Re: help with Ubuntu 12.04 - keyboard commands?

2012-05-27 Thread Lenny
I always turn that off whenever I set up Orca. Keep in mind, that I have been using Ubuntu for a long time, so these problems are unique to 12.04. Thanks. Glenn - Original Message - From: "Jude DaShiell" To: "Lenny" Cc: "Ubuntu List" Sent: Sunday, May 27, 2012 11:11 PM Subject: Re: h

Re: help with Ubuntu 12.04 - keyboard commands?

2012-05-27 Thread Jude DaShiell
You should have heard orca speak desktop when orca starts up. If you have the orca window coming up, you may find it useful to run orca minimized uncheck show orca window at startup. If you don't hear desktop, try tabbing around and let's find out what you do hear.On Sun, 27 May 2012, Lenny w

Re: help with Ubuntu 12.04 - keyboard commands?

2012-05-27 Thread Lenny
That was my first attempt, it does nothing that I can tell. Glenn - Original Message - From: "Jude DaShiell" To: "Lenny" Cc: "Ubuntu List" Sent: Sunday, May 27, 2012 10:14 PM Subject: Re: help with Ubuntu 12.04 - keyboard commands? Have you tried alt-f1 yet?On Sun, 27 May 2012, Lenny

Re: help with Ubuntu 12.04 - keyboard commands?

2012-05-27 Thread Jude DaShiell
Have you tried alt-f1 yet?On Sun, 27 May 2012, Lenny wrote: > Hi, > here are some problems I am having with my live session of Ubuntu. > I Googled Ubuntu keyboard commands, but many of them don't work. > I cannot bring up the applications panel so I can change some things. > Also, when I log out,

help with Ubuntu 12.04 - keyboard commands?

2012-05-27 Thread Lenny
Hi, here are some problems I am having with my live session of Ubuntu. I Googled Ubuntu keyboard commands, but many of them don't work. I cannot bring up the applications panel so I can change some things. Also, when I log out, to try and switch to Unity-2D, I cannot log back in, so I have to do a

Re: logged out but cannot log back in

2012-05-27 Thread Christopher Chaltain
I don't think this is what you're asking, but on Ubuntu 12.04 the shutdown option is in the driver pull down. So, from your desktop, hit F10, left arrow to the driver menu option and then arrow down to shutdown. On 27/05/12 19:37, Lenny wrote: > Hi, > Since I could not find a set of menus in Ubunt

logged out but cannot log back in

2012-05-27 Thread Lenny
Hi, Since I could not find a set of menus in Ubuntu 12.04, to log out, I pressed control + alt + del, and that worked. I went into session options, and there was the Ubuntu-2D, so I go into that, but I cannot get back to the desktop, the only other option is password, but I have tried a blank, I

log out to switch to Unity-2D

2012-05-27 Thread Lenny
Hi, I downloaded another copy of Ubuntu 12.04, and it booted up. So much for the torrents being more reliable. I have never had a bad download using my browser's download option, but yesterday I downloaded 12.04 with a torrent, and although I got it fast, it must have been corrupt. Anyway, in 12.

problems booting Ubuntu

2012-05-27 Thread Lenny
Hi, I used the latest Pendrive Universal USB Installer to install Ubuntu,the i386 desktop version onto a thumbdrive. I have done this with previously versions of Ubuntu, so it is not my first time of doing this. It is strange, on two different drives with 12.04 on them, I boot up to the boot win