hi all
ok, can i run linux i.e. ubuntu from the cd or do i have to
virtualize it every time i want to run it
will
On 30 May 2007, at 22:06, Justin Harford wrote:
Okay since no one here seems to be coming on to the proper way to
run the ubiquity installer, the way that allows you to actually
have speech, I will outline it here for future interest.
After you have booted up ubuntu from the disk, it is, of course
running from the disk as a demo operating system. This is the
weirdest thing I have ever heard of but that is how it is and maybe
someone else can say why. It takes it about 5 or so minutes to
boot up completely when you will hear the start up jingle. Wait
another minute or so and then press alt (option) with f2 to bring
up the application run dialog. Wait another second, type orca, and
press return. Now you get the orca start up dialog in the terminal
window. It will ask you a series of questions to which you will be
either required to give n/y answers or you will have to give it a
number answer. The first question, it wants you to select the
language, it will give you a huge numbered list of choices. I
think the first three or 4 ar english the others are something
else. Anyway, that whole process is pretty straight forward. When
you have finished setting up orca, it will ask you if you want to
log out because apparently you must log out for new settings to
take effect. If you should find yourself wanting to do this, you
press y (yes) when it asks. It will then say that it is logging
out. This is not entirely true. It is just bringing up the dialog
to choose whether you will log out, restart, shut down, hybronate
etc. Press tab once and press return. Orca does not, from my
experience, speak at this point.
When you actually decide that you want to install the system using
the ubiquity installer do the following. Press alt f2 to bring up
the app run dialog. type gnome-terminal and press return.
In the terminal window, type "sudo su". Then press insert (fn+m) q
to quit orca. It will give you a dialog asking if you want to
quit. Say yes.
Then, without speech, type
orca --no-setup &
Press return. Now orca is running as root. From what I gather of
this, some applications run from the root account, rather than the
account that you are typically using. Ubiquity is one of these.
Orca won't go across accounts yet so the solution is to run it as
root. Press alt tab to get back into the terminal window and type
"ubiquity". Now it should open up the installer and it will have
speech. Follow the directions with the usual tab, enter, spacebar
navigations. The only unusual thing you will find is when you
select your city. To move past this pop-up-box after you have
selected your city, or the city nearest you, press ctrl tab.
I have done this twice and it seemed that on both occasions, I had
to do a bit of prodding to make the ubiquity installer open after I
was running orca as root. There were a couple times I typed it and
it didn't open. It worked after a couple tries though. I wonder
if you might be able to run it from the application run dialog.
If anyone wants to read more on this go to http://live.gnome.org/
Orca/UbuntuEdgyEft
Justin Harford
"A man's memory is bound to be a distortion of his past in
accordance with his present interests, and the most faithful
autobiography is likely to mirror less what a man was than what he
has become."
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