[orca-list] VMWare (was: how accessible is a dual boot system?)

["John G. Heim" <jheim math wisc edu>]

Running linux with Windows as a VMWare virtual machine has worked well 
for me.  I use VMWare Workstation 8. A cool thing is that you can 
cut/paste back and forth from linux to a Windows VM. So for example, if 
you have to use IE to access some web site and you want to cut/paste a 
code example into gedit, you can do that.

Another cool thing is that you can change BIOS settings by editing the 
virtual machine text file. So you can change the boot order, for example 
by adding/editing  a line in the text file for the VM.

There are a couple of things that are inaccessible in orca because they 
have to run as root. So they ask for your root password but after you 
type it in, the app that runs is inaccessible to orca. These apps are 
the ones to compile the kernel modules and the one to enter the license 
key. I found a way to enter the license key at the command line on the 
debian wiki. But I also posted about it on the vmware web site in one of 
the forumns. When I need to remind myself how to do that, I just google 
for my own post.

The only thing you might need sighted assistance for is compiling the 
kernel modules. I think there is some way to do it at the command line. 
I came across a note on how to do that  once but at the time I wasn't 
able to save it. Instead, what I've done the last few times I've 
installed VMWare Workstation is open a gnome terminal window and run the 
app via sudo, "sudo vmware". The app is still inaccessible but I've 
always managed to complete the compilation by pressing tab and enter 
randomly until it worked.

Anyway, except for those 2 fairly minor problems, running Windows in a 
VM works pretty well with orca.  The vmware app itself isn't 100% 
accessible but it's good enough to get productive work done.

On 05/11/13 22:37, Josh Kennedy wrote:
> that's what I plan to do with my next machine. just put Linux on it and
> virtualise windows. probably with vmware player in Linux.
>
> On 5/11/2013 6:51 PM, Bill Dengler(arch Gnu/Linux) wrote:
> > Actually, very close. The line looks something like
> > GRUB_INIT_TUNE xxx xxx xxx
> > Personally, I change the frequency of the tone to 880 instead of 440.
> > I would recommend that you just install Ubuntu 13.04 in place of Windows
> > and avoid the entire bootloader thing. If you need Windows, virtualize
> > it. There's no need to run that insecure and proprietary OS on an actual
> > partition.
> >
> > Bill
> > On 05/11/13 18:24, Jude DaShiell wrote:
> > > When you do the install, with grub as it will happen, there'll be a line
> > > near the bottom of the grub.cfg file that will be commented having the
> > > word sound on it.  Uncomment that line and though you don't get speech,
> > > you do get an extra beep to let  you know it's time to choose.
> > >
> > > On Sat, 11 May 2013, Rusty Perez wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi folks,
> > > > I'm thinking of adding a flavor of linux to a freshly restored
> > > > computer which already has an install of win7 on it. Is it realistic
> > > > to think that i could install sonar or ubuntu 12.4 or the like
> > > > alongside win7 and choose, at startup, which I want to boot in to? I
> > > > recognize there will probably be no speech at the bootloader screen,
> > > > but will I hear anything, or will the scrollbar be wrapping so I may
> > > > not know which choice I make?
> > > > thanks!
> > > > Rusty
> > > >
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> > > jude <jdashiel shellworld net>
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