[Grml] GRML Accessibility Features

Simon Eigeldinger simon.eigeldinger at vol.at
Fri Feb 12 15:51:28 CET 2016


Hi,

it seems that there is a login screen coming up by default after the cd 
has stopped spinning.

greetings,
simon

Am 12.02.2016 um 14:52 schrieb John G Heim:
> If you have a smart phone and the KNFB reader, you might be able to get
> it to read enough of the screen to you to tell if it's stuck part way
> through the boot. I've had maybe a 50% success rate with that technique.
> Another thing you can do is to try commands like beep and eject. If
> those work, you know you're at the command line. If you are typing in
> the commands to get speech and it's not working, then it's probably a
> sound issue.
>
> On 02/12/2016 05:33 AM, Simon Eigeldinger wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I was having this on for a few minutes after it stopped spinning so to
>> make sure this might be it.
>> but maybe there might be an error message.
>> tested the 32 bit latest daily sid build.
>> when i have a set of eyes around i will recheck and write back.
>>
>> greetings,
>> simon
>>
>>
>> Am 12.02.2016 um 00:46 schrieb covici at ccs.covici.com:
>>> On my system, it takes quite a long time till the musical tone comes up,
>>> it usually is at least 2-3 minutes.  It must be a network timeout.  This
>>> is with betas as of beginning of January.
>>>
>>> Simon Eigeldinger <simon.eigeldinger at vol.at> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> I just refreshed my rescue cd with the latest grml sid daily.
>>>> so according to the wiki page at
>>>> http://wiki.grml.org/doku.php?id=accessibility
>>>> i just have to wait until a musical tune will come up during boot.
>>>> what i hear is the beep of the boot prompt but the musical tune is
>>>> missing.
>>>> ok the document has been last modified in 2013 so there could be have
>>>> been a lot of changes.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> could someone please tell me how to start grml using software speech
>>>> using speakup?
>>>> should be the old way but it seems it doesn't reach the console.
>>>>
>>>> greetings and thanks,
>>>> simon
>>>>
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>
>

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