Re: spammers on this list

2017-04-15 Thread John G. Heim
But this particular spammer isn't harvesting email addresses from the archive. On 04/14/2017 10:31 PM, Jeffery Mewtamer wrote: Considering that the list archives can be viewed by anyone at https://www.redhat.com/archives/blinux-list/ and be downloaded as gzipped plain text files that include

spammers on this list

2017-04-14 Thread John G. Heim
I sent the command to the listserve to get a list of the subscribers. As you can see from the response below, it said you have to be an administrator to get that. That is not unusual. Some lists allow the subscribers to get a list of the other subscribers but this one does not.

Re: spammers on this list

2017-04-14 Thread John G. Heim
But, Henry, of course the spammer is replying directly back to the person who posted the message rather than back to the list. Spammers always work that way. I also don't see what difference it makes whether the bot (it clearly is a bot) was set up deliberately or if it is the result of

Re: Setting up a headless Debian box

2017-04-14 Thread John G Heim
Henry is right. It's been so many years since I've come across a BIOS configured that way that I forgot it could be a problem. So it's possible that your machine might not boot without a keyboard but it's pretty unlikely. On 04/14/2017 01:11 PM, Henry Yen wrote: On Fri, Apr 14, 2017 at

Re: Setting up a headless Debian box

2017-04-14 Thread John G Heim
Are you asking if you can disconnect the keyboard and monitor after you've finished the install? If so, absolutely. This is a fairly common thing in the server world. Just yesterday I did a debian install with just a keyboard and braille display attached. Worked great. There are several ways

Re: Off Topic: list for blind people doing devops/sys admin including windows

2017-03-29 Thread John G Heim
I'd like to promote the list at t...@iavit.org. That is the International Association Of Visually Impaired Technologists. I'll dmit the traffic is really light. To subscribe, send a message to talk-subscr...@iavit.org. There is a more active list at blind-sysadm...@lists.hodgsonfamily.org.

Re: Sonar GNU/Linux merges with Vinux

2017-03-16 Thread John G Heim
It's funny you should say it's long overdue for there to be a blindness related non-profit. I was part of a group who created exactly that several years ago. After much discussion, we called ourselves The International Association Of Visually Impaired Technologists or IAVIT. See www.iavit.org.

Re: Sonar GNU/Linux merges with Vinux

2017-03-15 Thread John G Heim
I would like to offer the services of the International Association Of Visually Impaired Technologists for this project. IAVIT already is a 501C3 non-profit in the United States. I am sure the Board Of Directors of IAVIT would be thrilled to make whatever resources we have available to the

Re: Can I add speakup to An Existing Wheezy Installation?

2016-12-05 Thread John G Heim
ems. This device shows up as card 0 and aplay -l and arecord -l both produce good results so I may need to do some more experimentation to see what else is wrong. Again, thanks. Martin McCormick John G Heim <jh...@math.wisc.edu> writes: If you are using a stock debian kernel, you don't ha

Re: iPhone Debate.

2016-11-14 Thread John G Heim
ll waiting Hart -- -- John G. Heim; jh...@math.wisc.edu; sip://jh...@sip.linphone.org ___ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list

Re: iPhone Debate.

2016-11-13 Thread John G. Heim
A few years ago on the web site of the International Association of Visually Impaired Technologists, www.iavit.org, I set up a page to compare screen readers. I thought I'd collect data and put up a fair, head-to-head comparison. My collaborators at iavit had an intervention with me and got me

Re: iPhone Debate.

2016-11-13 Thread John G. Heim
No, there are apps for everything in the Apple store. Oh, I have little doubt that you can find stuff it doesn't do. But it would have to be something pretty specialized.Apple does keep a pretty tight grip on what is in the store but, that does have it's benefits. It's not that different

Re: Orca & tbird issues

2016-11-10 Thread John G Heim
players, but "alot" and mailx/heirloom mailx also come to mind as well as several available within emacs). -tim ___ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list -- -- Joh

Orca & tbird issues (was: Update related to F123e)

2016-11-09 Thread John G Heim
writing to a whole list instead. Those were the days ... Sent round and round ___ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list -- -- John G. Heim; jh...@math.wisc.edu; sip://jh..

Re: Update related to F123e

2016-11-07 Thread John G Heim
Stupid orca & thunderbird!!! I keep responding to the wrong messages. On 11/07/2016 10:02 AM, John G Heim wrote: I thought it was a one-time thing. It wasn't clear in your original message that it happens every time. I'll fix it. On 11/07/2016 05:35 AM, Jude DaShiell wrote: A

Re: VirtualBox

2016-09-14 Thread John G Heim
in the day, I liked the fact that VirtualBox allowed one to do a lot of things via the command line. I imagine all of that remains available. But I will let more experienced current users comment. Best, Fernando -- -- John G. Heim; jh...@math.wisc.edu; sip://jh...@sip.linphone.org

Re: redhat itself

2016-08-11 Thread John G Heim
el systems accessibility. Janina John G Heim writes: Surely there must be somebody building kernels with those modules so that you can install by adding their yum repository to your system. If not, it would mean that a blind RH systems admin couldn't do his work at the console. If remote access is b

Re: redhat itself

2016-08-10 Thread John G Heim
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Re: Sharing files between Linux and Windows

2016-07-07 Thread John G Heim
entry for user lshare". John On Wed, Jul 06, 2016 at 07:11:54PM -0500, John G. Heim wrote: I am pretty sure that on your linux machine, all you have to do is this: sudo apt-get install samba *sudo smbpasswd -a * That's all I did on a fresh debian jessie machine and I was able to access my fil

Re: Sharing files between Linux and Windows

2016-07-07 Thread John G Heim
and I would install comand-line only Debian. I have a Focus 40 display. Perhaps it could be attached to the laptop, so the two would be a single physical unit. John -- -- John G. Heim; jh...@math.wisc.edu; sip://jh...@sip.linphone.org ___ Blinux-list

Re: latest ubuntu

2016-07-07 Thread John G Heim
at.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list -- -- John G. Heim; jh...@math.wisc.edu; sip://jh...@sip.linphone.org ___ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list

Re: Sharing files between Linux and Windows

2016-07-06 Thread John G. Heim
bget Good luck! Janina John G Heim writes: I have always done this with samba. I never found it particularly difficult. You do have to read/follow the instructions. On 07/05/2016 01:36 PM, Mark Peveto wrote: I'll be interested in the answer to that question myself. I've had some tell me I n

Re: Sharing files between Linux and Windows

2016-07-05 Thread John G Heim
-list mailing list Blinux-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list ___ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list -- -- John G. Heim; jh...@math.wisc.edu; sip://jh

Re: how do I find out what's hanging me up?

2016-07-04 Thread John G. Heim
If you can configure a serial console, you would be able to read those messages. But I still say it's a process in an uninterrruptable sleep which means the kernel can't kill it during a normal shutdown. That, in turn, implies that it is a kernel bug in a device driver. In fact, I will wager

Re: how do I find out what's hanging me up?

2016-07-02 Thread John G. Heim
When the kernel tries to kill a process or unmount a file system, it makes a system call which can result in something called an "uninterruptable sleep". Processes in an uninterruptable sleep state are marked with a D (I think) in the process table. You can see that with ps or top. Symptoms of

brltty and dracut

2016-06-29 Thread John G Heim
developers. I could email them but I thought it would be better if I knew exactly who to talk to. -- -- John G. Heim; jh...@math.wisc.edu; sip://jh...@sip.linphone.org ___ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman

Re: Looking for a good Linux shop in Madison, Wisconsin

2016-06-29 Thread John G Heim
Mission: To develop softwares and provide STEM services for people with disabilities which are available at no cost. ___ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list -- -- John G. Heim

Re: Looking for a good Linux shop in Madison, Wisconsin

2016-06-29 Thread John G Heim
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Re: alsa and pulse. is this good or not?

2016-06-28 Thread John G Heim
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Re: need to skip vinux and install ubuntu

2016-06-08 Thread John G Heim
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