[Grml] GRML Accessibility Features

Simon Eigeldinger simon.eigeldinger at vol.at
Sat Feb 13 11:09:37 CET 2016


Hi,

you get the login screen when you wait until the 2 beeps have occurred.
the first beep is the beginning of the boot prompt and the second one is 
that it has timed out and will continue booting.

greetings,
simon

Am 13.02.2016 um 02:45 schrieb covici at ccs.covici.com:
> No login screen, just a place where you hit tab and type options, if you
> hit enter there it will boot.
>
> Simon Eigeldinger <simon.eigeldinger at vol.at> wrote:
>
>> 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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