Thanks to all, It is now working. I now have a choice. When I get tired of orca's voice, I can connect from my windows box so that I can get tired of its voice too, grin. Thanks again for all the help. Enjoy! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kerry Hoath" <kerry@xxxxxxxxx> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Sunday, October 26, 2008 8:05 AM Subject: Re: connecting via ssh > I'd run > apt-get install openssh > > and answer yes to the question about installing packages. Usually works > for me. > Regards, Kerry. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bruce Noblick" <brunobrook at columbus.rr.com> > To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." > <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Sunday, October 26, 2008 8:44 PM > Subject: Re: connecting via ssh > > >> Thanks, Tony, >> >> I was able to get the static IP address working. Thankfully my years of >> experience on mainframes with front end processors controlling their >> network came in handy for something, grin, even though it has no other >> current relevance. >> >> I am using ubuntu which says that it is "debian-derived" or something >> like that so I thought I would try the aptitude -q command you suggested >> and it did run and it appeared to be functional. I got lost in the maze >> of categories of packages and names of packages and haven't yet found the >> openssh-server package. I wasn't sure if that was the best approach with >> ubuntu either so I wanted to confirm that here before I allowed it to do >> any updates or downloads. I didn't have a good recovery plan if things >> went weird since I don't know linux very well yet. >> >> Thanks for your patience. >> >> Enjoy the day! >> Bruce >> >> . >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Tony Baechler" <tony at baechler.net> >> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." >> <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> >> Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2008 6:23 AM >> Subject: Re: connecting via ssh >> >> >>> Bruce Noblick wrote: >>>> This may be a very basic question but I haven't figured out how to get >>>> ssh to connect with my linux box. >>>> >>>> >>> First, I know this is obvious, but are you sure that the openssh server >>> is installed on your Linux machine? If using Debian, do "aptitude -q >>> install openssh-server" before anything else or of course you won't be >>> able to connect. >>> >>>> I tried to get my ip address but the information I got seemed to be >>>> only valid for the local machine. I have a router to which all of my >>>> computers are connected so I thought my addresses should be on a >>>> 192.168.1 subnetwork but the only addresses I saw were on a 127.0 >>>> subnetwork. >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Is your router using dhcp? In other words, do you have the dhcp server >>> in your router turned on? Also, what does "ifconfig" and >>> "/etc/network/interfaces" say? The "ifconfig" command should show you >>> your address, gateway and netmask. /etc/network/interfaces has this >>> information for automatic setup on boot. By default, you're probably >>> trying to use dhcp. The good thing is that you're almost guaranteed >>> that you'll get a valid ip address assuming your router is working and >>> provides a dhcp server. The bad thing is that the address could change >>> every time, making it difficult to find what address it uses. For >>> example, our Linksys router assigns dhcp addresses starting at >>> 192.168.0.100. If I connect from different machines with dhcp, my >>> address might be 192.168.0.103 or anything between 100 and 149. That's >>> why static addresses are better, but they require manual setup. If you >>> look at /etc/network/interfaces, it probably says something about dhcp. >>> I suggest reading the interfaces (5) man page or I can send you a sample >>> of mine. Then it's just a matter of connecting to the static address you >>> assign, such as 192.168.1.5 or whatever via ssh. >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Speakup mailing list >>> Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >>> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >>> >>> __________ NOD32 3539 (20081021) Information __________ >>> >>> This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. >>> http://www.eset.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 > > __________ NOD32 3557 (20081026) Information __________ > > This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. > http://www.eset.com > >
