ubuntu 12, temporary solution

I dug out an ubuntu 12 stick, and installed it to my hard drive. I know it is old, but I will use it to burn a ubuntu mate disk. But in the mean time, is there a way to back up my whole system, so that if I like, I could install it, without having to reconfigure everything? --

just a suggestion

Hello everyone. I know I am new here, but I wish to offer a suggestion. I wrote an introduction, and people replied. Thanks. Then some wrote about other matters, but the subject stayed the same. Since some might like to search messages by thread on the website, would it not be more logical to

ubuntu mate, which version

>From Where may one get ubuntu mate? How can one know whether to use the 32 bit, or the 64 bit version? -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility

gnome shell versus mate

Hello. I am curious about the advantages of gnome shell over mate, or vice versa. What do you think? -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility

anyone on mumble

Hello. I sometimes like to chat with people. Is there a mumble chat room for ubuntu users, with a name like linux.mumble.com ubuntu.mumble.com or something like that? -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com

linux and secure boot, u e f i

If one gets a new computer these days, it could have windows 8 or 10. If so, it would use u e f i, and secure boot would probably be enabled. Might any form of linux work with this situation, or would secure boot need to be turned off? My concern is that a totally blind user would not be able to

gnome tweak and extensions

I am running ubuntu 16.04 and would like to install gnome tweak and extensions. First I went to terminal and typed sudo apt install ubuntu-gnome-desktop I logged out, but orca would not talk. So I shut down, logged in to the gnome session. What else should I do? -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing

updating orca, and setting up dropbox

I have ubuntu 16.04 and use orca. Should I update orca? If so, how is that done? I have the dropbox program, and was asked to set it up by using control g. But what should be done after pressing control g? -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com

systemback and no orca

Hello everyone. My hope is to take an image of my computer and system as it is, and to put it on to a dvd as an installable dvd. Then I would not need to do anything but install, and have all my settings and desktop as I like it. For that reason, I Got systemback, and launched it. I am running

using Systemback

Anyone ever used Systemback? If so, how accessible is it? -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility

partitioning a u s b drive

Ubuntu 16.04 is on my computer. I want to use my ubuntu dvd to install ubuntu to a u s b drive, which has partitions that would need to be reformatted. I know that during installing, I would choose, ‘something else’, then go to sdb to do what I need to prepare this drive. How may I find out how

Ubuntu 16.04.1, no orca

I have ubuntu on a stick, and ran it. Once I installed on a computer. But I have to reinstall because there is no way to get to the menu bar. Is it alt f 10? Also, when running the stick again, I get the drumbs, then try super key alt s, and no orca. Anyone else have that happen? --

how to add user or guest log in

Hello. I am using ubuntu mate. I am wanting to add a way to log in as guest, and cannot find users in the preferences or anywhere else. -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility

Orca and mumble connect button

By default, is ubuntu 18.04 gnome or something else? I am just now using Ubuntu 18.04. I thought of trying mumble. After using control o and entering the channel information, I went to connect. Using the tab, I found the cancel button, and found connect using review mode with the num pad 6. To

Writing to disk

I have ubuntu 18.04, and thought of trying mate. So I downloaded ubuntu mate 18.04. Then read how to burn to dvd. When I right clicked on the I s o, there was no ‘write to disk’ option. I could open with image writer. But when doing so, image writer would have been able to write the image to a

Ubuntu tutorial

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

Accessible Coconut Linux

Anyone heard of a distribution of linux with the name of Accessible Coconut? If one has, where may I read about it? -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility

Re: Sound muted or turned low

That did it. Everything works. > On Aug 20, 2018, at 10:35 AM, Jude DaShiell wrote: > > no! you type rm -fr ./.config/pulpulse ; reboot That semicolon > allows more than a single shell command on a line. > On Mon, 20 Aug 2018, > Daniel Crone wrote: > >> Date

18.04 no log in as guest

Anyone else notice that ubuntu 18.04 has no log in as guest? -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility

Sound trouble, echo

Maybe it is the fault of pulse audio. Is there a way to stop pulse audio from that annoying echo, which makes it hard for one to know what orca is saying? -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility

External synthesizer

Just thought of something that might help me and other users. Any way to use ubuntu linux with an outside speakbox on a u s b port? I have a triple talk and want to know if anyone has tried doing this. -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com

Partition sizes

When installing ubuntu or other distributorstions, I usually install with default settings. Now I am thinking of installing Accessible Coconut, and having a system partition and a separate home and swap. Should I do this, how much space should each partition have? Is there a guide somewhere one

Putting iso on to usb stick

After starting disk image, and telling it to burn an ubuntu iso on to a stick, orca is quiet, and it seems I cannot do anything. -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility

