Re: [orca-list] KDE Plasma accessibility

[Jude DaShiell <jdashiel panix com>]

You may find something like hfs  for a file format on a partition too.


On Wed, 24 Feb 2021, Francisco Tissera wrote:

> Hi there.
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> Thanks, I?ll try it out and write to Daniel again.
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> Best regards.
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> Francisco.
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> From: Jude DaShiell
> Sent: Wednesday, February 24, 2021 9:22 PM
> To: Francisco Tissera
> Cc: Peter V?gner; orca-list gnome org
> Subject: RE: [orca-list] KDE Plasma accessibility
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> Why not run a couple tools and get informed?
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> First run lsblk and you'll get a partition table, this one won't harm
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> anything.
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> Maybe you'll find something like sda with a number after it.  That's a
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> partition.
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> If you find only sda, that's the whole disk.
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> Once you know that, it's time to get to root and run another tool.
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> If you found sda in lsblk output then run:
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> parted -a optimal /dev/sda
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> Then type in print and hit enter.
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> You'll get a table on the screen and in that table file formats will be
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> If you find a column in it with ext2 or equivalent that's the column that
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> Once you found that information out, type quit so as not to damage your
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> You may have something like jfs in that column which is journal file
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> system.
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> On Wed, 24 Feb 2021, Francisco Tissera wrote:
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> > Hi there,
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> > I don?t know how, since I only have Debian in here. Funny thing is, i used arch without a prob, untill 
> Daniel decided to update the iso, and i managed to install from the iso just fine a few
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> > ago, so i don?t know what happened.
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> > I?ll rewrite to him, cause i already did, but got no response.
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> > Best regards.
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> > Francisco.
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> > From: Jude DaShiell
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> > Sent: Wednesday, February 24, 2021 8:43 PM
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> > To: Francisco Tissera
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> > Cc: Peter V?gner; orca-list gnome org
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> > Subject: Re: [orca-list] KDE Plasma accessibility
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> > Two questions then.
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> > 1) can you find what file system is on your mac drive?
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> > 2) can you write dnl nash gmail com to find out if linux utilities and a
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> > driver exists for your file system?
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> > You may end up making lots of expensive obsolete apple hardware not quite
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> > so obsolete if you are successful.
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> > On Wed, 24 Feb 2021, Francisco Tissera wrote:
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> > > Hi there,
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> > > I actually tried that iso as well, but nothing yet.
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> > > Best regards.
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> > > Francisco
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> > > On 2/24/21 2:24 PM, Jude DaShiell wrote:
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> > >>  Probably the mac got formatted with one of apple's proprietary file
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> > >>  systems.  If it was actually ntfs3 that's not proprietary to apple and
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> > >>  jenux doesn't yet come with the utilities for that system in its
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> > >>  installation iso yet.  Last Jenux iso update was 2021-02-18 so if that one
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> > >>  hasn't yet been tried maybe it now knows about your file system or maybe
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> > >>  On Wed, 24 Feb 2021, Francisco Tissera via orca-list wrote:
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> > >>>  Hi Peter and all,
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> > >>>  well, saddly, i can't get arch to work, since the installation of arch is
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> > >>>  something i don't want to mess with, cause i don't want to mess up this
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> > >>>  mac, so that's why i have Debian Sid right now.
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> > >>>  Jenux for what ever reason gives me errors about an unknown filesystem,
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> > >>>  so, unless anyone kknows of an iso with which i can install arch with out
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> > >>>  too much of a fuss, i don't see how i can get it to work. If anyone knows
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> > >>>  of an iso like jenux with which i can insall arch without too many
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> > >>>  complications, please don't hesitate to reach me privately.
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> > >>>  Thanks for the answers.
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> > >>>  Best regards.
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> > >>>  Francisco.
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> > >>>  On 2/24/21 1:42 PM, Peter V?gner wrote:
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> > >>>>   Hello,
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> > >>>>   According to this link:
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> > >>>>  https://packages.debian.org/sid/kde/plasma-desktop
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> > >>>>   Debian SID is still at plasma 5.20.
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> > >>>>   Arch Linux already has plasma 5.21 and reportedly accessibility fixes
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> > >>>>   Chrys has mentioned a few weeks ago on this list should be included.
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> > >>>>   Nice times ahead! I'm going to have a play with it soon.
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> > >>>>   Greetings
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> > >>>>   Peter
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> > >>>>   D?a 24. 2. 2021 o 19:21 Francisco Tissera via orca-list nap?sal(a):
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> > >>>>>   Hello everyone, and sorry for dubble-posting.
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> > >>>>>   A while ago, someone posted that kde was getting some much needed
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> > >>>>>   accessibility improvements in regards to how orca handled the desktop.
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> > >>>>>   Is the version with those accessibility improvements out for Debian
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> > >>>>>  Sid
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> > >>>>>   and other Linux distroes, or not?
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> > >>>>>   Thanks in advance for your answers.
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> > >>>>>   Best regards.
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> > >>>>>   Francisco.
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> > >>>>>   _______________________________________________
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> > >>>>>   orca-list mailing list
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> > >>>>>   orca-list gnome org
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> > >>>>>   https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/orca-list
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> > >>>>>   Orca wiki: https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/Orca
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> > >>>>>   Orca documentation: https://help.gnome.org/users/orca/stable/
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> > >>>>>   GNOME Universal Access guide:
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> > >>>>>   https://help.gnome.org/users/gnome-help/stable/a11y.html
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> > >>>  Orca wiki: https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/Orca
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> > >>>  Orca documentation: https://help.gnome.org/users/orca/stable/
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> > >>>  GNOME Universal Access guide:
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