using the live CD, how do I log back in after setting up orca?
Hi, Try the Ctrl+Alt+Backspace. Pranav Lal wrote / napísal(a): > Hi all, > > I have downloaded version 7.04 of ubuntu. I am able to boot using the live > CD and can get orca running. However, once the initial setup is complete, I > am told that I need to log out and log back in. At that point, I hit the > enter key and, the CD spins a bit and nothing else happens. I do not have > sighted assistance to verify what is actually happening on the screen. > > I am running the live CD on an Acer laptop. During the setup process, > everything works as expected so, I doubt that there is a hardware conflict > or anything else of that nature. > > Pranav > > -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility
what changed on the live CD?
Hello, I downloaded the live CD today. I tried to boot it, but either it hangs up, or something changed in the boot process that I am not aware of. I started as usual 1. boot. 2. f5, 3, enter. 3. f6, hpet=disable (needed on my laptop), enter. The boot process started, but cdrom stopped after a while. Some prompts, or perhaps errors? Thank. -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility
accessibility of windows applications running under wine
Hello, Just curious: Can Orca read applications running under wine? How about windows games for the blind such as for example dark destroyer. Can they be run? -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility
Howto install Ubuntu?
Hello, I found this guide: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Accessibility/doc/StartGuide A bit old I think. Orca is not mentioned here. I tried to run ubiquity, but orca was silent. Can anybody help? -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility
ubuntu on my laptop is working!
Hello, I have asus a6rp ap050. I downloaded live CD from two days ago. I am very pleased, sound is working without problem. Also orca with braille display. I did not test it very seriously, I must still learn gnome and orca. Only f5 and option 4 from boot menu is not working yet. I tested it as follows: I pressed f5, 4, Enter. f6, "hpet=disable" Enter. Then after a while u, Enter 0, Enter al, Enter Nothing happened. I had to start brltty manually, then ran and configure orca. Logged off, started orca through aalt+f2. -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility
testing braille display
Hello all, I tested setup of my display compatible with ALVA with negative result. It works from console by runing this command: sudo brltty -b al -d /dev/ttyUSB0 I tested the brltty-setup (F5, 4, enter, enter)with lines: u 0 al Display was not started. Several lines from /var/log/syslog: Feb 13 20:30:02 ubuntu kernel: [ 60.877137] Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.gz quiet splash -- hpet=disable brltty=ask Feb 13 20:30:03 ubuntu brltty[6462]: /lib/brltty/libbrlttybask.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory Feb 13 20:30:03 ubuntu brltty[6462]: Cannot load braille driver: /lib/brltty/libbrlttybask.so I suppose that the parameter "brltty=ask" is for running the brltty-setup. But the libbrlttybask.so probably not exists. Stupid bug? Or, more probably I do not understand something trivial. :-) -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility
Braille testing
Hello all, Can I download the current live cd and test, or some other procedure must be established? -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility
Re: Braille support testing
Hello, I reviewed the script, and didn't understand the u option. What is set there? I am using braille display compatible with Alva ABT. It is connected via pl2303 USB-to-serial converter which is supported by Linux. When I start brltty, I specify /dev/ttyUSB0 device. Is this the case? Or some other configuration option must be introduced for my situation? Thank.- Original Message - From: "Henrik Nilsen Omma" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Cc: "Colin Watson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Dave Mielke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2007 12:02 PM Subject: Braille support testing > Hello folks, > > We are trying to improve out-of-the-box support for braille displays for > Feisty with this spec: > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Accessibility/Specs/BrailleSupport > > From what I can tell, braille support on the Gnome desktop via Orca > already works out of the box, using the braille monitor (on-screen > graphical display for testing). However, since none of us in the devel > team have an actual braille display we know little about the hardware > side of it. > > After Herd 3 is out (this week) we want to switch back on general USB > detection and deploy a script to assist with the configuration of serial > displays. We would appreciate help with testing from anyone with a > braille device, and esp. serial ones. > > The setup script on the wiki page above is also incomplete in that it > needs the correct parameters for setting up brltty with the serial > device. Any input is appreciated. > > Henrik > > -- > Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list > Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility
Ubuntu on Asus notebook
Hello all, I tried the feisty live cd on my notebook. The sound is not functioning. The orca is not running "Cannot connect to display ...". I can only run the brltty from console. I have very good Internet connection, so downloading iso image is a matter of several minutes. I would like to help with testing but I have almost no experiences. Which information is needed? Where can I send it? How can I obtain it? Thank. -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility
Running Ubuntu live cd from vfat partition
Hello those more experienced. I don't like slow cdroms and burning, so I "developed" the following way to run the live distros from a FAT32 partition using loadlin. The following bat file runs GRML and it works very well. cd grml loadlin linux26 initrd=minirt26.gz root=/dev/hdb1 ramdisk_size=10 swspeak brltty=al,/dev/ttyS0,ibm850 Of course I extracted the contents of the iso image to disk. I tried to run ubuntu in similar way, but it doesn't work. I think that I must modify initrd in some way but I don't know how to do this. Can someone help me? It would be nice of course if the accessibility features was enabled. -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility
