Re: [Grml] documentation

2008-12-31 Thread Maurice McCarthy
Josh you wrote Could someone upload the grml documentation to sendspace? www.sendspace.com? it's fine if it's in a .tar file I can unzip those on windows using izarc. Can't help here for at least 2 weeks when I'm back on shore. May I suggest that you install GNUWin32 on your XP system to get the

Re: [Grml] grml work

2008-12-31 Thread Maurice McCarthy
Josh, will try to answer some of your other questions "Once I can get this grml linux installed to the hard drive, can I? 1. remove the x-windows graphical environments because I don't need them." Yes you can but you may need X if you want a spreadsheet and word processor. These can be installed

Re: [Grml] grml 1.1 works!

2008-12-31 Thread Maurice McCarthy
Thanks for the correction, Mika > * Maurice McCarthy [20081231 21:14]: > >> grml 1.1 was the release candidate for grml-2008.11 so I don't >> understand why that did not work first time. > > No, grml 1.1 was the last stable release before version 2008.11. > Re

[Grml] documentation

2008-12-31 Thread Josh
Hi, Could someone upload the grml documentation to sendspace? www.sendspace.com ? it's fine if it's in a .tar file I can unzip those on windows using izarc. Josh email: jkenn...@gmail.com msn: kenn649...@hotmail.com ___ Grml mailing list - Grml@mur.a

Re: [Grml] voxin on grml 1.1?

2008-12-31 Thread Scott Berry
Have a nice day, Scott Berry E-mail: n7...@northlc.com I'll take a stab at this. 1. Yes you may remove the gui interface but last time I ran GRML it didn't have a gui interface so that shouldn't be a problem. 2. You may install any text based software you like. If I remember correctly

Re: [Grml] grml 1.1 works!

2008-12-31 Thread Michael Prokop
* Maurice McCarthy [20081231 21:14]: > grml 1.1 was the release candidate for grml-2008.11 so I don't > understand why that did not work first time. No, grml 1.1 was the last stable release before version 2008.11. Release candidates have the string "rc" inside their

[Grml] grml work

2008-12-31 Thread Josh
hi, i'll use grml as soon as i learn how to use it. I'm glad I'm going back to the colorado center for the blind so I can learn computer braille and write down notes and stuff. Josh email: jkenn...@gmail.com msn: kenn649...@hotmail.com ___ Grml mail

[Grml] www.linux.com is great for grml stuff

2008-12-31 Thread Josh
Hi, Well I am now sold! from now on I will use grml and oralux as my operating systems. oralux is outdated but makes a great audio desktop. grml well? as the article says, "it just works!" oh and I learned that I can also install gnome with orca on grml if I want a desktop. and I imagine IBM tt

Re: [Grml] reading documentation in grml?

2008-12-31 Thread Maurice McCarthy
> Hi, > > Where is the documentation at in the grml1.1 cd? I can't find it when I > browse the cd using windows xp. and I certainly can't get to it using grml > live-cd itself because I know nearly nothing about grml commands. so I > currently don't know how to read the documentation in it. > > Jos

Re: [Grml] some linux distributions?

2008-12-31 Thread Maurice McCarthy
> Hi, > > Does anyone know why oralux and grml1.1 work, but grml 2008.11 and ubuntu > 8.10 do not work on my computer? Why do some Linux distributions work, but > others do not? There is no general answer. Depends on your hardware and the distribution. > or is there no definite answer to this? Al

Re: [Grml] documentation in braille?

2008-12-31 Thread Maurice McCarthy
> Hi, > > Is there any linux books that I could get in braille? > > Josh Try http://tldp.org Moss ___ Grml mailing list - Grml@mur.at http://lists.mur.at/mailman/listinfo/grml join #grml on irc.freenode.org grml-devel-blog: http://grml.supersized.org/

Re: [Grml] word processor with spellcheck and spreadsheet?

2008-12-31 Thread Maurice McCarthy
> hi, > > Is there a good wordProcessor and spreadsheet in grml 1.1? I still am > wondering why grml2008.1 won't work. > > Josh Sorry no. You have to add these after installation with an internet connection. # aptitude install openoffice.org But that requires X. There are some venerable editors

Re: [Grml] How to install GRML to one harddrive with Windows XP installed on this harddrive?

2008-12-31 Thread Maurice McCarthy
Janusz and Josh I'll try to spell out how to install as best I can. I'm offshore on the North Sea oil fields writing this from memory, but I'll do my best. You should have a look at the grml2hd documentation too. There is also some write up on http://grml.org/grml2hd I will suppose that you only

[Grml] some linux distributions?

2008-12-31 Thread Josh
Hi, Does anyone know why oralux and grml1.1 work, but grml 2008.11 and ubuntu 8.10 do not work on my computer? Why do some Linux distributions work, but others do not? or is there no definite answer to this? Also, how frequently or how susceptible is Linux to getting viruses and rootkits and tr

[Grml] documentation in braille?

2008-12-31 Thread Josh
Hi, Is there any linux books that I could get in braille? Josh email: jkenn...@gmail.com msn: kenn649...@hotmail.com ___ Grml mailing list - Grml@mur.at http://lists.mur.at/mailman/listinfo/grml join #grml on irc.freenode.org grml-devel-blog: http://

[Grml] reading documentation in grml?

2008-12-31 Thread Josh
Hi, Where is the documentation at in the grml1.1 cd? I can't find it when I browse the cd using windows xp. and I certainly can't get to it using grml live-cd itself because I know nearly nothing about grml commands. so I currently don't know how to read the documentation in it. Josh email: j

[Grml] word processor with spellcheck and spreadsheet?

2008-12-31 Thread Josh
hi, Is there a good wordProcessor and spreadsheet in grml 1.1? I still am wondering why grml2008.1 won't work. Josh email: jkenn...@gmail.com msn: kenn649...@hotmail.com ___ Grml mailing list - Grml@mur.at http://lists.mur.at/mailman/listinfo/grml jo

Re: [Grml] grml 1.1 works!

2008-12-31 Thread Maurice McCarthy
Hi Again Josh grml 1.1 was the release candidate for grml-2008.11 so I don't understand why that did not work first time. Did you do anything different to cure your boot problem? Learning a new operating system both fun and frustrating - and a lot of work. grml seems to be a popular choice for

Re: [Grml] grml 1.0?

2008-12-31 Thread Mgr. Janusz Chmiel
Dear syr, Grml is supporting Swspeak thank's to ammazing speech dispatcher and because many sound cart drivers is included. Espeak synthesizer is used for software speech. I Am running GRMl as A blind user by typing following command at The boot screen grml swspeak After CD ROm will start

Re: [Grml] grml 1.0?

2008-12-31 Thread Maurice McCarthy
Glad to see from the rapid posts that you are enjoying the exploration. So far as I'm aware as a user grml has always supported swspeak. Yes you should go grml swspeak. Better for you is possibly grml swspeak brltty. This will not load the X window system. And I'm guessing that the braille termina

[Grml] How to install GRML to one harddrive with Windows XP installed on this harddrive?

2008-12-31 Thread Mgr. Janusz Chmiel
Dear users and developers, I downloaded The latest stable release of GRML, and i Am very satisfied with this distro so i would like to use it on my harddrive. But I Am having problems. I have one IDE harddrive with capacity 55,6 GB, with one NTFS partition in size 21,4 GB. In The rest of my har

[Grml] voxin on grml 1.1?

2008-12-31 Thread Josh
Hi, Once I can get this grml linux installed to the hard drive, can I? 1. remove the x-windows graphical environments because I don't need them. 2. remove all applications I don't need. 3. install voxin for use with speakup or brltty. 4. set up my wireless USB adapter so I can have internet access

[Grml] grml 1.1 works!

2008-12-31 Thread Josh
Hi, I found a linux distribution that works! it's an older one with software speech. it's grml 1.1. and it works good. So, vibuntu may not work on this machine, but oralux and grml 1.1 work fine. ok, so now I have a question. can someone tell me, keeping in mind that I have never used linux bef

[Grml] grml 1.1?

2008-12-31 Thread Josh
Hi, Would grml1.1 maybe work on my older computer? also would IBM tts work with speakup in grml? Josh email: jkenn...@gmail.com msn: kenn649...@hotmail.com ___ Grml mailing list - Grml@mur.at http://lists.mur.at/mailman/listinfo/grml join #grml on ir

[Grml] grml 1.0?

2008-12-31 Thread Josh
Hi, Does grml1.0 have accessibility for blind people? can I still use grml swspeak and then swspeak to get software speech going? I do not at this time have a DoubleTalk hardware serial-rs232 synthesizer so i need software speech. also does IBM-tts work with grml? Josh email: jkenn...@gmail.c