Re: [orca-list] success with installing opensolaris using orca

[Josh Lambert <josh techlab cviatlanta org>]

Wil,
I'm using 2008.11rc1b which was made available on genunix.org on friday. 
I've installed opensolaris both natively and under virtualbox now and have 
gotten both to work.  Still trying to puzzle out the command line for 
installing packages since the package manager gui is so slow as I 
mentioned earlier.  And having access to administrative aps from the 
desktop without worrying about loss of speech is a good thing.  Next to 
look at are how openoffice and java-enabled apps work out.  I will 
probably have something more substancial to say at that point other than 
just "wow, it works" <grin>


On Sat, 8 Nov 2008, Willie Walker wrote:

> Hi Josh:
>
> Congratulations and thanks so much for sharing this.  Can you share more 
> about which version of OpenSolaris you have used (I wasn't able to get eSpeak 
> in until b101, but I wasn't aware it was publicly available yet), which 
> access method you used, and more about your experiences?
>
> Will
>
> On Nov 8, 2008, at 7:21 AM, Josh Lambert wrote:
>
> > Hello all,
> > I have successfully installed opensolaris using orca.  I had very little 
> > trouble with the installer, and had no trouble
> > logging in to the new system.  Two things are annoying though.  First, only 
> > the left alt and control keys seem to work
> > as modifiers.  I don't know if this an orca peculiarity or something I 
> > could remedy some other way.  Second, the package
> > manager gui seems to at the very least freeze orca for extended periods of 
> > time.  Pidgin also seems to have this
> > problem, especially when there are multiple accounts that are connecting at 
> > once.  Definitely useful and helpful
> > accessibility features for the future might be an audible login prompt 
> > indicator like we see in ubuntu, and better
> > handling of status messages in the installer.  The only way I could see the 
> > progress of the install was to use flat
> > review and cycle back and forth between a screen that said "pannel pannel" 
> > and "help button".  This allowed the flat
> > review to be updated.
> > Other than that, congradulations to you all at Sun, and thank you so very 
> > much for making my boyhood dream come true.
> > Ever since the early 90s when I used to dial into shell accounts, and would 
> > hear "unix r system v release 4.0", I have
> > wanted to sit behind a sun console.   Now I and many others can.
> > Thanks a million,
> > Josh
> >
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