Re: [orca-list] (General Linux) Ubuntu server accessibility

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

I was messing around quite a bit with Ubuntu server a few weeks ago. I 
was actually trying to set up an auto-install that I could do remotely. 
Ubuntu totally changed the auto-install system for 20.04/focal. You now 
have to create a cloud config file. But to do that, it seems like you 
have to do a regular install and save the config file the Ubuntu 
installer generates. Eventually I got to the point where I could create 
that config file by hand in a text editor but I had to do like a 
gazillion installs first to get sample config files to see how it worked.


Anyway, I discovered that I could do an install via ssh or by starting a 
hardware speech synth. I never got software speech to work. But after 
you boot into the installer, you can press alt+f4 to get a console and 
load the speakup module for a hardware speech synth. Then press alt+f1 
to get back to the installer. I had more success with that than with ssh 
because while the installer is a character based program, its not 
line-oriented.


At some point I started to wonder if its even worth it. I cannot find 
any documentation of what the difference is between Ubuntu server and 
Ubuntu desktop these days. At one time, there was considerable 
difference between the way kernels were configured. But I don't think 
that is true any more. If I hadn't really, really wanted to set up this 
auto-installer system, I think I'd have said it wasn't worth it.


Eventually I was able to set it up so a server could PXE boot into the 
Ubuntu server installer, download the cloud config file, and do an 
install. So all I have to do is wipe the hard drive on the server so it 
does a PXE boot and it does a fresh install. Now I can do a re-install 
while working from home. Most of what you need to know to do this is 
documented, if somewhat poorly so, on the Ubuntu web site.






On 7/24/20 1:24 PM, orca-list gnome org wrote:
> Hi all. I will have the opportunity at work to set up an Ubuntu server at some point. I’ll use Docker and 
> such, but I can do that part. My only issue is installing Ubuntu server onto the server. Is there anything I 
> need to know, or can I just SSH and go like normal, or should I use the server itself and use Orca? Or does 
> it even come with Orca?
> Devin Prater
> r d t prater gmail com
>
> Https://devinprater.github.io
>
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John G. Heim, jheim math wisc edu
608-263-4189