the tools are started from an initscript in /etc/init.d and the config files are text files. Don't pannic. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Zachary Kline" <Z_kline@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Friday, March 07, 2008 2:02 PM Subject: Re: VmWare Tools and Speakup > Hi, > I'm pretty sure I can get the tools installed, the part that concerns > me > is how to activate them when I'm done with that. There's an X11 > application > I can't use. > Thanks, > Zack. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kerry Hoath" <kerry at gotss.net> > To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." > <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2008 4:26 PM > Subject: Re: VmWare Tools and Speakup > > >> vmware tools are not required for the virtual machines to be usable; they >> help with time synchronization. >> You can install vmware tools inside a virtual machine from the console; >> however it'l knock >> your network connection out when it updates the drivers. >> Regards, Kerry. >> >> >> ---- > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >