ubuntu boot failures mystery solved

2018-05-31 Thread Jude DaShiell
A lightning storm we had about a week earlier trashed my memory on the older computer. It didn't help since only 1 gig was available before the lightning did its damage so that old machine has been retired and had some salvage work done on it. -- -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list

Re: Ubuntu tutorial

2018-05-31 Thread Milton
Hi, You can Tab to 'Menu overview' and arrow down in this list. Press Enter on a subject and toggle to browse mode with Orca-key+a. You can go to the top of the page with Control+Home and start reading. Milton Op 31-05-18 om 16:46 schreef Daniel Crone: Here is a link to a tutorial from

Ubuntu tutorial

2018-05-31 Thread Daniel Crone
Here is a link to a tutorial from Ubuntu. I cannot figure out how to move from one section to another. https://tutorials.ubuntu.com/tutorial/tutorial-burn-a-dvd-on-ubuntu#0 -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com

ubuntu boot error

2018-05-31 Thread Jude DaShiell
Be My Eyes volunteer reports a message channel 2 not listing shows up on the screen. I have one sata drive attached in the second of two sata drive slots on a drive sled and this is what I used to install ubuntu in the first place. This is weird since I'm using slint to write this message with

Re: Intro and a question

2018-05-31 Thread Jude DaShiell
Idea, just ask for a reading of the screen and listen to the whole reading. No need to explain about vm, they're there to look. That will probably make your experience better. What you need them to help you with is a system status report on a computer. On Thu, 31 May 2018, Milos Przic wrote:

Re: Intro and a question

2018-05-31 Thread Milos Przic
Well, using the Be My Eyes app is a good solution, but as it is the virtual machine some volonteers don't know where exactly to look, and don't understand when I explain what I want. Best, Milos - Original Message - From: "Jude DaShiell" To: "Alex ARNAUD" ; "Milos Przic" ;

Re: Intro and a question

2018-05-31 Thread Jude DaShiell
If Milos has an android device or an iPad or iPhone the be my eyes app once installed can get him some sighted help. I've tried booting both ubuntu and ubuntu-mate on a machine here after the restart dialog came up and can't get either to boot. Or at least that's the way this seems now. A

Re: Intro and a question

2018-05-31 Thread Milos Przic
Hi all, Where should I check if a key has been changed, so that it is different in the vm? When I used the same software for Windows virtual machines, I didn't have such problems. Thanks! Best, Miloš - Original Message - From: "Alex ARNAUD" To: "Milos Przic" ; "Ubuntu List"

Re: Intro and a question

2018-05-31 Thread Alex ARNAUD
Hello Milos, Could you access your computer from SSH ? Do you have sighted help ? How do you have tried to activate Orca ? For accessibility purposes, I advise you to choose Ubuntu Mate because the Mate desktop is in my opinion the most reliable for blind and low-vision people. Best

Intro and a question

2018-05-31 Thread Milos Przic
Hello group, I have been here on the list for a few days now. Let me first introduce briefly, my name is Milos and I am from Serbia, a beginner in using Linux. I didn't want to install Ubuntu on my computer, I just tried using it from my usb flash, but the use seems to be much restricted. Then I