Re: [orca-list] VmWare problem

[Christopher Chaltain <chaltain gmail com>]

What problems are you having with VMware and Linux?


I had no problem with VMware Player on Vinux 5.1, based on Ubuntu 14.04, 
but when I installed Ubuntu 16.04, I couldn't get VMware Player to work. 
Orca would just stop talking once I alt tabbed into the VMware Player 
window.


I've since started using Virt-Manager, but I'm having trouble figuring 
out how to get Windows running in it since I only have a USB stick to 
boot Windows from.




On 03/20/2018 05:42 AM, sonfire11 gmail com wrote:
> Hi,
>
> How did you get VMWare to work in linux? I tried in ubuntu 17+ and it always fails to work. I have tried 
> VMWare 12.5 all the way up to 14.1.1.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ubuntu-accessibility <ubuntu-accessibility-bounces lists ubuntu com> On Behalf Of Nick Wood
> Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2018 4:17 AM
> To: ubuntu-accessibility lists ubuntu com
> Subject: Re: VmWare problem
>
> Hi Glenn,
>
> Are you sure that Ubuntu has the keyboard focus?  If not, your keystrokes will not go through to the guest 
> operating system.
>
> I use VMWare on linux, and by default VMWare does not grab keyboard focus unless you either put the VM into 
> full screen or press Ctrl+G (or click with the mouse somewhere inside the guest operating system's window)
>
> So when you hear the bongos, try Ctrl+G, and then try the Orca key
> combination which is Alt+Super+S.   Orca should start speaking.
>
> Regards,
>
> Nick
>
>
>
> On 20/03/18 00:20, Glenn At Home wrote:
> > Hi,
> > Today I installed VmWare on a Windows 7 machine with 8GB of RAM.
> > I created a machine that boots Ubuntu 16.4.3 from the ISO.
> > It did not take long, and I heard the bongo sound, like as in the
> > log-in window.
> > The VmWare required me to create a user name and password.
> > I made up something that satisfied the required fields and continued
> > to the hear the aforementioned bongo sound.
> > So I tried putting in my newly created user name and password, and I
> > could not seemingly boot to the desktop.
> > I tried control + S, and I tried alt + F2 and entering orca, and still
> > seemingly nothing.
> > I gave the machine 4GB RAM of the 8GB.
> > Maybe I did not wait long enough for it to install?
> > When that did not work, I deleted that one, and created another, this
> > time giving it the user name and password both of "ubuntu".
> > Still, nothing.
> > Given that the bongo sound happened, isn't it just about installed at
> > that point?
> > Thanks for any assistance.
> > Glenn
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