yOnce you press control-g to grab input you can interact with the vm like it was a normal computer, so all keyboard commands such as speakup review keys work as they normally do. I always have done my installs on vmware using speakup, which works exactly the same as it would on a regular computer. On Sun, Apr 15, 2007 at 08:40:49PM -0700, Gregory Nowak wrote: > -----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----- > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Whoa...I did a 'zcat /vmlinuz > /dev/audio' and I think I heard God... -- mikecd on #Linux
