Sometimes I have not had Orca come up the first time. Try hitting control+alt+backspace, to kill the GDM, and it will automatically log you back in, hopefully with Orca this time. You are using 6.1 aren't you? Marcel At 03:38 PM 25/11/2006, you wrote: >hi marcel, >i tried that it appears to have accepeted all of the key strokes >because when i hit inter the second time the cd came back on >it ran for about 3 minutes >shut off and no speech >this time i did not get the startup music like normal >so i am in a different menu for sure. >randy > > >On Sat, 25 Nov 2006, Marcel Oats wrote: > > > Hi, as soon as you hear the cd spinning up, just start tapping the f5 > > key. Don't hold it down, just tap it several times. In theory, > > you'd make it to the boot menu, have already selected the > > accessibility options, and can then just press 3, enter, enter. > > > > At 10:19 Ay M 25/11/2006, you wrote: > > > >> yep me too! > >> i am having the exact same problem > >> i even tried it when the cd slowed the spinning down > >> i get the music but that is all > >> randy > >> > >> > >> On Thu, 23 Nov 2006, Buddy Brannan wrote: > >> > >>> Beh...I burned a Ubuntu to try it, and my CD spins a lot before it > >>> stops (and by the time it stops, I think it's started loading > >>> stuff). Anyway, for some reason, I can't get it to start up with orca > >>> at all...or at least, with no talking. Anyone else running a system > >>> with no monitor? Anyway; I tried it several times, and this system > >>> *can* boot off a CD, so not sure where I'm going wrong. > >>> -- > >>> Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV: Executive In Training! > >>> Independent Watkins Manager #361534 > >>> > >>> Shop our catalog of over 350 products for your home and health...and > >>> check out our fabulous 2006 Holiday Gift and Entertaining Line! > >>> http://www.tastyshop.net > >>> ....And see how a Watkins business can improve your life in our free > >>> Ebook: http://www.tastybiz.com > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> 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 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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
