Re: [orca-list] updates on Linux adventures

[Devin Prater <r d t prater gmail com>]

Just Gnome? Ah well, might as well get used to it, Mate might not be as accessible, ironically. After 
reassigning the all applications keystroke so that it worked, the use of things worked fine. If I can get 
Sonar working in a VM someday, I'd probably switch to that pretty quickly, as it'd be far more convient.

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> On Jun 5, 2016, at 9:41 PM, kendell clark <coffeekingms gmail com> wrote:
>
> hi
> None taken at all. You've gotten a linux distro working, and that's the
> whole point. In the meantime, I'll look at our gnome image  to see if I
> can't improve things so this stuff just works in the future.
> Thanks
> Kendell Clark
>
>
> Devin Prater wrote:
> > Thank you all. I managed to install Orca, found out about the
> > alt+super+S command, found that it does work on the login screen. Yes,
> > I think Fedora is what I’ll stick to, as I’ve gotten it to work way
> > better than any other Distro, no offense to the Vinux and Sonar
> > people, lol. Thanks for all y’all’s help.
> > Sent from my Mac.
> >
> > Devin Prater
> > r d t prater gmail com <mailto:r d t prater gmail com>
> >
> >
> >
> > > On Jun 5, 2016, at 6:57 AM, Al Sten-Clanton
> > > <albert e sten_clanton verizon net
> > > <mailto:albert e sten_clanton verizon net>> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi, Kendell.  I knew some of this but not all, so thanks for that
> > > info--even though I'm not the one with the original question on this
> > > thread.
> > >
> > > Al
> > >
> > > > On 06/05/2016 05:40 AM, coffeeking wrote:
> > > > hi
> > > >
> > > > In sonar the volume is set to a non standard keyboard shortcut so that
> > > > if people use it on computers which don't have multimedia keys they can
> > > > still change the volume. It's bound to control+windiws+down to decrease,
> > > > control+windows+up arrow to increase, and control+windows+m to mute and
> > > > unmute. On every other distro I've ever used, your standard volume up,
> > > > down and mute keys on your keyboard will change the volume. If you don't
> > > > have such keys, you can easily change the shortcuts in the keyboard
> > > > settings in gnome, and the keyboard shortcut settings in mate. To get to
> > > > them in gnome, press the windows key and start typing keyboard. Press
> > > > enter on the "keyboard" item and they'll open. In mate, press alt+f1 to
> > > > open up the mate menu. Go down to system>preferences>hardware>keyboard
> > > > shortcuts. Press enter. Fedora uses gnome by default, and I'm assuming
> > > > you downloaded the "workstation" edition? If so, nick is right. Press
> > > > alt+windows+s to start orca. Fedora boots into a kind of welcome screen.
> > > > Once orca is running, tab over to "try fedora" and press enter. Press
> > > > enter on the "close" button and you'll be taken to the gnome desktop.
> > > > Gnome's desktop icons are turned off in fedora for some reason, so orca
> > > > won't say anything to let you know gnome is ready. Just press the
> > > > windows key and look for a program.
> > > >
> > > > If you ever need any help, don't hesitate to email me or this list and
> > > > we'll be happy to help. That's what we're hear for.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks
> > > >
> > > > Kendell Clark
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > On 6/5/2016 3:39 AM, Nick Wood wrote:
> > > > > Hi,
> > > > >
> > > > > I've never had to unmute or alter the volume with Fedora - the
> > > > > installer has always come up with the volume already set.
> > > > > (Tested with Fedora 22 and 23)
> > > > >
> > > > > Just hit Alt+Super+S and Orca should fire up.
> > > > >
> > > > > Fedora has no startup sound (like the drums in Ubuntu) so if you have
> > > > > no vision at all you won't know when the desktop has booted.
> > > > >
> > > > > I tend to count to 3 minutes after booting the Fedora USB image before
> > > > > doing the Alt+Super+S shortcut, but your own mileage may vary
> > > > > depending on the speed of your hardware.
> > > > > (I suspect its ready long before the 3 minutes - but that figure works
> > > > > for me so that's what I've stuck with)
> > > > >
> > > > > Hope that helps.
> > > > >
> > > > > Regards,
> > > > >
> > > > > Nick
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > > On 04/06/16 17:47, Devin Prater wrote:
> > > > > > Hi all. Last night, I got Brltty working within talking arch. I
> > > > > > played around with it and learned to use it, mo'£y. Now that I have
> > > > > > my toe in the door, I'd like to learn the GUI desktops. My Debean
> > > > > > installation runs the Debean desktop environment. My main problem
> > > > > > right now is that most of the installers I've tried start with volume
> > > > > > muted, but with GUI, we don't have alsamixer, at least not a command
> > > > > > away. I tried Fedora, both 23 and 24 beta, and tried all function
> > > > > > keys, as I heard media keys can be used to raise the volume, but
> > > > > > nothing so far. I tried looking up, using differing terms, volume
> > > > > > shortcut keys, hotkeys, all that. I'm just about Googled out, so I
> > > > > > need some help. Is there a nonvisual way to activate the volume menu
> > > > > > in the Fedora installer? I've also downloaded Trisquel, but with only
> > > > > > free software, I'm not so sure it'd be all that good. Besides that,
> > > > > > it was last revised, at least in release, a good 2 years ago, so I
> > > > > > think Fedora will be the distro of choice, if only I can get it
> > > > > > installed.
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