Re: Introduction and question

Hello, good to have you here. I notice disks is missing from the open with, when dealing with I s o images, but I can find disks by going to accessories. I am using ubuntu mate 18.04. > On Aug 28, 2018, at 12:47 PM, Vojtěch šmiro wrote: > > Hello all. > > My name is Vojtěch Šmiro and I am

Sound muted or turned low

Yesterday I messed up the sound settings in my linux system. Is there a way to use my ubuntu dvd I installed from in order to go in to my system and unmute or turn up my sound? I hear orca at log in but not after logging on. -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list

espeakup

Hello. I am using ubuntu mate 18.04. To put a bistro on to a u s b key, I used disk image writer. After starting this program, orca seemed to stop talking. Through Be My Eyes, I found that an authentication request window had opened. After typing my password, and then entering, that window went

Re: Sound muted or turned low

t; I guess you could boot off the live DVD, open up a terminal session and >> rename >> the /home//.config/pulse directory and see if that helps. >> >> Regards, >> >> Nick >> >> On 20/08/18 12:27, Daniel Crone wrote: >>> Yesterday I messed u

Kubuntu tried

I ran a ubuntu dvd. Using be my eyes, I had someone look at the screen. I tried running orca just to know if it worked. Orca did not start. But maybe I used the wrong command. -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com

Re: fedora and accessibility list

; > Nick > > > On 03/09/18 18:20, Daniel Crone wrote: >> Hello everyone. >> I am trying fedora now. >> Is there a fedora and accessibility list? >> May I post my fedora dropbox question here if not? > > -- > Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list > Ubunt

Invitation for anyone

Anyone want to talk about linux? Anyone may get with me by using google hangouts. -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility

fedora and accessibility list

Hello everyone. I am trying fedora now. Is there a fedora and accessibility list? May I post my fedora dropbox question here if not? -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility

notification pannell

I am running ubuntu mate 2018.04.1. I tried alt ctrl shift tab to get to the top bar notifications. I just hear orca say ‘desktop’. How may I get to this panel? -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com

google drive, chrome or other ways

I am beginning to use google drive. Anyone else using that also? If so, what works best with orca? Using fire fox to log in to drive, or using chrome or chromium to use drive? -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com

no top panel

I am running ubuntu mate 2018 04.1. I could not go to the top panel with ctrl alt shift tab. In an article I read that one can use mate tweak and choose what layout one wants. When I ran mate-tweak, there were checkboxes for the desktop panel, but I did not find a way to move to other panel

ubuntu mate and wireless network

Using ubuntu mate, how easy or hard is it to find one’s wireless network? -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility

making bootable version of one's own system

Has anyone ever had one’s system set up a certain way, and made that system in to a bootable i s o, so that one could install, and not have to configure all over again? -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com

g podder

Sorry I am bothering the list again. I cannot remember how to back up information from g podder or to get to the menus. -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility

drum sound

I am running ubuntu 18.04. I did the following to enable the log in sound that plays after one is logged in. Go to Terminal. cd /usr/share/gnome/autostart sudo nano libcanberra-login-sound.desktop Just typing libcan and then pressing tab should get you there. Go to the very bottom of the file.

beep at boot up

Might I be able to add a beep to boot up so I know ubuntu is starting? Accessible Coconut does that. -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility

audio and h d m i trouble

I have ubuntu mate 18.04. After trying to configure mumble, linux no longer works with hdmi as far as audio. I must use a usb sound card and speakers. Yet h d m i works with the mate dvd. So it is not the hardware. I got the mate dvd, and typed the following. cd $HOME cd .config rm -fr pulse I

Re: beep at boot up

gt; Uncomment that line and save your changes. Next, run a command to >> update grub. If you get no errors on next boot you're good to go. >> >> On Wed, 24 Jul 2019, Daniel Crone wrote: >> >>> Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2019 12:45:11 >>> From: Daniel Crone

g podder

I am having trouble getting to menus in g podder. What is the key combination to make an opml file of all my podcast feeds? -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility

disks, and no speech

When using disks, orca stops speaking, and using be my eyes, I found that the othentication window was needing my password. Is there a fix to have speech all the time? -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com

sound with h d m i

I am using ubuntu 20.4 with a usb sound card and headphones. I would like to start using my television with its h d m i connection for sound. I must keep my tower connected to the television because otherwise ubuntu will not work without a monitor. But when going in to sound settings, and

