Nothing happens if you press just Ctrl or just Alt. What makes you think it would? Nobody said that. On Mon, 20 May 2002, Octavian Rasnita wrote: > I can't read the screen to see what is happening so please tell what happen > when pressing only the alt key. > > I tried it this way, with no results. > I will try it with control. > Teddy, > orasnita at home.ro > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Janina Sajka" <janina at afb.net> > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Monday, May 20, 2002 7:41 AM > Subject: Re: Get Out Of Jail Free! > > > No, Greg, leave the Ctrl key in. Read the rest of my note to > understand why. You'll thank me after you get Gnopernicus. > > On Sun, 19 May 2002, Gregory Nowak wrote: > > > This is correct, however, drop the ctrl key. > > Greg > > > > > > On Sun, May 19, 2002 at 11:43:49PM -0400, Janina Sajka wrote: > > > On Mon, 20 May 2002, Octavian Rasnita wrote: > > > > > > > Q: How to become root in another console? > > > > > > Use Ctrl-Alt-FX (where X is a number 1 to 6) meaning use the > > > function keys on the top row of the qwerty keyboard. You know > > > what function keys are, right? > > > > > > Use this key cvombination to go to a console where you are not > > > logged in and login as root. > > > > > > Alternatively, I believe you wrote the other day that you telnet > > > to your linux machine from your Windows machine? Well, if emacs > > > seems to go bad on you, go to your Windows machine and open a > > > telnet session to your Linux machine. Just because emacs isn't > > > talking doesn't mean your machine is dead. > > > > > > If you're already logged in via telnet from Windows as whatever > > > you use for your username, type: > > > > > > su - > > > > > > and provide the root password. > > > > > > Actually, there's no reason not to open several telnet sessions > > > from your Windows machine. Your Windows is capable of that, isn't > > > it? > > > > Q: How can I read the screen if emacspeak is not speaking? I want to > find > > > > out the PID of the process I should kill. > > > > > > > In a different console or a different telnet session. You can > > > open more than one at a time, you know. This is Linux, not > > > Windows. > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Speakup mailing list > > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > -- > > Janina Sajka, Director > Technology Research and Development > Governmental Relations Group > American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) > > Email: janina at afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 > > Chair, Accessibility SIG > Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) > http://www.openebook.org > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -- Janina Sajka, Director Technology Research and Development Governmental Relations Group American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) Email: janina at afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 Chair, Accessibility SIG Open Electronic Book Forum (OEBF) http://www.openebook.org
