i found a better way that works for me type control f2 then type orca enter most of the time orca comes up. i have not installed it to my harddrive yet i am just playing around with it for now. randy On Sun, 26 Nov 2006, Marcel Oats wrote: > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
