Probably the way to get back to gnome will be control-alt-f7, since usually the video display is on the 7th virtual console. Did you do the locate command suggested in a previous post to see whether your system has the speakup modules? On Sat, 27 Jan 2018 10:47:12 -0500, Timothy Breitenfeldt wrote: > > Thank you for the replies. I am still fairly new to using Linux, I am > a computer science major and am currently taking a C and unix class > right now. I now feel comfortable enough with the basics to switch to > using only a shell for access. I have played with Linux for a while, > and have always preferred the console over Gnome desktop GUI for > accessibility. I have almost no vision, and am currently using orca. > > Here is the link to the post I referred to on getting speakup running on Kali. > > http://linux-speakup.org/pipermail/speakup/2015-May/058755.html > > I followed all of the instructions here, and saw no change. Speakup > never came up talking at the bootup screen. I tried typing speakup > into the terminal while in gnome, but it didn't recognize the command. > > I don't know much about the kernel yet, it is something I will learn > next quarter along with other operating system concepts. > > Thank you for the tip on switching to console mode. I would assume > that I can switch back to Gnome using the same shortcut I used to > switched to console mode (ctrl+alt+ 1-6)? > > Can someone take a look at this post and see if you can help? > > Thanks, > > TJ Breitenfeldt > > On 1/27/18, Kirk Reiser <kirk@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > To answer the other portion of your query, to move from a gui console > > to a text console just type control-alt-f1 or any other of the > > function keys from 1 to six. You can learn to kill off gnome and gdm at > > a later point if you find you're happy using console mode. > > > > On Sat, 27 Jan 2018, Okash Khawaja wrote: > > > >> Hi Timothy, > >> > >> Welcome to speakup :) > >> > >> There is http://linux-speakup.org/spkguide.txt which should help. > >> Basically you need two kernel modules loaded. One is speakup.ko and > >> the other depends upon which synthesizer you want to use. So for > >> example for Apollo you'll need speakup_apollo.ko. You can also use > >> software synth speakup_soft.ko if you don't have a hardware synth. All > >> supported synths are mentioned in spkguide linked above. > >> > >> If it's a hardware synth then the two kernel modules is all you need. > >> If it's speakup_soft.ko then some user-space text-to-speech software > >> will be required. If you can explain where you're getting stuck then > >> we can help more :) > >> > >> Cheers! > >> Okash > >> > >> > >> > >> On Sat, Jan 27, 2018 at 7:36 AM, Timothy Breitenfeldt > >> <timothyjb310@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >>> Hi, i recently installed Kali onto an old laptop. I would really like > >>> to just run Kali in console mode and completely ignore the GUI .To do > >>> this, I know I need speakup. I found a couple refferences in the > >>> archives for this mailing list, but I couldn't get it to work with the > >>> instructions given. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to get > >>> speakup running on Kali, as well as how to switch from Gnome desktop > >>> to just a console? > >>> > >>> Thanks, > >>> > >>> TJ Breitenfeldt > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Speakup mailing list > >>> Speakup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > >>> http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Speakup mailing list > >> Speakup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > >> http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > -- > > Well that's it then, colour me secure! > > > > -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- > > Version: GnuPG v1 > > > > mQENBFYV5DMBCAC060mbsnLhGPjnFkf0R0p+7MxcfxlOuy5wc8y59y9ZNF0RZD1s > > OTEsDih4vD9YJ3zA78VsBUDK47aiDWduh3nHzYN2ZSuxAQ9u7qPqphCG0jPagTU8 > > p7+Ceeya4I5odWtq+Nkf1UrHB7KKEtexphStSwUG5Bhi4bb84YinmX/a3I+OGV1D > > by4QBSdPvSuDw0qFkt/ucLyEwv4L6lDjoH2GF+tnCew4SJtliJFvA1k7NpWO6HW9 > > aWtBxfYU85ccZKBSE25y+9KprUCncVTpaVs3FztCWG0dQRXHvEbV+Damp/IBd9Jv > > HZX7azqbERUa/FjPTIlZhhI9VtaZaFfJSH+5ABEBAAG0HUtpcmsgUmVpc2VyIDxr > > aXJrQHJlaXNlcnMuY2E+iQE+BBMBAgAoBQJWFeQzAhsDBQkADS8ABgsJCAcDAgYV > > CAIJCgsEFgIDAQIeAQIXgAAKCRAHTEsk7UQUUoeuB/wIqsdLCfDrSvr3qg7rKBDg > > ru44OMuRit6hbdWFZjmxccCdjeNhBJRVd5wrEqjj5YoqQAhmacXaEB0DO/TZlDgo > > kUfJM7lrtQD4mYU9GVtrzJxCJoBUyeMVnMJt39F91tBu0mYM6oI/dv81dwxIv++4 > > hj55TZ4GG7DGYAy4LwNb+noNbivgOFHlnfNq8nxhZkHbJdYKP+sptZOL5sagmBQZ > > iS9STB54g/U7Jtt1Fe+JwDmbxQhbSHa9JuWn0xZ8CtYhrz06xSqZl5vpMlak3eW2 > > x6m6IcqZfyuI2K7W/9BCgcsQyYzufO4Gk9KyPNISskX6pFBLuNxIH6hdfxSYYm9y > > uQENBFYV5DMBCACtMyhHog5MR6eQUPTx7fWH5ntkgCtmWvQp4lcKj0HHbteDWglS > > NVbWKWEk9PAKA4UeQVUH4vOhTRhAPpuDUavLdp2tDtT7ZBVh91B3AWIM6+7fIvyU > > 2uYt1q/CNjga8RllXBT7mW2zHGEYQFIkBJvqlU0PN1HlxRZIbSSEb+zQuVAd+ph3 > > kt/oZon3ZbNmKg+arsYMmKkYJ0REwKQib7h5Xl31aK74XmWBp2Ky+lopsJSP8wpH > > AfC71h4s3LDm8ADHF1Ns4KuGZdLTugr8uiPm5kEJFGes1uYKy8R7OTFko0NEuJkv > > STfpPYnTU2qDCJBH08zZErI/6YBIlSsCSde3ABEBAAGJASUEGAECAA8FAlYV5DMC > > GwwFCQANLwAACgkQB0xLJO1EFFKAmgf/d3dk1/HgmF8rmvYVru/hJvmIpmiLqPl5 > > bYSwdZeU+k82qp3xACM2yMJhOh89SgHsaaqQAE1qo5rAJcSG7/+7M/kzf4u/WM/E > > unXDtLkbzi5Zl+gjoikrfOhgF0NmuGdlrOme8a6ue7+iE4XLAo0/jhVlh45O6Iq0 > > 0DGyeFr22cR3jZj4wRmPw5zj4r/sWc06UfquVAEMmfIvJMaGYvwBI+TU6gI8MjLe > > VDY0vay/nQ79fXSLQmYEvjwKXIavQu9c8TFt0z9EDdoIMx69ZunqZuYQInxaT+cL > > i9zhihMGz4XA1q3blLNX3I0jWzAa23ZchI7htc3kfxp1jWqrGyGEIg== > > =nrPH > > -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici wb2una covici@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup
