-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Thanks, both what you and Alex said is very clear. I assume that once you hit ctrl+g to interact with the vm, you can use normal speakup review keys, and get speech from a serial hardware synth, assuming you correctly redirected the virtual serial port to the machine's physical serial port? Did you use ssh to do the install, because interacting with the vm isn't as simple as I assumed in my previous question, or was it simply because you just wanted to use ssh to do the install, or because you didn't have a physical serial port/hardware synth? Has anyone tried running gnome in a vmware machine running on a windows host? If this is all as straight forward as it sounds, and as good as it sounds, I may not have to worry about gnu/linux compatible hardware, (I.E. modem, wireless card, on-board serial ports, ETC.), and about the warranty if you resize partitions or remove windows, when looking for a new laptop in the future. Greg On Sun, Apr 15, 2007 at 07:41:41PM -0700, Zachary Kline wrote: > Hiya, > I at least have found it to be a viable alternative so far, and would be > glad to describe my methodology as best I can. > I downloaded VMWare server and installed it on Windows. I then ran the > VMware Virtual Machine Console, as it's called, and created a new VM. The > console GUI is quite easy to navigate, at least with Window-Eyes. > I had previously downloaded a Gentoo ISO, which I used as my cdrom > image. The process of adding a cdrom to the vm is fairly straightforward: > if someone wants more details I'll add them. > I also switched the Ethernet adapter--which is an emulated PCnet32 to > 'bridged' mode, because I happen to be on a private network that can handle > that sort of thing. > Finally, I booted up the ISO and waited a few seconds, then hit ctrl+g > to switch the input to the VM. I gave an ifconfig command to switch eth0 to > an IP address I knew, changed the password on the root account, and started > sshd. > From that point, I just ssh'd into the VM--after hitting ctrl+alt to > switch input back to Windows. The Gentoo install, including partitioning > and kernel compilation, went off without a hitch. I just made sure to start > sshd at boot, configure the network appropriately, etc. > I'm glad to answer any questions you may have. I apologize if this has been > vague. > I hope I can help. > Thanks, > Zack. > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup - -- web site: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org gpg public key: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org/pubkey.asc skype: gregn1 (authorization required, add me to your contacts list first) - -- Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager at EU.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFGIvBB7s9z/XlyUyARAjacAKCthPURHqNSeholcVVRvXc0VlE+WQCgzfmX 2bEGLxaiB5D1x4BkU1Hx1Ls= =vKvr -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