Ubuntu 20.04

Hello everyone. I am using Ubuntu 2020 with a Dell. When installing Ubuntu mate 2020.04 yesterday, I pressed f 12 to get to the boot menu. Then went to what I thought was the dvd choice. Since I could not bring up Orca for several attempts, I used Be My Eyes. The volunteer said that after I

using dd writing iso file to usb drive

When writing an image file to a usb drive, first I changed to the directory where the file was, and then I was typing the dd command in this form. sudo dd if=filename.iso of=/dev/sdf bs=4M conv=sync The file name was long, so after the first few letters, I used the tab key. But nothing happened.

games and linux

There is a game called Blind Quest, available in the following: windows, Mac, android, and iOS. Also through steam. Since I want to use linux more, would the steam version run on ubuntu, or am I better off getting the windows version of this game? Also, are there any who use linux for any kind of

orca and wine

I am running ubuntu 20.4 and had added wine with sudo apt install wine winetricks Then I went to get n v d a. In terminal I used wine /home/username/Downloads/nameoffile.exe and heard n v d a music. But then there was an error I don’t know what it means. Has anyone else worked with wine? --

g podder or other clients

I am using coconut linux. I got gpodder through the ubuntu software center. I hear the more up-to-date gpodder is through something called a flat pack. But some say flat pack may not be accessible with orca. Have you any knowledge of that? I read on the gpodder page that the podcast client may be

ubuntu software center

When trying ubuntu 20.4 I noticed that the ubuntu software program where programs are downloaded were in handy categories. But later today it is now a preview page, with only a few listings. How may I put it back in to categories? -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list

evolution

I am curious if anyone has ever tried evolution for reading e-mail. I just tried it, and found it to be unusable. -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility

monitor needed with ubuntu

For what reason will the modern ubuntu and other distributions not run properly without a monitor? Is there a way to change this? What is interesting is some distros will run without a monitor. -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com

split in ubuntu

I hear about a split within ubuntu that might be happening. It supposedly has to do with 2004. Anyone else hear anything like that? -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility

dropbox and orca

I have a machine with ubuntu and dropbox. Using orca, how may I adjust settings in dropbox? I am using coconut, and when going in to the alt f1 menu, internet, then dropbox, nothing seems to happen. Is the dropbox accessible using mate? -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list

monitor needed by ubuntu 20.04

Using ubuntu 20.04, I find it needs a monitor. I know this because when starting once, forgetting to connect the monitor, ubuntu could not log in. Might one be able to run ubuntu 20.04 without any monitor? Using orca, so I would almost never need one. -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list

getting to the desktop

I am now running ubuntu 20.04 regular edition, and using orca. With Ubuntu 20.04, how may I get to the desktop using orca? -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility

renaming many files

I have many files in one directory which have the same two words in the beginning of the name. renewal talk 01 eating better renewal talk 02 exercise and so on. With the command line, is there a way of getting rid of ‘renewal talk’ for all files and keeping the other words in their names? --

adding a sound theme

How may I download and add a sound theme to ubuntu 20.04? I went to a page that used ‘smooth’ sound theme as an example, but when it got to the page where the theme is supposed to be, I became confused. -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com

ubuntu mate stuck

When trying to install ubuntu mate 20.04.20, I get stuck in ‘install as super user’ or find myself at the desktop. How may I get beyond this point? -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility

fenrir screen-reader

I would like to hear from anyone about whether it is possibleto install fenrir on ubuntu 20.04. -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility

gpodder and flatpak

I installed gpodder on an ubuntu drive. It was installed by flatpak and I did this, thinking if flatpak would be used, then I would get the latest gpodder. But after doing so, I got alerted a newer version is available. When hitting yes, it took me to the same page where I had gotten the

different desktops

For a linux user, using the Orca screen-reading program and keyboard shortcuts, and not the mouse, would there be any advantage of using one desktop over another? At this time, which desktops are usable for Orca users? -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com

Ubuntu mate on Pi 4

I would like to hear from anyone who has put Ubuntu on to a Pi 4. My Pi 4 has four gb memory. I have a cable to hook it to a television because Ubuntu in recent years cannot work without a monitor. -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com

after copying sound theme

I am using linux mint mate desktop on an experimental basis. After copying the sound theme, I chose it with sounds. I raised the alert volume. After restarting the system, I noticed alert volume for sound effects is still at zero, no matter what. Why might this be? -- Ubuntu-accessibility

coping a folder

I am wanting to copy a folder named linux-a11y from Downloads/linux-a11y-sound-theme-master to the shared folder. /usr/share/sound I got in to the Downloads folder. I typed sudo cp linux-a11y /usr/share/sounds The linux-a11y folder failed to copy. What might the reason be? Was my cp command

folder containing orca

Which folder would contain orca? I will go in it, and try modifying a Liblouis table, adding contractions. -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility

how to add bluetooth device to linux

I have an Orbit 20. After putting it in to bluetooth mode, with easy pairing, how may i add it to linux? -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility